Association of Social Education & Environment Protection

Aims: Monitoring, highlight, education and promote social and environmental issues, raising awareness, training,  community empowerment,  interfering with specific activities for rehabilitation of these issues, encouraging  collaboration with local government, networking.

SEEP  operates in Educational , Social and Environmental field.

• Recently SEEP implemented a project financed by OSFA SOROS about implementation of the  new Law 69/12 for Decentralization of Competencies in Education Institutions, and the result was great. (September 2012-July 2013)
• In the field of Environmental Education we are implementing a project financed by REC Albania that was widely implemented by AARHUS Convention, concerning the citizens rights for information and participation  in decision making through complaints about public environmental issue through activities, youth education, trainings and wide education of citizens and government through local and national television programming. (April 2013- Decembre 2013)
• Education and planting of 500 plant roots in Narta Public Beach in cooperation with Commune Qender Vlore and with many actors. 19 May 2012
• In cooperation with Orikum Municipality, SEEP organized “voluntary beach cleanup” on the occasion of the world day (17 September – 17 October) 2012.
• Expansion of Culture Italian Language and Chinese language in Vlore city supported by the Italian and Chinese Embassy in Tirana.
• Accomplished  project in collaboration with DAR Vlore  in the field of education and environment, as:
• Familiarity with culture of Albanian territories in Kosova cities and villages
• The role of drugs and their effect in the human body.
• Assessment of air pollution in our city.
• Community water quality in our city
• Consultation package for State Prom exams 2012.
• Accomplished project in collaboration with town hall of Vlore:
• Concerts and sports in New Beach territory in the event of  “Opening of the Touristic Season 2012 in Vlora City”
• June 1  “ Children Day “  collaboration with Vlore Municipality and Hommes Terres NGO
• In cooperation with Orikum Municipality, SEEP organized “Voluntary Beach Cleanup” on the occasion of the World Day (17 September – 17 October ) 2012.
• In cooperation with all Environmental Centers of Vlore and city institutions, SEEP organized             the activity “ Day Without Cars “ September 2012 in our city.

The activity at national level SEEP organized during the summer :

Vlora beaches and out of reach areas for tourists during the Touristic Season.

• Sustainable economic activities in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (SEA- Med)- Albania in partnership with INCA, WWF financed by CEPF.
• March-September 2014
• SEEP organized activity of “Let’s Clean Albania”  for Vlora Region, May & November 2014 & 2015 collaboration with municipalitiesand of Vlora Region and State Institutions.
• Organized Earth Hour in Vlora Albania in 2013, 2014, 2015
• Earth Day 2014, 2015 in Vlora
• In Europian Day of Protected Area, youth of SEEP organized an underwater explorer expedition for knowing the biodiversity in MPA, in collaboation with UNDP and PANA (AKZM).
• Biodiversity Day in Vlora 2015

“Seven billion dreams on a planet” Environment Day 2015, in MPA Karaburun! Youth education with love, conservation and sustainable  development of natural resources in MPA.

• June – Meetings for “Green Election” with candidates for Local Government election 2015 – Citizens voice.
• July 2015 – Training and Certified by UDI school,  a youth  group of SEEP  (Scuba SEEP) for “Tourist Underwater Guide” for touristic purposes in Vlora Bay, suported by PPNEA and CEPF Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund through project “Land of Eagles and Castles”

Particularly the guiders were trained for both recognition and preservation of endangered marine species so they can always be in the focus of their work with tourists, to promote and faithfully preserve them.