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Discover new opportunities in Albania

We'll inform you of your opportunities for migrating to Germany and Europe or within the region - to help you find work or improve your skills. You can also contact us if you've returned to Albania. We can support you with looking for a job or starting a business, for example. 

The adive given by our centre is available to everyone. It is free of charge, confidential and without obligation.

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Here you can choose a location for the consultation:

Shkodra
Tirana

Our services

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Our services

The German Information Centre on Migration, Vocational Training and Careers (DIMAK) welcomes you. You can get information and individual advice on the following topics:

  • Regular migration to Germany
  • Job opportunities and training in Albania
  • Psychosocial support and help in emergency situations

We also arrange trainings on various topics:

  • Job search and applications
  • Language
  • Gastronomy

Insights to our work

A 4-step guide to simplify your job search

The process of searching for employment involves multiple stages that are vital and intricate. Often, individuals lack the necessary understanding of the most effective job search methods. To support you in the process, we have produced a series of videos that concentrate on the four primary steps of finding a new job.

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Working in the hotel industry

Working in a hotel offers great job prospects for many Albanians. The country is attracting ever more tourists – but there’s a shortage of trained personnel. Artan and Sidorela took part in an eight-week intensive training course.

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Virtual job fairs – a format with a future

Getting to know your future employer online – virtual job fairs make it possible. The German Information Centres for Migration, Vocational Training and Career (DIMAK) in Serbia and Albania also use this format. In a joint interview, Marija Brankovic from DIMAK Serbia and Earli Shima from DIMAK Albania talk about their experiences with virtual job fairs and the challenges and opportunities of the concept.

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Using a traditional craft to make a future for myself

Training in how to start a business enabled me to turn my hobby into a career.

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Country experiences

Working in the hotel industry

Working in a hotel offers great job prospects for many Albanians. The country is attracting ever more tourists – but there’s a shortage of trained personnel. Artan and Sidorela took part in an eight-week intensive training course.

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Empowered for a new start in Tirana

Exclusion, migration, domestic abuse: Ana had a lot of problems to overcome. Help from the DIMAK information centre meant that this Albanian woman was given psychosocial counselling after her return and was able to start a new career in a call centre.

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Talent leads to opening a hair salon

Majlinda already had the talent, dedication and ambition to be a hairdresser. After her return to Albania and with some help, she was able to fulfil her dream of having her own hairdressing salon.

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Using a traditional craft to make a future for myself

Training in how to start a business enabled me to turn my hobby into a career.

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New job and renewed happiness in Albania

My name is Realf and I am 25 years old. I went to Germany in early 2018 and wanted to start a career there. But after five months I realised that would be difficult without a legal status. So I returned to my homeland, Albania – then completely new opportunities opened up for me there. What happened was that

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Bakery skills with a future

My name is Igrita and I come from Albania. I emigrated to Germany with my husband and three daughters in January 2016. What did we want? A better life! It actually went well: my husband found work as a welder, I as a cleaner and the children attended school. They quickly learned German. Yet we missed our family, our friends and our culture in Albania. So we returned in January 2017.

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Services provided by our partners

Work and starting a business, training and professional development, psychosocial health and emergency support – our partners also provide numerous services related to these and other aspects. Our advisory team will be happy to refer you to the appropriate organisation. You can get an overview of what is available here.