Edvin Kulluri

Secretary General of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Albania
2009 -

PROFFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
September 2005-   Assistant to the Prime Minister of Albania. Duties here included, Public Relations, Local Government, Public Policy Advising
October 2007-   Lectuer of Phylosophie at Polis University, Tirana.
July 2003–   publicist in “Koha Jone”  “Tema”, “Standart” daily newspapers; maintain columns related to issues of politics, ethics, phylosophie, local government.
September-December 2003:   Spokesman of the opposition candidate for mayor of Tirana.
January 2005:   Co-organiser of “Thesis for a right Governance”, colloquium.
January-July 2005:   Coordinator for public relations, Democratic Party of Albania.
September 2001-March 2002   Advisor to the Minister of Local Government and Decentralisation. Responsible for: EU SAA and Stability Pact Vice-Co-ordinator at the Ministry of Local Government and Decentralisation.
December 2000-May 2002:  International Secretary: Democratic Alliance Party of Albania
1997-2001   Administrator: DevInfo Real Estate Agency, Tirana Albania.
May – September 1996:    Supervisor: Research project on Poverty in the Republic of Albania
January 2006 to date, member of the administrative board at “Institute for Political Studies”, Tirana.

• “Religion and its implications on Albanian Politics” held at the international conference “Albania between East and West” organised at the University of Tirana in 1996.
• “Redefinition of the Political Right in Albania” held at the “Liberal Colloquium”, January 2005.
• “Left and right, a dicotomy of story and  identities”, held at the IDR workshop “Left and right, where do they match and , december 2007.
• “Micro public spaces”, held at the IDR&ISP workoshop “Public space, the and of transition?!”, 16 march 2008
• “Management of State Budget in Crisis”, Vlora International summer School, CRIC Albania. September 2010.

WORKSHOPS:

• University of Bologna Summer School in Cervia – September, 2006
• Stability Pact Workshop on Public Administration Reform – Prague, November 2001
• Civil Emergency Planning Workshop in South Eastern Europe – Athens, December 2001
• “Principles, key aspects and working techniques of development cooperation”  May 2nd to June 2nd 2006 in the Federal Republic of Germany.
• “Senior Executive Seminar”, George C. Marshall, European Center for security Studies, September 2010.
• “Management of Human Resources and Public Functions”, ENA, Paris, France. June 2010.

COMPUTER SKILLS
Self-reliable with the packages of Microsoft Package and Windows Programme.

LANGUAGES
Albanian (native), fluent English, fluent Italian.