infrastruktura eshte gjeja me e rendesishme per Shqiperine, dhe 2. politikanet
infrastruktura eshte gjeja me e rendesishme per Shqiperine, dhe 2. politikanet
Me duhet pak kapital, se ketu se paska njeri haberin nga Investimet
O fierako, me 100 mije dollare, ai shkoka te ara Tares...Postuar mė parė nga FIERI1
Nuk vuan Shqiperia per investime 100 mije dollareshe, kaq kushton nje shtepi e mire ne Tirane....
Me teper se 1 milione dollare kane vlere, dhe mund te shumefishohen nga mundesite e investimit qe ekzistojne ne vend
Albanian tailor sells to Harrods
By Kieran Cooke
Tirana, Albania
More than 14 years after communism collapsed in Albania, entrepreneurs are struggling against the odds to this small, poverty stricken Balkan country to expand their businesses.
When Arben Xibri was a young, trainee tailor, he sewed suits for the top leadership of Albania's Communist Party.
Now Mr Xibri is running his own textile business, making shirts for some of the leading Italian and British brand names and selling his goods to leading European department stores, including Harrods in London.
"I am very proud to be able to put a "Made in Albania" label on my shirts" says Mr Xibri.
"The leading fashion houses recognize that clothes made here are high quality. It's a big, big change from the old days. In communist times the only people who were allowed to wear smart shirts and suits were the party leaders."
For Italy Albania is a low-cost assembly area. That might be good for us but in the long term Albania needs to build up its own industry if it's going to climb the economic ladder
Italian clothing buyer
Mr Xibri employs 100 young women at his Intertex company factory in a suburb of Tirana known as the Old Refrigerator District.
It was an area of state warehouses in the communist era, but is now a bustling, if rather run down, industrial estate.
"We produce about 5,000 shirts a week" says Mr Xibri.
"From an early age all Albanian girls learn to sew. They are very skilled. Like other countries in Europe we are facing stiff competition from China but so far we are ahead on quality and can compete on price. Also we are able to deliver our goods to shops in Rome or London in a matter of days. Shirts from China take six weeks to reach the marketplace."
Long road
For Mr Xibri it has been a long, tough road from apprentice tailor under the communists - a regime which kept Albania virtually cut off from much of the outside world for more than 40 years - to factory owner.
When the communist leadership was swept from office 1991 Mr Xibri, like hundreds of thousands of his fellow Albanians, escaped abroad, working at a clothing factory in Vincenza in Italy.
He won a EU fabric design competition and used the prize money to send himself to one of Italy's top textile institutes.
In 1994 Mr Xibri returned to Albania: together with an Italian partner he invested in a small factory premises, using savings of $15,000 to buy second-hand German and Italian textile machinery.
"The business grew quickly. At first we were making T-shirts and low cost goods but three years ago I bought new machinery, including special washing machines for processing the shirts, and we have moved upmarket."
Problems for business
There are still considerable problems operating a business in Albania.
We emerged from the communist era so far behind. Things are changing but it takes time
Ardian Fullani, Albanian Central Bank governor
Banks are generally conservative and unwilling to lend to relatively small, young enterprises like Mr Xibri's.
ProCredit Bank, an international bank which specialises in small loans to businesses in developing countries, lent him 16,000 euros (£10,000).
Because textiles is seen as a cyclical, high risk business and due to ongoing political uncertainties in Albania, interest rates are high.
Mr Xibri's loan is for 24 months - at an annual interest rate of 24 per cent.
Besides high interest rates, small businesses face other difficulties.
Much of Albania's infrastructure is in a dilapidated state. There are frequent power blackouts.
Under communism, there was no such thing as private property. Businesses face ongoing problems over ownership of premises.
Also, while Mr Xibri has a skilled workforce, his factory is essentially an assembly operation. All materials for the shirts, from the cotton to thread to buttons, has to be imported.
"Albania scores high on quality" says a buyer for one of Italy's leading brand names.
"Its textile workshops are also flexible, able to make up small orders to meet the demands of an increasingly fussy buying public. China can compete on cost but it deals more in bulk.
"What Albania doesn't have is any textile manufacturing capability. For Italy it's a low-cost assembly area. That might be good for us but in the long term Albania needs to build up its own industry if it's going to climb the economic ladder."
Industrial future
At present, there is little industrial development.
Most factories date from the communist era and many have been abandoned.
Widespread corruption, an absence of the rule of law and a bewildering array of business taxes deter all but the most adventurous investors.
"We emerged from the communist era so far behind," says Ardian Fullani, the Governor of Albania's central bank.
"Things are changing but it takes time. Creating hope and confidence in the future is the most vital task. But Albanians are very resourceful and they are used to fighting their way through difficulties."
Despite all the problems of running his business, Mr Xibri has no regrets about returning from Italy.
Though he won't disclose any figures, he says he is making money, and he's optimistic.
"We have very good designers and textile specialists in Albania. My aim is to focus on quality and style. Before too long I want to establish my own special brand to compete with the big Italian, French and British names.
"More and more people will realize that the 'Made in Albania' label is a mark of excellence."
Me jep mua US$ 150.000 per 1 investim qe e kam pikasur dhe per 10 vjet t'i merr 50% te fitimit, ndersa ne fund te kesaj periudhe kam te drejte te te shlyej komplet shumen e kapitalit dhe pastaj ti sheh punen tende.
Mos i nenvlereso 100.000 dollare, s'jane pak per te hap nje biznes ne Shqiperi, mjafon vetem ideja te jete e mire.
1 milion dollare di t'i shumefishoj dhe nje handikapat, s'eshte ndonje histori e rralle.
Investimet e Huaja Oksigjeni qe ushqen Luften kunder Krimit
Nga Alban Bala
Forumi i Crans Montana-s qe u mbajt ne Tirane kete jave ishte shume i rendesishem sidomos ne nje pikepamje: ai u beri te qarte te pranishmeve, qofshin ata funksionare politike shtetesh, perfaqesues biznesesh dhe qendrash ekonomike se nese ne Shqiperi kerkohet thellimi i luftes kunder krimit te organizuar, vacuum-i financiar qe po krijohet pas kesaj ose do te mbushet me investime ose do te vershohet nga nje krim i ri, me i perhapur, me i pakapshem dhe me pak i kristalizuar.
Shume nga te pranishmit ne kete Forum te cilet munda ti takoj, nuk e fshehen kenaqesine se lufta kunder krimit te organizuar ka nisur te jape rezultate.
Ata u shprehen te kenaqur se te pakten ne kete rast autoritetet ne Shqiperi e pranonin ekzistencen e krimit te organizuar ndersa riperserisnin angazhimin per thellimin e luftes kunder tij.
Shume prej tyre ende kujtonin jo pa ironi fjalimin e fundit 5 faqesh te kryeministrit Fatos Nano mbajtur ne Bruksel, i cili e cilesonte Shqiperine vetem nje viktime qe krimi shkaktonte gjate tranzitimit te tij nga lindja ne perendim.
Jo pa humor ne hollet prane Konferences te pranishmit kujtonin edhe vizitat e autoriteteve te meparshme shqiptare, ku u kerkonin llogari zyrtareve te BE-se se perse media europiane vazhdonte ta fshikullonte Shqiperine si nje vend me norme te larte kriminalizimi.
Per te mos i ngrene hakun deri ne fund, Shqiperia eshte ndoshta i vetmi vend, i cili per imazhin e vet te neperkembur ka fajesuar ambasadoret, ne vend te ministrave.
Por ne teresi duhet pranuar se krimi i organizuar prodhon para dhe ato zakonisht i levron lokalisht, per ti pastruar. Me angazhimin e ri politik dhe vendosmerine e kryeministrit Berisha i cili ende e gezon besimin e partnereve nderkombetare ne kete sipermarrje, Shqiperia nuk do ta kete me lirisht kete luks.
Sipas disa perllogaritjeve gjysem-zyrtare, krimi i organizuar ka qarkulluar ne Shqiperi minimalisht ne vit rreth 400 miljon dollare. Ky hendek duhet mbushur urgjentisht.
Efektet e luftes kunder krimit te organizuar kane nisur te ndjehen tashme ne vend.
Per hir te se vertetes muajt e fundit situata ekonomike ne vend eshte renduar. Ne shume qendra tregetare degjon te njejtat ankesa: blerjet kane rene. Sasia e parase se qarkulluar eshte ulur. Ne shume vetrina nuk shikon veēse ftesa per ulje drastike ēmimesh, per likujdime malli apo per dyqane qe jepen me qera.
Kjo situate i ngjan si dy pika uji situates qe kaloi presidenti i Kolumbise Alvaro Uribe, kur morri detyren kater vite me pare. Goditja e krimit te organizuar prodhoi edhe ne Kolumbi nje situate depresive tregu, e cila u arrit te stabilizohej permes reformash te rendesishme strukturore ekonomike dhe programeve qe zevendesuan punesimin shpesh kriminal te popullatave.
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