Innovation for Employment in Albania’s ICT Sector: Strengthening the Ecosystem for the Provision of Information Security Services

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This case study forms part of a series of analyses of RisiAlbania’s market systems interventions in Albania’s ICT, tourism and agricultural sectors. It focuses on Risi’s efforts to take advantage of emerging changes in the market for information security services – namely, increased regulatory attention to cybersecurity and data protection in several areas of the Albanian economy – to spur process upgrades and generate significant job creation for young Albanians.

Andrew Panton

Senior Consultant

I am committed to improving human livelihoods and resilience in balance with nature. At the Canopy Lab, I provide research and advisory support to projects working on biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation and resilience, nature-based solutions, sustainable tourism, and market systems development. Outside work, I’m a keen guitarist, cyclist and bookworm, with a love for food, travelling and learning languages.

JESSICA RUST-SMITH

Senior Consultant

I work across markets, business and supply chains, impact investing, agriculture, and women’s economic empowerment. I am an experienced monitoring, evaluation, research and learning consultant and project manager with expertise in the use of mixed methods, theory-based approaches and data collection and analysis. I have been working in M&E for market systems development for 10 years now, and going strong.