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TROC! The Young Reporters of Albania

Country

Albania, France

Region

Global, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Western Europe

Programme Summary

Ballsh Youth Video Bureau

1. Farewell high school party.

2. Raising awareness for a cleaning environment at the beach.

3. A visit to Saranda, one of Albania's resorts

4. Street interviews: What do people think about the Troç program and YR project

5. One day in the Community Center

6. Social Cultural Objects in town

7. Unemployment, a big worry for young people

8. The TV stations most watched by young people

9. Relationship between teacher-students

10. Do clothes affect personality?

11. The condition of science labs in schools

12. A visit to Bylis, one of the most important archeological sites

13. Archeological investigation at Bylis by an Albanian –French team

14. The lack of the scientific laboratories in schools

Elbasan Youth Video Bureau

1. Swiss Cooperation Minister visits education project for street children.

2. Learning about child rights and examination of the condition of Roma children and their rights.

3. Summer Flowers Day Celebration

4. Francophone Day concert w/ University and High school students.

5. Student views of school uniform rules.

6. Profile of a 16 year old student local TV presenter.

7. Young painter follow their passion in difficult circumstances

8. Pedagogical high school student's initiative to publish a newspaper.

9. Difficult living conditions in a high school dormitory

10. France and Italy geography quiz show

11. Party for top high school students.

12. Tirana International Women Group meets street children and their families.

13. Top high school achievers

Gjirokastra Youth Video Bureau

1. Graduation students and their future hopes

2. Awareness of importance of historical preservation of cultural monuments

3. Profile of “Bush” a 16 year old school leaver working at a job

4. A young astronomer's club

5. Teacher – Students relationships and how to improve them

6. Youth center of Gjirokastra projects

7. The lack of science and language labs at schools.

8. Profile of a young football star

9. The historic “Drita” school and the state of education.

10. Friendship of high school graduates

11. HS graduate want to go to University abroad

12. Youth Parliament session on democratic practices with national parliamentarians.

13. Local government should promote young people

14. Children who work for a living

15. Difficult living conditions for Roma and gypsy children

16. A youth migrant working abroad

17. A youth summer camp teaches self-reliance

18. Inauguration of the “Youth Center” of Gjirokastra.

19. Youth Parliament seminar on “The total inclusion of youth”

20. In-depth look at the integration of the Greek minority into Albanian community life”

21. Mechanics training course – one boy has started his own business.

22. Situation of “boarding students” – rural kids come to town for high school and must live in state run dormitories with very bad conditions.

23. Children's circus

24. Sotiraj village – short documentary. The only remaining inhabitants of the village are several elderly people and one small boy. (Depicts the demographic disaster facing Albania)

25. Profile of a talented young musician.

26. The first high school beauty pageant in the history of the town.

27. No comment - unusually heavy snowfall and the hardships it brings.

28. Youth Parliament – acts to raise the drinking age from 16 to 18 through social survey and lobbying of municipal government.

29. Student opinions about specialized high schools

30. Christmas atmosphere

31. Lack of heating and overcrowding in high schools.

32. Profile of a talented 16 year old football player

33. Sad conditions at the oldest high school for boys in Albania.

Korca Youth Video Bureau

1. 16 years old star girl basketball player

2. Say Yes for Children campaign.

3. Traditional village of Voskopoja

4. Macedonian minority in Liqenas.

5. Traveling circus for children

6. New cinema hall – what it means for kids

7. Talented young skaters training in difficult conditions.

8. Environmental problems in Pogradec and perspective of youth.

9. Luna park welcoming young abandoned kids

10. Does student government represent the real voice of students?

11. The first Albanian school opened in Korca.

12. Rehabilitation of crèches.

13. School drop out and youth emigration

14. CRC how much of it is included in the curricula

15. Tourist place –Voskopoja

16. A day with the Youth Parliament

17. Youth and sports activity

18. Young senators and their role

19. Profile – a young book author

20. National museum in Korca

21. Problems faced by a rural high school

22. The beauty of Pogradec

23. Emigration pressures on village youth

24. Vocational course for disadvantaged kids

25. Rehabilitation of the summer camps in Voskopoja village.

26. Lack of the text books in the schools

27. Profile – a young talented girl for the poetry

28. Cycling race among young people

29. School sports facilities

30. Great poets and the creation of national identity

31. Anorexia and diet issues among young girls

32. A dance club of dancers hopes for the future

33. Illiteracy among youth with social problems

38. Visit to Montenegro to exchange views with Troç viewers across the border.

39. A winter panorama.

40. Celebration of Christmas Eve

42. Science education without laboratories

43. Disabled kids who are still quite able

44. Profile - published 17-year-old writer talks about the oppression of certain social traditions in town

45. Lack of job opportunities for high school graduates

46. Efforts to make Korca greener.

47. 200th birthday anniversary of Victor Hugo.

48.Young people losing interest in reading.

49. National puppet theatre festival in Pogradec

Kukes Youth Video Bureau

1. Youth Video Bureau and Troç

2. Trip to the mountains

3. Final examinations at the high school

4. Partnership between high schools in Kukes – Ferizaj (Kosova)

5. The lack of internet in Kukes

6. A recently rehabilitated gym.

7. Football match between Ferizaj and Kukes

Lushnja Youth Video Bureau

1. Sports competition with Albanian, Macedonian and Kosovar youth.

2. Children's cultural center and child rights

3. Youth Arts Festival

4. What to do with leisure time

5. Quiz competition between schools

6. Private tuition: Is it parents interest or teachers pressure

7. Study of foreign languages

8. Tobacco smoking among youth.

9. The voice of youth: What does it offer society?

10. What does sport teach us about life in a new Albania?

11. Poor conditions at school; students are unhappy

12. Student French speakers

13. Youth integration in local NGOs

14. Student Government in Kemishaj solving youth problems

15. Child victims of violence; Have you ever been a victim?

16. Children Cultural Center in Lushnja,

17. What young people think about gossip

18. Options for life after high school

19. Young people and politics, their thoughts and hopes.

20. Change the world with children.

21. Internet halls for young people.

22. Red Cross volunteers beach environment clean-up

23. Beginning of the school year and high priced text books.

Shkodra Youth Video Bureau

1. Leisure time for young people

2. Albanian Children's Alliance meeting

3. Article 24 of the CRC – the right to health services.

4. Young people and smoking.

5. Youth Parliament.

6. Profile of a voice student from Preng Jakova School

7. Do kids like traditional music?

8. Neighborhood clean-up

9. Disabled kids and their lives

10. "Four rooms" the only place in Shkodra to cover the main needs of the young people in Shkodra.

11. Girls football – controversy over participation

12. Parental influence on children

13. Profile: Jasmina, a young poet from Shkodra .

14. Math prodigies.

15. Competitive swimming – a Shkodra tradition.

16. Affects of “blood feud” on children

17. The 39th National Festival of children's songs.

18. Children used as token elements in political elections campaign.

19. Poor conditions at historic "Preng Jakova " fine arts academy

20. Life skills training.

21. The international peace village

22. Profile of young artist Lucian Bedeni.

23. Young Reporters end of year round up

24. Young reporters trip to Ulqin, Montenegro, meeting with Troç viewers

25. Youth meeting on peace and tolerance – peace village project

26. Candid Camera - reaction of the girls receiving a flower from an unknown boy.

27. A visit to Budva, Montenegro: ancient town, modern city.

28. Community involvement at the "Deshmoret e Prishtines" school.

29. Relations between generations

30. The castle of Shkodra, its history

31. The lake of Shkodra

32. Drin and Buna rivers

33. One-year of Troç experiences

34. A trip to Ulqin, Montenegro

35. Religious tolerance in Albania.

36. Celebrating Carnival after 141 years.

37. Profile - A young singer and her future

38. Awareness raising against trafficking of children

Tirana Youth Video Bureau

1. Prime Minister and Mayor of Tirana visit "Qemal Stafa" high school.

2. Say Yes for Children campaign.

3. Cultural museum in Kruja

4. Debate on participation in the Global Movement for Children; in the studio with YR's from Gjirokastra and Shkodra

5. YAPS social business project

6. First day of school.

7. Profile: Jonida Maliqi, a 16 year old Albanian pop singer

8. Youth center fights drug addiction

9. Studio Guest: Director of Qemal Stafa high school on relationship between students, teachers and parents

10. Saranda in the last days of summer

11. Youth Parliament elections

12. GMC launch in Turkey

13. Teaching methodology in the Foreign Languages high school

14. National Competition in Math

15. Studio guests in: Members of the Albanian Youth Council

16. What does the Albanian Flag symbol mean? – vox-pops.

17. High school debating programme

18. Youth football in difficult conditions.

19. Exhibition with paintings from 12 teenagers in the National Art Gallery

20. DJ – a new and special profession for the Albanian Youth

21. Children's song competition

22. Ethnographic museum: history, costumes and tradition.

23. Youth Opinion Poll - What are youth expectations towards politicians and campaigns?

24. Director of the Historic Institute - origin of the national flag.

25. Why are well-known Albanians leaving the country? Interview with Bujar Kokonozi documentary film director

26. Youth Albania Parcel Service, homeless youth run a business

27. Interview with Mr. Edi Rama, Mayor

28. Youth passion for the sports activities.

29. Difference between public and private sports facilities

30. Overcrowded classes in High school.

31. New municipality closure time for discos

32. Pubs – the new entertainment for Tirana youth

33. Spare time for Young People living in Kamza, Bathora, internal migration resettlement areas

34. Children rights and the law

35. Youth, alcohol, bars and the law

36. Dormitory life (The dormitory of the Foreign Languages High School)

37. International women's day (Mothers, teachers and Young people together)

38. The international Francophone Day

39. Interview with the French Ambassador.

40. Canadian Embassy Literature Contest

41. National youth festival “RINFEST 2001”

42. Internet chat rooms: positive or negative?

43. Interview with a psychologist about the influence of violence and racism in chat rooms.

44. The year of the European Community Languages.

45. School environment, its impact in the learning process

46. Interview with Educational Director at the municipality

47. RINFEST 2001

48. Albania vs. England football World Cup qualifier match, expectations of youth.

49. Preferences for free time

50. Students at Petro Nini High School asked to pay for sports facilities

51. School reconstruction project in the city

52. How much do young people they know of their country?

53. A trip to remote Mat village, exploration of village life vs city life

54. Young football players and future prospects: Albania vs overseas

55. Grades are for sale in school

56. Adolescent crime: interview with the Chief of Police.

57. Library use by youth

58. “Tokenism” in youth media

59. A trip to Kosovo: Young people after the war.

60. No comment study of Vlora in winter

61. The lack of electricity at school

62. School support group for kids in difficult circumstances

63. Awareness of socially excluded groups

64. Visit to orphanage " Zyber Halluni".

65. Young People's Media Network – consultation in Amsterdam.

66. Studio Guest: discussion of youth desire to leave the country due to hopelessness and fear.

67. Adventure sports enthusiasts

68. One year anniversary of "Troç"

69. Communication gap between parents and children

70. Adolescent love and its problems

71. Follow up: School dormitory's "Asim Vokshi" condition one year later.

72. Profile of a student writer.

73. Profile of a young DJ at Radio Stinet, a private radio station

74. Dormitory conditions in a Tirana high school

75. Young painters exhibition

76. Can young people enjoy traditional music?

77. Young French book authors.

78. Studio guest: vocational schools.

New Youth Video Bureaus 2002

Peshkopia Youth Video Bureau

1. The story of Peshkopia city

2. Championship volleyball team

Durres Youth Video Bureau

1. Values and history of the city

Vlora Youth Video Bureau

1. The new stories/ideas that young people would like to see on Troç show. The new plans of the Youth Video Bureau.

2. Young people concerned about the never-ending story of the reconstruction of their school.

3. Summer day celebration in Elbasan, tours visit.


Placed on the Communication Initiative site May 14 2002
Last Updated May 14 2002

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