On September 13, 2017, a meet-up was organized by OFICINA, in collaboration with the Swiss Entrepreneurship Program, in connection with the celebration of 25 Years of Swiss presence in Albania.

Ambassador Raymund Furrer, Head of Economic Cooperation and Development at State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) met with representatives of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Albania, including Erkens Gjini of Oficina accelerator, Shkelzen Marku of Yunus Social Business Balkans (investor) and Rafaela Rica (Iceberg Communications), representing mentors, as well as young startup founders linked to the Oficina Acceleration.

Jakob Modéer, the Regional Manager of Swiss Entrepreneurship program, presented the progress until now, and reflected on the key role that the participants have to play to build a strong community building in support of startups in Albania.