Webinars on issues concerning the ToTinESD Project
Webinar_ToTinESD_Green Finance and Sustainable Development
This webinar focuses on the evolution and key principles of sustainability and their growing relevance for businesses and financial institutions. It examines sustainability reporting and the role of non-financial information in assessing performance, risks, and long-term value creation. It also introduces key tools and standards for measuring and communicating sustainability performance. The lecture also highlights the role of businesses and financial stakeholders in advancing the SDG-s and the transition towards a more sustainable economy.
Webinar_ToTinESD_Circular Economy
This webinar will introduce the principles of the circular economy and explore how businesses can move beyond the traditional linear model of “take–make–use–dispose” toward systems that preserve value, reduce waste, and use resources more efficiently.
The session aims to provide participants with a practical understanding of how circular thinking can be translated from a sustainability concept into concrete business and operational decisions, supporting innovation, competitiveness, resource efficiency, and the transition toward more sustainable economic models.
Webinar_ToTinESD_Environmental Taxation as an Instrument for Sustainable Development
This webinar focuses on environmental taxation as an instrument for promoting sustainable development and supporting the transition towards a greener economy. It explains the “polluter pays” principle and discusses how environmental taxes can influence economic behaviour, business decisions, and green innovation. The webinar also addresses waste management and recycling, with particular attention to Albania’s challenges and progress in the green transition.
This webinar examines the role of financial institutions in supporting the transition towards a sustainable economy through green investments, responsible financing, and the integration of sustainability-oriented practices into financial decision-making. Particular emphasis is placed on the practical application of green finance principles, illustrated through selected practical cases and examples from ProCredit Bank. These cases demonstrate how sustainability considerations can be incorporated into the assessment and provision of credit financing to businesses whose activities, investment strategies, and development objectives are aligned with sustainability and green transition principles.
Webinar_ToTinESD_Disaster Preparedness – Government Preparedness
This webinar focuses on the concept of disaster preparedness and its role in reducing the human and economic costs of hazard events that mitigation alone cannot eliminate. It examines the five pillars of government preparedness planning, exercises, training, equipment, and statutory authority — and how they combine to build institutional response capacity before a disaster strikes. It also introduces key frameworks for emergency operations planning and for testing and sustaining organizational readiness over time. The lecture also highlights the responsibilities of public institutions in Albania and the EU in ensuring that preparedness is embedded in governance rather than improvised in crisis.
Webinar_ToTinESD_Disaster Preparedness – Public Education
This webinar focuses on public preparedness and the empowerment of ordinary citizens as the first and most decisive line of disaster response. It examines the goals and channels of public education risk awareness, behavioral change, and warning and the application of social marketing principles, including Robinson’s seven steps, to preparedness campaigns. It also introduces the components of effective public warning systems, the terminology of alerts and advisories, and the role of the media in risk communication. The lecture also highlights the obstacles that cause well-designed campaigns to fail and discusses why closing the gap between message and human action remains the central challenge of preparedness.