{"id":3750,"date":"2016-03-06T11:58:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T11:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shukalb.al\/?p=892"},"modified":"2016-03-06T11:58:04","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T11:58:04","slug":"english-semira-kasimati-reports-from-iwa-strategic-council-workshop-on-capacity-development-and-competencies-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/?p=3750&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Semira Kasimati Reports from IWA Strategic Council Workshop on Capacity Development and Competencies Framework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:sq]<figure id=\"attachment_891\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-891\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shukalb.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Semi.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-891\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-891 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/shukalb.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Semi-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"Semira Kasimati\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Semira Kasimati Vathi, Director-Business Services Water\/Wastewater Utility Business Planning and Customer Services, Valu Add Management Services<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Semira Kasimati, p\u00ebrfaq\u00ebson an\u00ebtarin privat t\u00eb Shoqat\u00ebs, Valu Add Management Services, dhe \u00ebsht\u00eb em\u00ebruar koh\u00ebt e fundit si an\u00ebtare e K\u00ebshillit Strategjik t\u00eb Shoqat\u00ebs Nd\u00ebrkomb\u00ebtare t\u00eb Ujit (IWA), ku p\u00ebrfaq\u00ebson firmat e vogla t\u00eb konsulenc\u00ebs n\u00eb vendet n\u00eb zhvillim.\u00a0 K\u00ebshilli Strategjik u takua m\u00eb dat\u00eb 9 shkurt, n\u00eb Hag\u00eb, p\u00ebr t\u00eb diskutuar tematikat dhe t\u2019i rekomandoj\u00eb Bordit t\u00eb IWA-s\u00eb mbi drejtimet q\u00eb IWA duhet t\u00eb marr\u00eb p\u00ebr \u00e7\u00ebshtjet e r\u00ebnd\u00ebsishme n\u00eb sektorin e ujit.<\/p>\n<p>Nj\u00eb nga kat\u00ebr fushat prioritare strategjike t\u00eb Planit Strategjik 2014-2016 t\u00eb IWA-s\u00eb ka p\u00ebr q\u00ebllim t\u00eb shnd\u00ebrroj\u00eb IWA n\u00eb nj\u00eb organizat\u00eb e cila leht\u00ebson m\u00ebsimin e an\u00ebtar\u00ebve t\u00eb saj. Ajo ka p\u00ebr q\u00ebllim t\u00eb vler\u00ebsoj\u00eb mund\u00ebsit\u00eb p\u00ebr t\u00eb rritur p\u00ebrvoj\u00ebn e t\u00eb m\u00ebsuarit t\u00eb an\u00ebtar\u00ebve, si individual\u00eb ashtu dhe t\u00eb korporatave, duke u bazuar n\u00eb pikat e forta aktuale t\u00eb IWA-s\u00eb. \u00a0N\u00eb nivel individual, sh\u00ebrbimet e t\u00eb m\u00ebsuarit kan\u00eb q\u00ebllime t\u00eb qarta p\u00ebr zhvillimin e karrier\u00ebs duke mb\u00ebshtetur p\u00ebrdit\u00ebsimin profesional dhe zhvillimin personal. \u00a0N\u00eb nivel korporate dhe gjeografike, sh\u00ebrbimet e t\u00eb m\u00ebsuarit duhet t\u00eb synojn\u00eb mbushjen e boshll\u00ebqeve urgjente t\u00eb kompetencave.<\/p>\n<p>Gjat\u00eb Takimit t\u00eb fundit t\u00eb K\u00ebshillit Strategjik, IWA prezantoi nj\u00eb Struktur\u00eb t\u00eb Ngritjes t\u00eb Kapaciteteve dhe Kompetencave q\u00eb \u00ebsht\u00eb duke u zhvilluar, me q\u00ebllimin kryesor t\u00eb ndihmoj\u00eb an\u00ebtar\u00ebt e saj p\u00ebr t\u00eb p\u00ebrmir\u00ebsuar performanc\u00ebn n\u00eb sektorin e ujit.<\/p>\n<p>IWA ka deklaruar n\u00eb m\u00ebnyr\u00eb t\u00eb qart\u00eb se q\u00ebllimi i saj p\u00ebr aktivitetet m\u00ebsimore p\u00ebrfshin pikat e m\u00eb poshtme<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mbajtja e vazhdueshme e nj\u00eb spektri t\u00eb t\u00ebr\u00eb t\u00eb profesionist\u00ebve, akademik\u00ebve dhe praktikuesve, duke siguruar aft\u00ebsin\u00eb e tyre p\u00ebr t\u00eb vepruar dhe p\u00ebr t\u00eb vendosur zgjidhje t\u00eb efektshme p\u00ebr sfidat e ujit.<\/li>\n<li>Shtimi i t\u00eb m\u00ebsuarit organizativ dhe p\u00ebrmir\u00ebsimi i praktikave organizative, me q\u00ebllim arritjen e nj\u00eb performance organizative superiore.<\/li>\n<li>Forcimi i njohurive dhe praktikave t\u00eb shoq\u00ebris\u00eb rreth asaj \u00e7ka i b\u00ebn politikat, strategjit\u00eb, strukturat ligjore dhe rregullatore m\u00eb efektive p\u00ebr t\u00eb zgjidhur problematikat sfiduese t\u00eb ujit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>N\u00eb k\u00ebt\u00eb kontekst, Zhvillimi i Kapaciteteve (ZHK) \u00ebsht\u00eb nj\u00eb proces ku kapacitetet n\u00eb m\u00ebnyr\u00eb progresive mund\u00ebsojn\u00eb nj\u00eb individ t\u00eb:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identifikoj\u00eb dhe t\u00eb kuptoj\u00eb \u00e7\u00ebshtjet e ujit, t\u00eb kryej\u00eb funksionet kryesore t\u00eb ujit, t\u00eb zgjidh\u00eb problemet e ujit, t\u00eb p\u00ebrcaktoj\u00eb dhe t\u00eb arrij\u00eb objektivat q\u00eb kan\u00eb lidje me ujin.<\/li>\n<li>Kuptoj\u00eb dhe t\u00eb p\u00ebrballet me nevojat e zhvillimeve t\u00eb lidhura me ujin n\u00eb nj\u00eb kontekst t\u00eb gjer\u00eb dhe n\u00eb m\u00ebnyr\u00eb t\u00eb q\u00ebndrueshme, n\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00ebjt\u00ebn koh\u00eb t\u00eb m\u00ebsoj\u00eb nga p\u00ebrvoja dhe t\u00eb akumuloj\u00eb njohuri p\u00ebr t\u00eb ardhmen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shoqata Nd\u00ebrkomb\u00ebtare e Ujit (IWA) \u00ebsht\u00eb duke p\u00ebrgatitur aktualisht nj\u00eb Struktur\u00eb t\u00eb Kompetencave p\u00ebr arritjen e performanc\u00ebs superiore n\u00eb sektorin e ujit. Nj\u00eb draft paraprak i grupon kompetencat n\u00eb tri kategori kryesore:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mendjempreht\u00ebsi n\u00eb Biznes:<\/strong> jan\u00eb kompetencat e nevojshme p\u00ebr t\u00eb siguruar mpreht\u00ebsi dhe shpejt\u00ebsi p\u00ebr t\u00eb kuptuar dhe reaguar n\u00eb nj\u00eb sitaut\u00eb biznesi n\u00eb nj\u00eb m\u00ebnyr\u00eb t\u00eb till\u00eb q\u00eb t\u00eb \u00e7on drejt nj\u00eb rezultati t\u00eb mir\u00eb.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aft\u00ebsit\u00eb Njer\u00ebzore:<\/strong> jan\u00eb kompetencat q\u00eb mund\u00ebsojn\u00eb t\u00eb p\u00ebrballesh, t\u00eb ndikosh dhe t\u00eb komunikosh me njer\u00ebz t\u00eb tjer\u00eb.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aft\u00ebsit\u00eb Teknike<\/strong>: jan\u00eb kompetencat q\u00eb mund\u00ebsojn\u00eb t\u00eb kuptosh \u00e7\u00ebshtjet, t\u00eb njoh\u00ebsh alternativa dhe t\u00eb jap\u00ebsh zgjidhje. N\u00eb rastin e shoq\u00ebrive t\u00eb sh\u00ebrbimeve t\u00eb ujit, aft\u00ebsit\u00eb teknike aplikohen p\u00ebr sigurimin e ujit t\u00eb pijsh\u00ebm dhe trajtimin e uj\u00ebrave t\u00eb ndotur.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Zhvillimi i kompetencave \u00ebsht\u00eb objektivi kryesor i nd\u00ebrhyrjeve t\u00eb ZHK p\u00ebr IWA.\u00a0 N\u00eb k\u00ebt\u00eb aspekt, Edukimi dhe Trajnimi Bazuar n\u00eb Kompetenca (ETBK) \u00ebsht\u00eb nj\u00eb qasje q\u00eb thekson mjesht\u00ebrin\u00eb e p\u00ebrvet\u00ebsuar dhe zbatimin e njohurive dhe t\u00eb aft\u00ebsive n\u00eb bot\u00ebn reale. Aktualisht, jan\u00eb duke u b\u00ebr\u00eb p\u00ebrpjekje t\u00eb r\u00ebnd\u00ebsishme p\u00ebr mbledhjen e praktikave m\u00eb t\u00eb mira, zhvillimin e trajnimeve dhe dh\u00ebnien e njohurive t\u00eb prodhuara.<\/p>\n<p>IWA i n\u00ebnkupton nd\u00ebrhyrjet e Zhvillimit t\u00eb Kapaciteteve si procese t\u00eb t\u00eb m\u00ebsuarit n\u00eb nivel individual, organizativ dhe shoq\u00ebror. N\u00eb thelbin e saj, aktivitetet e ZHK-s\u00eb do t\u00eb synojn\u00eb p\u00ebr t\u00eb rritur aft\u00ebsin\u00eb n\u00eb kryerjen e detyrave n\u00eb bot\u00ebn reale.<\/p>\n<p>Duke patur k\u00ebt\u00eb parasysh, IWA p\u00ebrpiqet t\u00eb zhvilloj\u00eb kompetencat e profesionist\u00ebve t\u00eb ujit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>P\u00ebr t\u00eb rritur aft\u00ebsin\u00eb n\u00eb kryerjen e detyrave kryesore t\u00eb biznesit n\u00eb shoq\u00ebrit\u00eb UK.<\/li>\n<li>P\u00ebr t\u00eb vendosur politika efektive, strategji, rregullore dhe ligje p\u00ebr ujin n\u00eb nivel institucional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Puna q\u00eb ka nd\u00ebrmarr\u00eb SHUKALB n\u00ebn grantin aktuale t\u00eb saj nga USAID me titull &#8220;\u201cZhvillimi i Q\u00ebndruesh\u00ebm i Kapaciteteve n\u00eb Sektorin e Ujit n\u00eb Shqip\u00ebri&#8221; \u00ebsht\u00eb n\u00eb harmoni perfekte me strategjin\u00eb e IWA-s\u00eb lidhur me Zhvillimin e Kapaciteteve, dhe do t\u00eb shkoj\u00eb nj\u00eb hap m\u00eb tej p\u00ebr faktin se Shoqata \u00ebsht\u00eb duke punuar direkt me Ministrin\u00eb e Transportit dhe Infrastruktur\u00ebs p\u00ebr krijimin e nj\u00eb Programi Certifikimi Bazuar n\u00eb Testim, i cili do ta b\u00ebj\u00eb certifikimin t\u00eb detyruesh\u00ebm p\u00ebr ata q\u00eb k\u00ebrkojn\u00eb t\u00eb punojn\u00eb n\u00eb sektorin e ujit n\u00eb Shqip\u00ebri, dhe n\u00eb t\u00eb gjitha nivelet drejtuese.<\/p>\n<p>Kurset e trajnimit t\u00eb SHUKALB bazuar n\u00eb aft\u00ebsi do t\u00eb fillojn\u00eb t\u00eb jepen k\u00ebt\u00eb muaj, mars 2016, dhe do t\u00eb vazhdojn\u00eb gjat\u00eb gjith\u00eb vitit. Kurset p\u00ebr t\u00eb ndihmuar pjes\u00ebmarr\u00ebsit p\u00ebr t\u2019u p\u00ebrgatitur p\u00ebr testet e certifikimit priten t\u00eb fillojn\u00eb n\u00eb fillim t\u00eb vitit 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[:en]<figure id=\"attachment_891\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-891\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shukalb.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Semi.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-891\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-891 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/shukalb.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Semi-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"Semira Kasimati\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Semira Kasimati Vathi, Director-Business Services Water\/Wastewater Utility Business Planning and Customer Services, Valu Add Management Services<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Semira Kasimati, represents the Association\u2019s private member, Valu Add Management Services, and was recently named as a member of the Strategic Council of the International Water Association (IWA), representing small consulting firms in developing countries.\u00a0 The Strategic Council met on 9 February, in the Hague, to discuss topic areas and make recommendations to the Board of IWA on directions that IWA should take on important issues in the water sector.<\/p>\n<p>One of the four strategic priority areas of IWA Strategic Plan 2014-2016 aims to transform IWA into a learning organization that facilitates the learning of its members.\u00a0 It aims to assess the opportunities to increase the potential learning experience of members, both individual and corporate, based on IWA\u2019s current strengths.\u00a0 At the individual level, learning services have clear career development aims supporting professional updating and personal development. \u00a0At the corporate and geographical level, learning services should aim to fill urgent competency gaps.<\/p>\n<p>During its recent Strategic Council Meeting, IWA presented a Capacity Building and Competencies Framework that is under development, with the main purpose to help its members improve performance in the water sector.<\/p>\n<p>IWA has clearly stated that it\u2019s aim for learning activities covers the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep current a whole spectrum of professionals, academics and practitioners, ensuring their competency to act and deploy effective solutions to pressing water challenges.<\/li>\n<li>Enhance organizational learning and improve organizational practices and with the aim of superior organizational performance.<\/li>\n<li>Strengthen society\u2019s knowledge and practices about what makes policies, strategies, legal and regulatory frameworks more effective to solve challenging water problems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this context, Capacity Development (CD) is a process where capacities progressively enable an individual to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify and understand water issues, perform core water functions, solve water problems, define and achieve water related objectives.<\/li>\n<li>Understand and deal with water-related development needs in a broad context and in a sustainable manner, while learning from experience and accumulating knowledge for the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>IWA is currently preparing a Competencies Framework for superior performance in the water sector. A preliminary draft clusters competencies in three main categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Business Acumen:<\/strong> are the competencies required to ensure keenness and quickness in understanding and dealing with a business situation in a manner that is likely to lead to a good outcome.<\/li>\n<li><strong>People Skills:<\/strong> are the competencies that enable to deal with, influence, and communicate with other people.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Technical Skills:<\/strong> are the competencies that enable to understand issues, recognize alternatives and device solutions. In the case of water service providers, technical abilities are applied to the provision of drinking water and treatment of wastewater.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Developing competencies is the core objective of CD interventions for IWA.\u00a0 In that regard, Competence-Based Education and Training (CBET) is an approach that emphasizes demonstrated mastery and the application of knowledge and skills in the real world.\u00a0 Currently, important efforts are being made to gather best practices, develop and deploy training, and disseminate knowledge produced.<\/p>\n<p>IWA understands Capacity Development interventions as learning processes at the individual, organizational, and society levels. At its core, CD activities will aim to enhance the ability to perform tasks in the real world.<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, IWA strives to develop competencies of water professionals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To enhance the ability to perform core business tasks in utilities.<\/li>\n<li>To deploy effective water policies, strategies, regulation and laws at institutional level.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The work being undertaken by SHUKALB under its current grant from USAID titled \u201cSustainable Water Sector Capacity Development in Albania\u201d is perfectly in alignment with the strategy of IWA regarding Capacity Development, and will go one step further in that the Association is working directly with the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure to establish a Test-based Certification Program that will make certification mandatory for those seeking to work in the water sector in Albania, and at all supervisory levels.<\/p>\n<p>SHUKALB\u2019s skills-based training courses will begin to be delivered this month, March 2016, and continue throughout the year.\u00a0 The courses to help participants to prepare for certification tests are expected to start in early 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:sq] Semira Kasimati, p\u00ebrfaq\u00ebson an\u00ebtarin privat t\u00eb Shoqat\u00ebs, Valu Add Management Services, dhe \u00ebsht\u00eb em\u00ebruar koh\u00ebt e fundit si an\u00ebtare e K\u00ebshillit Strategjik t\u00eb Shoqat\u00ebs Nd\u00ebrkomb\u00ebtare t\u00eb Ujit (IWA), ku<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[205,213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}