Workshop on Rangelands, Transhumance and Pastoralism

Progress of Preparatory Workshops

Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on
Rangelands, Transhumance and Pastoralism

7 November 2025 | Elbasan, Albania

As part of Pre-Gathering preparatory activities, we organized Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on Rangelands, Transhumance and Pastoralism (1 day) with the partnership and leadership of local organizations organization in Western Balkan countries/ zones.

This 1-day Workshop considered an agenda for discussions:

Importance and Challenges of Pastoralism and Shepherds Globally
Transhumance, Pastoralism and Landscapes in Balkan country/zone
Plan of Regional Gathering (April 2026), and Constitution of National/Zonal Organizing Committee
How to prepare for Regional Gathering: inviting collaborations; arranging logistics; mobilizing stakeholders; mobilizing shepherd participants; promotion through media and social media; volunteering etc.

The participants invited in the Workshop were: municipalities, agriculture department, regional authority, local NGOs, citizen groups, shepherd associations/groups, chamber of agriculture commerce, business groups dealing in animal products, academic/research institutions, local colleges, local school administration, and others.

Dr. Kristaq Skenderi welcomes all the participants and he prepared a platform to exchange the ground problems and issues the shepherd people are facing in Elbasan, Korce and Berat zones. It has been decided that Kristiaq will gather required information and mobilize all the shepherds in the areas. A sub-gathering of pastoralists can be organized in the zones and he and his organization will take care of the responsibilities given.