IDMC in collaboration with Korça Youth Centre organized screening of "Memory of a Country that Forgot to Forget" documentary.

This year, the competition invited young people aged 15–19 to reflect individually or as a team on Albania's past (1944–1997) in any of the following genres: Essay, Visual Arts, Multimedia.

Authors showed aspects of Communism through their works and answered to questions regarding the role of literature in the field of dealing with the past.

Under the motto "Identity and Memory" it brings different activities aiming at raising the awareness of the Albanian society about the consequences of the dictatorship crimes and strengthening the dialogue about the past.

The aim of this workshop is to raise awareness of the society, in particular of the journalists, students and young researchers about the role of the archives in dealing with the past under the dictatorship.

IDMC in cooperation with Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB) screened in Shkodra the "Children of the Dictatorship" documentary released in 2016 by IDMC and the University of Arts.

IDMC organized the last of a series of workshops with history teachers focusing on analysing and discussing the archival documents on everyday life in communism in the 1970s and 1980s.

#TiranaReads to Remember falls under the #TiranaReads brand events which make a trend for all Tirana readers to get together, spread and discuss their passion for reading as well as democracy and human rights in Albania.

Students were able to notice the context of the movies, but also the language, the symbolism and the propagandistic elements employed in the movies produced in early 1960s or 1970s.

Many young people have displayed high level of interest in this workshop organized by IDMC and Prof. Asc. Dr. Linda Mëniku, as observed by their attendance.

The second meeting organized by IDMC for "New Man in the Movies Produced during the Dictatorship (1958-1990)" series focused on the propagandistic messages on "the others" as "enemies".

IDMC in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Foundation organized a four-day study trip to sites of memory in Berlin for the 1st prize winners of the "Ask Your Grandparents 2" competition.

The documentary screening marks the launch of a series of activities the Bathore Community Library aiming to introduce, make schoolchildren understand and reflect on the past.

The documentary screening marks the launch of a series of activities the Bathore Community Library aiming to introduce, make schoolchildren understand and reflect on the past.

This exhibition marks the 27th anniversary of the toppling of Enver Hoxha's statue, which symbolically stands for the fall of communism in Albania.

The documentary screening marks the launch of a series of activities the Bathore Community Library aiming to introduce, make schoolchildren understand and reflect on the past.

Nostalgia and the different ways the past is remembered were discussed on a scientific level at the conference on "Public and Private Recollections of Communism in Contemporary Albania", on 17‒18 November.

IDMC in collaboration with Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) launched on Thursday the 2nd edition of Memory Days. The event will take place from 16 until 23 November 2017.

IDMC encourages all Communism witnesses to share their personal or family stories so the younger generation does not forget.

This workshop aimed at training journalists to learn how to report, contextualize, and interpret the documents of the Secret Service during the Communist regime and on which sources to rely on.

Terminologu is a multimedia project that aims reflection on the Communist past of the Albanian young people, born after the 90s, through language, terms, habits, and phenomena that were part of ideological indoctrination.

IDMC organized a meeting with the students of Aleksander Moisiu University in Durres. They had the opportunity to engage in a discussion with a contemporary witness of the dictatorship era, Simon Mirakaj.

The participants were given the chance to talk to a contemporary witness of the dictatorship, Gjet(o) Vocaj, a former political prisoner in the former prison of Spaç.

IDMC in cooperation with the Association of History Teachers of Albania and ChwB organized a study trip to the former prison of Spac and the sites of memory in Shkodra.

The workshop series Urban Memory: How to Do Things with Cities closed in Tirana on April 21‒23.

After being screened in Tirana and Elbasan, "Children of the Dictatorship" documentary was screened in Gramsh.

2016 was a successful year for IDMC, whose work has deepened in the process of dealing with the communist past and the dictatorship and raising awareness of the society of its consequences until the present.

On 8 March, IDMC Platform of European Memory and Conscience calls for a minute of silence for the millions of women who fell victim to the Communist dictatorship.

IDMC in collaboration with Vlora Youth Centre organized on 3‒5 February 2017 the Urban Memory: How to Do Things with Cities, a series of workshops planned from IDMC in Vlora, Korca and Tirana.

On the Holocaust Memorial Day, "Jews in Albania: Crossed Perspectives" was organized. The first part was conceived as a scientific conference and the second day as a workshop with young people.

In the context of Topography of Terror, IDMC organized on 19‒20 September a study trip in the memory sites of Tepelene, Gjirokaster, and Lushnje.

Under the motto Memory as a Mission, IDMC and Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) in Tirana will organize on 24‒28 October 2016 the "Days of Remembrance".

Tirana Reads 2016 comes as a reading marathon for the second time in the frame of Tirana Literature Festival. The event started on September 29th, preceding September 30th, the World Translation Day.

In the context of Topography of Terror, IDMC organized on 19‒20 September a study trip in the memory sites of Tepelene, Gjirokaster, and Lushnje.

Dr. Jonila Godole, Executive Director of IDMC, has been awarded a Diploma of Gratitude for her work and contribution in "historical memory" by Shkodra-based Association of Former Political Persecutees in Albania.

The two-day activity entitled Literature as a Place of Memory was conceived as a way of discovering the role of literature in the dialogue about history, its place in the collective memory and the education of future generations.

IDMC today announced the creative competition for Digital Storytelling, Ask Your Grandparents, for all young Albanians living locally and abroad, aged over 18 years. Deadline for submissions is 18 September 2016.

The network of history teachers seeks to foster constructive discussion and reflection about the importance of dealing with the communist past in Albania.

The training on Public Policy and Governance, from the series of workshops and seminars which will be held also in Shkoder and Vlore, aimed to improve the understanding, knowledge and political skills of youth.

The documentary Memory of a Country that Forgot to Forget aimed to encourage the youth to reflect on the communist past because it could help them to better project their future.

25 years have passed since the fall of the Stalinist dictatorship in Albania, and it is time we examine the role the Albanian media and journalists played on the societal reflection on the country's past during this period.

Understanding political communication on the Web is especially important during election campaigns, for instance in the upcoming local elections.