On October 24-29 and November 7-12, a group of 26 NPO Academy attendees and representatives from Albanian municipalities and other local NPOs, participated in two study visits to Slovakia, where were introduced to the work of organizations, citizen action groups and public institutions in Bratislava, Banska Bistrica, Zvolen etc.

Meetings with organizations and public institutions helped participants to learn on NGO-State cooperation, innovative approaches in fighting corruption, crowd sourcing, fundraising, participatory budgeting etc. The study visit was organized in cooperation with  Partners from Democratic Change Slovakia.