PRESS RELEASE
Deputy Governor Ahmetaj attends the graduation ceremony of the students of Epoka University

On 27 June 2024, the Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Albania, Ms Natasha Ahmetaj, attended the graduation ceremony of the students of Epoka University, Tirana.

In her address, Ms Ahmetaj congratulated all the students on their graduation and wished them the best of success in their career path.

Deputy Governor Ahmetaj said that without the enthusiasm of young people that make the difficulties seem more manageable, without their talent that challenges the professors to the highest levels of modern science, we would not be able to see Europe as the destination of economists, financiers and young managers. She added that the binomial "quality academic staff-students eager to learn" is the foundation of a country's bright future. The latter expands the boundaries of a local school toward international dimensions. This has already happened and advances in a perimeter that enlarges every day with institutions like “Epoka” University.

Ms Ahmetaj underlined that the Knowledge Economy has driven to a remarkable change in the global division of labour, creating structures in all economies across the world, regardless of the level of development, as well as exchanging human resources, processes, ideas and technology. She added that the only way to benefit from it is the inclusion in the global production chain and becoming skilful to manage complex information.

Thanks to this involvement, today, the trend of re-allocating highly qualified jobs to emergent economies is increasingly becoming clearer. Inclusion brings improved knowledge and in turn, integration. Globalization has therefore turned out to be a mechanism that enables the knowledge economy to turn into an economy that creates, exploit, and also distributes knowledge to improve both global growth and development. This makes the competitiveness of a nation or of a company dependent not merely on physical assets, but especially on the ability to capitalize knowledge.

"You are a lucky generation, as you are embarking on the career path simultaneously with Albania heading the boulevard of the United Europe, and you, through your contribution will become part of this journey. We expect you to challenge us with your aspirations, with your views, leading to the acceleration of our steps towards Western standards.”, - said the Deputy Governor Ahmetaj.

Concluding, Ms Ahmetaj highlighted that a "key" is provided to the students by which they will be able to open the door of their next path, that of a professional career in Albania, part of the European Union. ‘'We all wish this ‘’key’’ to turn golden along this path and one day together we will be proud of what we have done together throughout these years.’', -said Ms Ahmetaj.