As part of Pre-Gathering preparatory activities, The Grassroots Institute is organizing Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on Rangelands, Transhumance and Pastoralism (1 day) with the partnership and leadership of local organizations in Western Balkan countries/ zones.
This 1-day Workshop will constitute the following agenda for discussions:
• Importance and Challenges of Pastoralism and Shepherds Globally
• Transhumance, Pastoralism and Landscapes in your 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 Workshop participants will be: 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.
Schedule of Workshops:
4 November 2025 Round Table Discussion on Mountain Pastures and Shepherds in Albania: Challenges and Prospects [as part of ICOALS International Conference at Agricultural University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania]
7 November 2025 Elbasan, Albania
8 November 2025 Diber, Albania
9 November 2025 Skhoder, Albania
10 November 2025 Tuzi, Montenegro
12 November 2025 Vlašić, Bosnia i Herzegovina
13 November 2025 Pristina, Kosovo
14 November 2025 Skopje, North Macedonia