Vera Shiko

Vera Shiko MEng in Transport, ABCD Ltd Project Manager

Education: - Diploma MSc in Mechanical Engineer; - Professional Diploma in MEng focused in Transport Engineering from Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania.

Skills and competences in years:

Mechanical Engineer in the Mechanical Industry for the technical design and production of machinery and devises for industrial maintenance and operation.

Specialist for International Relationships and Human Resources Development in the Institute of Transport, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructures. Contact person and coordinator in the training programs and European Projects, project proposal writing and application in European Programs for international partnership development.

Transport Planning Engineer in the Institute of Transport for transport modelling in developing, maintaining, reviewing and updating a national transport modelling strategy for Albania which covers the needs of all modes of transport. Working in group to update and maintain the two 5-years Albanian National Transport Plan-s (ANTP1 &2), under the management of the European Technical Assistance, part of foreign assistance training programs to update the knowledge for the sustainable transport sector development in Albania, part of European Transport Networks fostering the best practices in research and projects for all transport modes and infrastructures in a national and international level.

Since June 2018 and Currently: ABCD Ltd, in support of Albanian Businesses Cooperation and Development. In charge of: Management of national and EU projects related to sustainable mobility, intermodality, railway transport, inland nodes, maritime transport, logistics, road transport, Local Public Transport and sustainable mobility plans, Integrated Transport Planning, establishment of logistics operators network, startup of internationalization projects, promotion of law and regulation compliance in goods transport, logistics and portage, integration of sustainable transport modes, preparation and evaluation of training courses related to transport, logistics and production planning, working with public-private companies for methodology definition, assessment and writing of technical documents, definition of agreements with clients/suppliers, tender management and supervision of technical-administrative documents.

European Projects: WISE-ACT on Automotive and Connected Vehicles, Sharing and Caring in a Collaborative Economy, Interreg Central Program: CIVITAS ECCENTRIC Project, LOW-CARB Follower City and CIVITAS ELEVATE Project, part of MORE Exchange Forum Project, JRC Focus Group Experts on the future of CAVs implications, ICLEI and POLIS programs for cities, LENs Project, PROSPECT+ and others.