Valbona Kuko is the WFD Country Director in Albania. She graduated in Economy and holds a master’s degree in business administration from Nebraska University, USA and the University of Tirana.
Valbona joined WFD in April 2023 bringing extensive experience in Albania and the region in the public and private sectors covering good governance, democratization, and civil society. She has comprehensive expertise and qualifications, having held senior positions in the public sector such as Director of Strategies and Donor Coordination at the Prime Minister’s Office and Director of European Integration at the Ministry of European Integration in Albania. Over the past 10 years, Valbona’s experience has been within the international community and the civil society organizations in Albania. As Team leader of the Swiss funded project “LevizAlbania – Local Democracy in Action”, she has been directly involved in providing grant schemes support to the civil society actors to strengthen local democracy by increasing civic engagement for accountability, transparency and participation in decision-making.