Klaudja Koci joins us from Prespa National Park in Albania where she currently specializes in Transboundary Nature preservation through her work as the Outdoor Education Programs and Project Coordinator with the PPNEA - (Organization for the Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania). Klaudja has served as professor of Outdoor Sports at the University of Sports in Tirana, as well, as a former Erasmus Mundus student herself, Klaudja is a strong advocate and promoter of ERASMUS exchange programs and projects in the region.  (Timestamps & topics covered at the bottom)
For more information on Klaudja, PPNEA, and Prespa National park follow this link https://ppnea.org/2020/10/15/meet-klaudja-koci-ppneas-outdoor-education-programs-coordinator/
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Time Stamps:
00:00:00 Music
00:00:15 Welcome to the show
00:06:16 Klaudja Koci is in Prespa National Park in Albania
00:09:06 From Transcultural European Outdoor Studies (TEOS) and to Transboundary Conservation work with Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania
00:14:56 Getting to know Prespa National parks Landscape and Culture
00:19:16 Nature Connection in Albanian Culture
00:21:51 Projects and initiatives at Prespa / Establishment of PPNEA
00:24:06 Important of transborder cooperation and PRESPA NET
00:26:46 Transboundary/ Transcultural Challenges
00:32:41 Plans for more  transboundary community engagement
00:36:31 transboundary summer schools and field research opportunities
00:37:31  History of communism the region,The European Green belt, and further importance of this transboundary exchange
00:43:30 Regionalism & research in the Green Belt; Being the guide and facilitator of nature and culture
00:48:39 Need for research in the area and working with ERASMUS education exchange programs
00:54:10 How to study or research in Prespa with PPNEA
00:57:16 What is the ERASMUS and other education funding and exchange opportunities in Europe
01:06:11 Klaudja’s PhD plans in Transboundary Nature Preservation in England, Netherlands, and Albania
01:10:53 Klaudja’s outdoor origins, Transcultural European Outdoor Studies &  sail boat trip in Cumbria, England
01:15:10 Transformation Teaching Outdoor Sports at the University of Tirana
01:17:26 Klaudja’s message on experiencing nature to the Transnatural World
01:22:00 Closing Reflections
01:23:25 Music