Ana Majko, Executive Director, Nisma ARSIS

Ana Majko graduated in 2008 as a psychologist at the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology (DPP), Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tirana, and received a Master of Sciences in Organizational Psychology at the same faculty in 2010. She has conducted her Ph.D. studies in the field of psychology at the University of Tirana and received her Ph.D. degree in 2018. She graduated in 2023 from the Executive Academy in the WU (Vienna University for Economics and Business) with a Professional Master in Social Innovation and Management.

Ana Majko has 14 years of experience in the field of child rights and protection, implementing services for children in high risk, day centers for children, and emergency services for children and parents in need of protection and treatment. She is an expert and trainer on issues related to child trafficking, exploitation, abuse and maltreatment, case management, and emergency response. Since 2016 she has been the executive director of Nisma ARSIS, a local organization focused on strengthening child protection mechanisms in Albania, community empowerment, designing and piloting new services, capacity building in child protection, advocacy and lobbying, and policy development in cooperation with public and nonpublic institutions. She is engaged in program development and implementation of projects for the most vulnerable groups nationwide.
Ana Majko is a co-author of the in-service modules for child protection, author of several publications and presentations at national and international conferences, a researcher in different studies with a focus on children at high risk and victims of abuse, and an activist in child rights protection in Albania.