SIFE Albania Represented by University of Shkodra qualifies as Semi-Finalist at the SIFE World Cup Competition of Free Enterprise

(Singapore, October 1-3 2008)

SIFE Students from 44 countries around the world, representing more than 1500 Universities competed for the prestigious award of the SIFE World Champion on October 1- 3 at the Suntec Exhibition Center in Singapore.

"This is a competition where gather the best business minded students from all over the world," says Behar Male, President of the SIFE Albania Board of Directors. "It is amazing seeing so many different cultures with the common aim of making a positive impact in their communities."

More than 2200 people attended the competition organized by SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise). Early this year every country organizes National Competitions where the best team is selected and advances at the World Cup Competition .

The student's projects were judges by a distinguished panel of business persons comprising more than 400 persons from all over the world, while the Final Round of Competition comprised some of the world's leading CEO's.

The SIFE team from University of Shkodra advanced to the Semi-final Round of the Competition after winning in League 6 with SIFE teams from Morocco, Nicaragua, Philippine and Azerbaijan. In the semi-final round of competition our team was competing with SIFE teams from Australia, South Africa and Singapore which qualified for the Final round of competition.

The final round of competition can be viewed online at http://www.pdcproductions.com/SIFE/WC2008.htm and the SIFE activity was covered by important US networks such as the NBC and CBS.

Participation of Albanian delegation at the World Cup was made possible by the financial contribution of USAID that covered all the travel related expenditures and the American Chamber of Commerce.