The Aleksander Xhuvani University, Pruga rinia, Elbasan, Albania is listed among the institutions represented in The Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA) whose goal is to promote the advancement of quality basic and applied research in international affairs (CEEISA 28 May 2001).

The Aleksander Xhuvani University, Elbasan, Albania, is also listed on the Amsterdam-based Europhysics Foundation Website (November 1996). In 1996, the rector of the university was Shpetim Vyshka (ibid).

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

The Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA). 28 May 2001. http://ian.vse.cz/ceeisa/report.phtml [Accessed 7 Mar. 2002]

Europhysics Foundation, Amsterdam. November 1996. "Physics Research in Albania." http://www.nikhef.nl/~ed/docs/albania.html [Accessed 7 Mar. 2002]