Dr. Heliona Bellani

Office E 204
Email hmico@epoka.edu.al
Office Phone 1640
Website(s) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Heliona_Mico,
https://al.linkedin.com/in/heliona-bellani-mico-1a6b5760,
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57876931500

Primary Appointment

Lecturer - Law

Education

Other, Human Rights, Child Protection, Theory and Practice, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, United States of America, Boston, 2021

Dr., Human Rights, The right to education, European Legislation, University of Tirana, Albania, Tirana, 2019

Other, Educational Law and Policy, European Association for Education Law and Policy, Antwerp, Belgium, Antwerp, 2010

M. Sc., Public Administration, University of Tirana, Albania, Tirana, 2007

M. Sc., Civil Law, University of Tirana, Albania, Tirana, 2006

M. Sc., Law, University of Tirana, Albania, Tirana, 2003

Additional Affiliations

Member of Association for Teacher Education in Europe

Honors and Awards

READ Fellowship Program from Albanian American Development Foundation (AADF) for “Legal protection of minorities: Compliance of Albanian domestic legislation with international instruments/human rights treaties” project as a resident scholar. https://www.iie.org/programs/research-expertise-from-the-academic-diaspora/selected-fellows/

Fellowship as a Visiting Researcher in the Department of Legal Studies, University of Bologna, Italy. Participation in the Department’s regular research activities. Organisation of a seminar on the following topic: “Legal dimensions of social inclusion in education: Comparative perspectives and transitional challenges”

Projects

ORBIT Cost Action, Irland, Member of Working Group WG2 Religious-Based Bullying and Diversity in Schools: Policies and Practices, of Cost Action CA “Religious Identity, Bullying and Wellbeing at School: A Transnational Collaboration (ORBIT)”, https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23120/. Collate evidence of the presence of different religious communities across partner countries and salient issues arising Gather and assess evidence of best practice on how schools cope with religious diversity., 11/2024 - ongoing

Coordinator READ Project, EPOKA University, Albania, Coordinator, “Legal Protection of Minorities: Compliance of Albanian Domestic Legislation with International Human Rights Instruments” Project, READ Fellowship Program, Albanian American Development Foundation (AADF), as Resident Scholar. https://www.iie.org/programs/research-expertise-from-the-academic-diaspora/selected-fellows/, 11/2024 - 2025-05-01

Academic Coordinator, Leiden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherland, Academic Coordinator of Erasmus + Programme Inter-Institutional Agreement Key Action 1, between EPOKA University and Leiden University, the Netherlands., 09/2024 - ongoing

Coordinator Erasmus+ Key Action 171 Mobility, Odisee University of Applied Sciences, Belgium, Coordinator of Erasmus+ Key Action 171 Interinstitutional Agreement between EPOKA University and Odisee University of Applied Sciences, Belgium., 07/2024 - ongoing

TraFaDy, Odisee University of Applied Sciences, Belgium, Member of Working Group WG2 Vulnerable Children and Young People and Working Group WG3 Social Rights and Social Protection of Cost Action CA 21143 Transnational Families Dynamic in Europe (TraFaDy). https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA21143/#tabs+Name:Working%20Groups%20and%20Membership. Participation in research on human rights and social inclusion of migrants in European countries., 12/2023 - ongoing

Teaching Mobility program in the framework of the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) Agree, University of Salerno, Italy, Lecturer at the University of Salerno (UNISA), Italy (Erasmus Code SALERNO01) for Teaching Mobility in the framework of the Erasmus+ Program, and International Credit Mobility (ICM) Agreement signed between EPOKA University and University of Salerno. Elaboration and presentation of lectures on Public Law and EU Law, to the students of the integrated 5-year program in Law offered by the Department of Legal Sciences (School of Law) of UNISA., 07/2023 - 2023-07-14

Teaching Mobility program in the framework of the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) Agree, The University of Salerno (UNISA) in Italy, Dr. Heliona Miço delivered lectures on Public Law and EU Law to the students of the integrated 5-year program in Law offered by the Department of Legal Sciences (School of Law) of UNISA with a particular focus on the right to education as e fundamental human right seen from the international standards, European legislation and Albanian legal framework., 03/2022 - 2022-04-01

Cost action CA19143 Global Digital Human Rights Network, Tallinn University, The GDHRNet COST Action will systematically explore the theoretical and practical challenges posed by the online context to the protection of human rights. The network will address whether international human rights law is sufficiently detailed to enable governments and private online companies to understand their respective obligations vis-à-vis human rights protection online. It will evaluate how national governments have responded to the task of providing a regulatory framework for online com, 09/2020 - ongoing

EduLaw project: Project type: Erasmus+ Mundus Curriculum Development, University of Bialystok, Vytauto Didziojo Universitetas. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Dr. Heliona Miço is involved as a researcher in "Introducing modules on law and rights in programs of teacher training and educational sciences: A contribution to building rights-based education systems in countries in transition.", 09/2016 - 2020-03-01

Courses Taught

LAW 105 - INTRODUCTION TO LAW

LAW 106 - PHILOSOPHY OF LAW

LAW 116 - CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

LAW 202 - LEGISLATIVE TECHNIQUE

LAW 101 - PUBLIC LAW

LAW 209 - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW I

LAW 210 - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW II

LAW 502 - INTERNSHIP

LAW 504 - THESIS

LAW 520 - THE RIGHT OF EDUCATION AND EDUCATION LEGISLATION

LAW 410 - LEGAL CLINIC

Research Interests

My field of interest is connected to human rights, the right to education, the rule of law, international standards in the right to education, EU and European studies, quality assurance, child's rights, and social inclusion. I am interested in aligning the Albanian education legal framework with European standards by analyzing the legislation and case studies.

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