Institute of Studies on the Cham issue is an NGO of no center membership. It was founded in may 2004 in Tirana various fields of political sciences, juristic, historic, sociology, international relations etc. Institute of Studies on the Cham issue is registered and perform due o its statute and bylaws, congruent with Albanian states` law and international law.

 

 
Mission
Institute of Studies on the Cham issue seeks to make researches in the history and culture fields of the cham community as an inherent and important part of the Albanian nation. Institute of Studies on the Cham issue pursues academic research activities in the field of history, geopolitics, geography, demography, sociology for the cham population as an unseparated part of the Albanian nation.To evolve and stimulate public scientific debate for processing opinions and recommendation through active activities about the Chameria issue.To accomplish studies, to organize scientific activities and publishes their outputs.To furnish and maintain its own specific library.To enrich its own archive with the documentary materials from various archives in and outside the country about the problems of Chameria.To create a wide contacts network with analog research centers in Albania and abroad (Balkan, Europe, USA) and participating in mutual activities.

Organisation: 
The steps for the foundation of the Institute of Studies on the Cham issue were taken by its founders for the composition of the Charter and the selection of the executive board. According to its registration to the court as a legal entity the group of founders is called the Board of Directors of the Institute of Studies on the Cham issue.The members of the Board of Directors are well known researchers in various fields like political sciences, juridical, historical, and economic, international relations, sociologic etc. Each member of this Board of Director has equal obligations and responsibilities and enjoys equal rights.Every judgment is consensually taken by the Board of Directors.The meeting of Board of Directors is the highest organ of the Institute of Studies on the Cham issue and performs according to the statute.Head of the Board of Directors is the permanent representative of the Institute of Studies on the Cham issue conducting the meetings and undersigning its decrees.The Executive Director supervises the every day activity of the Institute of Studies on the Cham issue and is responsible in the research area of the department that he leads like other members of the Board of Directors.He is the main responsible for the financial database and budget administration.The other members of the Board of the Directors are called the Academic Directors covering respectively the scientific aspects and publications of Institute of Studies on the Cham issue as well.The scientific structure of the Institute of Studies on the Cham issue is the Advisory Board made up by unlimited experts of different political fields and development strategies. Its duty consist in encouraging from the conceptual, organizational and financial standpoint the Institute of Studies on the Cham issue programs, to advise the Board of Directors and the Executive Director for important matters.Institute of Studies on the Cham issue includes a specific number of researchers from all scientific above mentioned fields as scientific collaborators according to the level of research-scientific activity and financial situation.