Kosovo plans academy for 2030 Mediterranean Games

The Secretary General of the Olympic Committee of Kosovo, Besim Aliti, has outlined plans to establish a special academy to train young people who will be involved in organizing the Mediterranean Games Pristina 2030.

He emphasized that the initiative aims to meet human resource needs, CE Report quotes Kosova Press.

Speaking about the concept of the academy and organizational requirements, he noted that the focus will be on young graduates with no prior work experience, who will be trained and later given employment opportunities within the organizing structures. According to him, the total number of people to be engaged is very large.

“We will, through international cooperation, create a training academy for young people in Kosovo — these are fresh bachelor graduates. The goal is to educate them in specific areas related to the Mediterranean Games and allocate 360 national and 40 international participants. The minimum staff we need is between 800 and 1,000 full-time employees and 2,500 to 3,000 volunteers. So we are talking about mobilizing around 5,000 people for the Mediterranean Games,” Aliti said on “SportCast.”

He also highlighted the expected economic impact of these investments, stressing that they should not be seen as costs but as a cycle that returns to the country’s economy through employment and tourism.

“Absolutely. The costs are not just expenses… all investments in infrastructure and human resources return to businesses and the people of Kosovo through taxes. We must also consider a large influx of tourism during the Mediterranean Games, which will generate indirect income for the economy,” he added.