The Albanian Institute for International Studies and the Inter- Religious Collaboration Center in Elbasan (IRCCE) organized today an inception seminar, marking the establishment of the Institute for Religious Studies and Cooperation. Enabled by Porticus, the Institute for Religious Studies and Cooperation is a long-term initiative of the two think tanks that aims to strategically support further development of interreligious activities in Albania, in line with policy development and with needs and effects of initiatives from grassroot levels. ICC contributed with our ideas to this inception seminar.