Program Team Leader Mr. Ansi Shundi and Monitoring and Evaluation Expert Ms. Eldisa Zhebo, participated in the meeting initiated by the Ministry of the Interior and organized on November 18th, 2024, in the premises of the Elbasan District Prefecture.
This meeting was organized in the framework of the approval of the CoM Decision on Local Public Safety Councils (LCPS), with the participation of the representatives of the Ministry of Interior, Elbasan District Prefecture, municipalities and police commissariats, SCPA Program and the OSCE Presence in Albania. Following more than 8 years of collaboration and cooperation on the organization and functioning of the LCPS, the SCPA Program and the OSCE Presence in Albania congratulated the approval of the CoM Decision on LCPS.
In this framework, a round of meetings has been initiated in all the districts to emphasize the importance of establishing the LCPS. In the municipalities where the LCPS has been operational the legal basis is now in force, whereas in the municipalities in which LCPS do not exist, it is mandatory to establish the LCPS within 3 months from the approval of the CoM Decision on LCPS. This meeting is deliberately organized in Elbasan, considering the successful experience of LCPS in the municipalities of Elbasan, Cërrik and Belsh. The SCPA program reiterated its ongoing support on LCPS and public order and security in this region.
At the end of the meeting, the representatives of the Ministry of Interior and Elbasan District Prefecture expressed their appreciation on the cooperation and support provided to date by the international partners and their interest in the continuation of such useful cooperation.
