The Study on victims of the crime of domestic violence and sexual assaults is a joint work of the staff of Hotline for Women and Girls in Albania, and the experts and consultants of our center. The study looks into the fact that data on domestic violence are important for the further steps in the context of the development of the action plan for interventions in cases of domestic violence. We would like to acknowledge and appreciate the support we got from Swedish Support to Ministry of Interior and ASP on Community Policing Programme for financing the study and the project team. We appreciate, as well the work of all the experts engaged in the process. Read more..

This study is the result of the contribution and viewpoints of many actors who are legitimately considered – or are, in practice – Albanian State Police (ASP) partners in the joint efforts to preserve order and prevent criminality. Our gratitude goes fi rst to all our collaborators within the ASP, to the representatives of various levels of the local government, to representatives of units working for children’s rights at the district level and municipal level, to representatives of regional employment offi ces as well as local units at municipal level, to representatives of regional directorates for economical assistance and social services and to those of the sections for economical assistance and social services in municipal governments, to representatives of regional and municipal educational directorates, to representatives of non-governmental organizations working in areas such as women and children rights, domestic violence, rights of minorities and marginalized groups, traffi cking, blood feud, etc, as well as to representatives of small and medium businesses who have been consulted in the context of this study.   Read more…

This manual was designed by Gender Alliance for Development Center and by a dedicated team of experts in the field of gender equality and domestic violence. We would especially like to thank Prof. Dr. Arta Mandro for the legal expertise and Ms. Milva Ekonomi for the socio-economic perspective during the design of this manual. Gender Alliance for Development Center would like to thank the following organizations of the civil society, which responded positively to the invitation for cooperation in implementing the focus groups and interviews with the police staff, as well as the other institutions which are part of the coordination mechanism under the Law. No. 9669, dated 18.12. 2006 as amended, “On the measures against domestic violence” Read more..

The General Directorate of the Albanian State Police (ASP) includes in a vertical structure the Dept on Organized and Heavy Crimes, the Dept. of Public Security – compounded by Road Safety Police and Mobile Operational Forces Directorate (Immediate Intervention Special Forces – NSH) and the Border and Migration Dept. Read more…

Findings and recommendations for policies that improve performance of the Albanian State Police on community policing – April 2014 Read more..