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OSCE Presence trains academic staff of first-ever Master’s Programme in Criminology in Albania
Publishing date: 28 September 2020
The OSCE Presence in Albania, together with the Faculties of Law and of Social Sciences of the University of Tirana, organized a training course from 22 to 25 September 2020, for academic staff of the new Master’s Programme in Criminology. The Master’s programme, which will start this academic year, is the first of its kind in Albania. The OSCE Presence in Albania initiated the programme as part of a project financially supported by the United States Mission to OSCE...
OSCE Presence launches transparency project for public procurement system in Albania
Publishing date: 3 September 2020
The OSCE Presence in Albania launched a project aimed at strengthening the capacities and increasing transparency and accountability of the public procurement system in Albania, on 1 September 2020...
OSCE Presence in Albania holds activities in support of Master’s Programme in Criminology establishment at Law Faculty in Tirana
Publishing date: 2 June 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Economic activities, Education, Policing, Rule of law
On 28 and 29 May 2020 in Tirana, the OSCE Presence in Albania, in co-operation with the Law Faculty at the University of Tirana, organized a workshop with the academic staff of the new Master Programme in Criminology, aimed to improve capacities of professionals, academics and policy-makers to identify root causes of crime...
OSCE Presence brings together Albania’s institutions to boost fight against environmental crime
Publishing date: 6 May 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Environmental activities, Rule of law
Environmental crime in Albania increased in the first four months of 2020 compared to the same period last year, according to police reports...
Criminal justice responses to terrorism focus of OSCE seminar in Albania
Publishing date: 14 November 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism, Rule of law
Strengthening rule of law-compliant criminal justice responses to terrorism was the aim of a two-day seminar which concluded on 14 November 2019 in Tirana. Over 40 Albanian practitioners from relevant government agencies, the Bar Association and civil society representatives attended the seminar...
OSCE Presence in Albania works together with Albanian Prosecution, State Police to improve co-operation between Judicial Police and Prosecutors
Publishing date: 25 June 2019
The OSCE Presence in Albania signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with the Prosecution Office of Tirana and the Albanian State Police, respectively, on 24 June 2019 in Tirana...
Statement by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Lajčák on developments in Albania
Publishing date: 10 June 2019
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
Bratislava/Nicosia, 10 June 2019 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák expressed his concern today regarding the latest developments in Albania, which may deepen the political crisis further and bring the functioning of the state institutions to a standstill.