Albanian prison directors enhance their leadership and prison management skills

21 March 2024 Tirana, Albania

On 18-20 March, 20 prison Directors representing all the Albanian penitentiary institutions, attended a leadership and prison management training delivered by two Council of Europe international consultants and the Head of the Albanian Training Centre for prison staff. The training combined...

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Advancing regional co-operation to bring forward equality reforms for the protection of LGBTI community

12-13 MARCH 2024 Podgorica, Montenegro

A regional peer exchange on tackling equality reforms and focusing on the protection of LGBTI persons, took place in Podgorica, Montenegro. Following the regional LGBTI conference on “Addressing the rising anti-gender movement” organised in Pristina“ in November 2023, the two-day event organised...

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Tackling environmental crime through addressing related illicit financial flows and corruption in the Western Balkans

7-8 March 2024 Tirana, Albania

A regional conference focusing on the intricate relationship between money laundering, corruption and environmental crimes in the Western Balkans took place in Tirana, Albania. Organised with the support of the European Union and the Council of Europe, the 2-days event brought together key...

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Artificial Intelligence - Bridging the Equality Gap

Secretary General 7 March 2024 Strasbourg

“More and more, AI is giving shape to the world we live in - our job prospects, our health-care outcomes, our access to benefits and services. The list of areas affected by AI is long and is growing. Unless we learn how to harness the potential of AI to bridge inequalities - including gender...

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“Introduction to Corruption Prevention” – Council of Europe HELP course launched for Albanian stakeholders

1 March 2024 Tirana

The HELP course on “Introduction to corruption prevention” adapted in Albanian for local stakeholders was launched in Tirana in a public event supported by EU and Council of Europe and organised in close co-operation with the Minister of State for Public Administration and Anti-Corruption and the...

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‘Say No to Discrimination’ week kicks off in Albania

26 February 2024 Tirana, Albania

The European Union and Council of Europe joint action on Advancing the protection from discrimination in Albania is supporting the 2024 Week against Discrimination, an initiative of the Commissioner for Protection from Discrimination. Under the slogan “Say No to Discrimination!”, a series of...

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Public authorities in Albania raise their capacities on enforcing property rights and execute related Court decisions

22 - 23 February 2024 Gjiri i Lalzit, Albania

Public institutions engaged in the field of property rights in Albania took a significant step towards enhancing their expertise, during the two-day Training of Trainers on "Property rights and the execution of court decisions”. The event, organised with the support of the European Union and the...

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Sweden reconfirms co-operation for another two years in the field of democratic citizenship education

15 February 2024 Tirana, Albania

Inspiring, with positive energy and motivating examples, students from Joint Secondary School of Krrabë, in a visit at the Swedish Embassy in Tirana, introduced some of the activities conducted during the four-year journey of the Council of Europe project Strengthening Democratic Citizenship...

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CEPEJ tools for the efficiency and quality of justice introduced to Albanian court councils

9 February 2024 Tirana, Albania

Members of the first instance court councils of Albania, representatives of the High Court of Albania and of the High Judicial Council were part of the capacity building activity on CEPEJ tools on court efficiency and quality of justice, organised with the support of the European Union and the...

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Albanian authorities discuss follow up measures to the CPT report

7 February 2024 Tirana, Albania

In a high level meeting, organised with the support of the European Union and the Council of Europe, senior officials in the field of penitentiary discussed the upcoming steps in addressing the key challenges of the penitentiary system stemming from the main findings of the European Committee...

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