Where did we participate so far?
ALBANIA (MAPE - Multinational Advisory Police Element)
Police officers from WEU Member States participated within the
frame of the MAPE Mission in Albania in training of Albanian
policemen, with reorganisation of the Albanian police and in
preparation of legislation for its functioning. The basic aim of the
mission was to approach the organisation and standards of activities
of Albanian police to the standards of the European police forces,
with special attention given to the respect of human rights and
freedoms.
From November 6, 1997 to June 22, 2001 5 Slovene police officers
altogether participated in this mission.
They performed the following tasks in Albania:
- Head of group of lecturers of law at the Training Centre in Tirana
- Co-ordinator of activities for opening of the new Training Centre at Duress
- Heads of the first and second MAPE field groups at Kosovo-Albanian border (refugee
crisis)
- Head of MAPE field group for evaluation of programmes for training of Albanian
policemen
- Area adviser and head of instructor's group for training of Special Unit of the Albanian
police
- Central adviser at the Ministry of Public Order for the field of border police activities.
All policemen held the rank of a senior police officer. Their
mandate lasted 6 months with the possibility to extend the work in the
mission for additional12 months (2 times 6 months).
The participation in the MAPE has shown adequate training,
professionalism and proper equipment of the Slovene police in order to
be able to participate in various types of peacekeeping missions.
Assistance of Slovene policemen to Albanian colleagues
Based on the recommendation of the Slovene Embassy in Macedonia and
of the Slovene policemen in MAPE, and in consideration of
specification of management of MAPE in Tirana, concerning the Albanian
needs, the Slovene Police donated in 1999 to the Ministry< of
Public Order of the Republic of Albania certain material resources in
the amount of about 1,5 million SIT, an equivalent of about 7300 EUR
(computer equipment, equipment for finding and destruction of
explosive devices, etc.).
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