Reform of the security sector in Albania has been an important part of the democratic transformation in Albania. These reforms finally led to Albania’s membership in NATO. Major progress has taken place in terms of the rule of law and respect for human rights. Important standards have been achieved in establishing civilian control of the Armed Forces, and in reforming and improving their ability to participate in international peace operations and other international military cooperation. Other security sector institutions have also achieved higher European standards.

The NATIONAL WORKSHOP: “Twenty Years of Security Sector Reform in Albania: Status and Challenges in the Democratic Governance of the Security Sector, and the Way Ahead ” would take place in Tirana on March 15-16. The workshop aims to discuss the current status in Albania’s reform process and the way ahead. The main objective is to help identify what a new generation of legal and political reforms should include and how to implement such reforms. Accordingly, it strives to develop a genuine dialogue among the key actors of the Albanian security sector, and to stimulate a forward-looking discussion on Albania’s challenges and how to meet them. 

Different identified problematic is summarized below in different documents according to the issues to be addressed at the workshop: