SSP - Tirana
(School, Social Service and Police)
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SSP Tirana
The objective of the SSP cooperation (School, Social Service
and Police) is to build, implement and maintain a local and
urban network of professionals who have crime prevention
effects on children and young people’s daily life.
The goal of the SSP cooperation is to:
 Prevent and reduce youth crime
 Prevent and reduce creating insecurity juvenile behavior
 Respond immediately to acute local youth disorder
Establishing SSP cooperation in Tirana Region
1). Workshop on Crime Prevention and SSP cooperation (School,
Social Service and Police), held on 29.04 – 01.05.2014 in Tirana.
TAIEX (EU) support. Outcome….
2). Initiative by Director of Tirana Police Directorate for support from
PAMECA IV (EU) to create inter-institutional structure in Tirana (the
Danish SSP model).
3). PAMECA IV recruited a Short Term Expert for this specific task to
support and set up the structure – SSP model – in order to prevent and
reduce crime among children and young people.
4). The task and goals.
• strengthening the relationship and cooperation with other
institutions
• to achieve a safer community for children and young people
and their families
• creating of a network and cross-sectorial collaboration (SSP
model at strategic, management and implementation level
• to ensure knowledge and specific task within the SSP structure
• involve other relevant partners as well as civil society in the
preventive work
• inform about the preventive efforts of the police and the SSP
cooperation in Copenhagen / DK – the high priority
5). SSP Directors signing cooperation agreement in October 2014 to
establish the SSP cooperation / organization in Tirana.
6). Study visit to SSP Copenhagen end of January 2015 on strategic level.
TAIEX support.
Cooperation – cooperation……..
The advantage of cooperation seems obvious
“Lift together” – stronger than apart.
Several professionals (disciplines) in on place - smarter together.
More eyes, ears, voices and hands – better together
- at identify and analyze needs –
- act and coordinate in several way
7). SSP Directors signed the first SSP strategy in March for SSP Tirana 2015
and 2016.
8). Workshop on SSP cooperation in Tirana, on 6 – 7 May 2015.
”Does it work?”
Yes it does but give it time!