News
- 26 April 2024: HAPE Project held its third Steering Committee meeting on 26 April 2024, in Pristina.
The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Massimo Prozzo – Task Manager of the European Union Office in Kosovo (EUOK) and Mr. Ron Krasniqi – Acting Head of Division for Policy Coordination – Department for European Integration, International Cooperation and Policy Coordination of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Also present at the meeting were: Col. Dejan Janković – Deputy General Director of Kosovo Police, Mr. Atdhe Dema – Prosecutor from Special Prosecution Office (SPO), representatives from various departments of MIA, including representatives from Police Inspectorate of Kosovo, KFA and KAPS. Among the consortium for the project, Ms. Naomi DOO-KINGUE – French Directorate for International cooperation and Security and the Security attachés from the Embassies of Italy and France. And other international partners (US Embassy, OSCE, CoE…etc.). The event was a showcase of the project achievements from March 2023 to March 2024, including views on the way forward, for the 3rd work plan, from April to July 2024. During the presentation of activities, it was underlined that in general, HAPE has made progress in supporting the main beneficiary institutions, namely, MIA, KP, relevant Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) and SPRK, with the aim of increasing their capacities, to be in line with EU best practices and standards contributing to the strengthening the Rule of Law and the fight against organized crime in Kosovo.