Centre of Integrated Legal Services and Practices is a civil society organization established in December 2004
The mission of the Centre of Integrated Legal Services and Practices includes helping vulnerable people, especially children and young people, to access justice through provision of free legal assistance, psychological and social services, mediation and other restorative practices, as well as contributing to the justice system development through creation of knowledge, provision of technical expertise and development of capacity building programs. CILSP operates with its programmes, throughout Albania but mainly operates through its local offices in Lezha, Korça and Gjirokastra County.
Partners and donors:
Assisted and supported from different donors, CILSP has continued to provide different interventions and to extend them in terms of geographic coverage and variability of services.
The activity of CILSP in these years has been supported by Terre des hommes Albania, UNHCR, World Vision, UNICEF, US Embassy in Tirana, USAID, European Union Delegation in Albania, ANTTARC, UNDP and SOS Villages Albania
CURRENT PROJECTS:
During 2024, CILSP activity is focused on these main pillars:
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Provision of free legal aid for vulnerable groups as one of the authorized NGO by Ministry of Justice and Free Legal Aid Directory.
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Provision of a package of service enabling increasing opportunities for young people employment
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Contributing to improve the capacity building of mediators, promotion of the use of mediation with different stakeholders and strengthening the capacities of free legal aid providers in referring cases to mediation.
CILSP implements its interventions in collaboration with different state agencies and NGO
STATE AGENCIES:
Albanian People’s Advocate
Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Interior
Ministry of health and social protection
State Agency for the Protection of Children’s Rights
National Bar Association:
Albanian School of Magistrates
General Directorate of Probation Services
General Directorate of Prisons
Central and Governmental Local Units (communes / municipalities)
Directory of Free Legal Aid
Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences
Defense for children (Belgium)
Bashkia Lezhe
Qendra Rinore Lezhe
National Chamber of Mediation
Order of Psychologist of Albania
NGO:
CSSP- Berlin Center for Integrative Mediation
Tirana Legal Aid Society
Albanian Foundation for conflict resolution
ALTRI
Meridia
Save the Children, Albania
Vatra
Center for Legal and Citizens Initiatives
SOS Children's Villages Albania