With funding from the European Union DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING INSTRUMENTS FOR JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS Phase three – Training DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING INSTRUMENTS FOR JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS PHASE 3 – MONTENEGRO TRAINING: INTERNATIONAL AND CO-ORDINATION Mon tenegro, 28th – 29th October 2010 CHRIS LEWIS

SESSION 1 Introductions Where this training fits into the CARDS Project How the sessions are organised

With funding from the European Union D EVELOPMENT OF M ONITORING I NSTRUMENTS FOR J UDICIAL AND L AW E NFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE W ESTERN B ALKANS Phase three – Training CHRIS LEWIS – UK Central Statistics Office – Use of Social Statistics Ministry of Defence - military logistics Chief Statistician – UK Home Office – Police, Prosecution, Courts, Corrections, Immigration Statistics – Managing and doing Criminal Justice research University teacher in Mathematics, Statistics and Computing International comparative work in Europe.

CHRIS LEWIS BACKGROUND – recent work Visiting Professor, Portsmouth University, UK, Lecturing and supervision on statistics for criminal justice Research and writing on Prosecution Systems (EU, Japan, US) Training Abu Dhabi Police on collecting and using Statistics. European Sourcebook on Crime and Justice Statistics, Statistical Training in Bosnia, Albania, Montenegro Statistics Consultant World Bank Justice, Security & Governance General Data Dissemination system (GDDS) Phase 2 Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia. Seychelles, Tanzania Internet-based training system for developing countries, 2011 Consultant governance statistics, African Dev Bank,

With funding from the European Union D EVELOPMENT OF M ONITORING I NSTRUMENTS FOR J UDICIAL AND L AW E NFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE W ESTERN B ALKANS Phase three – Training MY PURPOSES FOR THIS WEEK 1.To understand the needs of participants 2.To begin to share my 30+ years experience of crime and justice statistics, especially on statistical co-ordination and international reporting. 3.To prepare for the future visits in 2011, especially on closer co-operation between agencies. 4.To open an link for any who wish to keep in contact

With funding from the European Union D EVELOPMENT OF M ONITORING I NSTRUMENTS FOR J UDICIAL AND L AW E NFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE W ESTERN B ALKANS Phase three – Training INTRODUCTIONS FROM PARTICIPANTS Please give name, organisation, position and what you would like to gain from the training this week. Plus any other information that you think could be useful to the others here. Please comment on the proposed agenda of the week if you wish

With funding from the European Union D EVELOPMENT OF M ONITORING I NSTRUMENTS FOR J UDICIAL AND L AW E NFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE W ESTERN B ALKANS Phase three – Training LESSONS I HAVE LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS WORK- I Essential for every country to have good basic data on police, prosecution, corrections, courts, migration, other governance issues Essential for good co-ordination of data – Across different areas of law enforcement – Across the country as a whole Involve central statistics agencies Good continuous training in statistics

With funding from the European Union D EVELOPMENT OF M ONITORING I NSTRUMENTS FOR J UDICIAL AND L AW E NFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE W ESTERN B ALKANS Phase three – Training LESSONS I HAVE LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS WORK - II Need for good central guidelines Need to publish statistics routinely Need to use statistics for policy and operations Carry our research to get more information as to what the statistics actually mean Important to get independence from politicians Achieving all this takes a good deal of time and we should think about a 5 or 10 year plan

STRENGTHENING JUSTICE & HOME AFFAIRS STATISTICS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS Objective: to strengthen response to crime and corruption by bringing national statistics justice and home affairs towards compliance with international standards and EU acquis Project funded by the EU under the CARDS programme with additional funds from Germany Three Phases Many common features with UNODC, World Bank Statistical work in Africa and Middle East 7 countries / territories Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, FYROM, Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244), Montenegro, Serbia

THE THREE PHASES: PHASE 1 (RESEARCH) Set out relevant international standards and EU acquis Picture of the strengths & weaknesses of data collection systems Identify gaps and needs of statistical systems It involved:  Desktop research  7 research missions One output:  Technical Assessment Reports for 7 countries / territories

PHASE 2: GUIDELINES To identify common data collection challenges To discuss and adopt specific draft programme guidelines To agree a set of regional indicators To prioritise training needs and adopt outlines of training programmes It involved: o Preparation of draft Programme Guidelines o Feedback from project countries / territories o Discussion and adoption at First Regional Workshop One output: o Programme Guidelines adopted

PHASE 3: TRAINING To design and deliver targeted training activities To improve national capacities to record and report JHA statistics in line with international standards and EU acquis To identify areas for further work and improvements It involves: o Training to be carried out by international experts together with national focal points and national counterparts o Training delivered to police, prosecution, courts, and institutions in areas of migration / asylum / visa o Two visits to B&H – September/November 2010 Similar to World Bank work, although Internet Training a new WB feature. This training will be openly available via the WB web site

FIRST REGIONAL WORKSHOP (SKOPJE, MAY 2010) Goals To present the technical assessment reports To identify common data collection challenges To adopt specific draft guidelines To prioritise training needs To adopt the outlines of the training program To agree on a set of regional indicators

CHALLENGES OF THE CCJ STATISTICAL SYSTEM IN THE WESTERN BALKANS Developing person-based systems Developing better computerized systems to record data Assigning a unique Integrated File Number (IFN) to person- records to track persons across the whole CCJ system Clear written counting rules to record crime incidents Better co-ordination of statistics across countries and across agencies of law enforcement Training all responsible staff with regard to implementation Enhancing statistical analysis and use of the data collected Improving public dissemination of the data collected I WILL DEAL WITH SOME BUT NOT ALL OF THESE ISSUES

PROGRAMME GUIDELINES RECOMMENDATIONS INTERNATIONAL REPORTING, Sessions 1-4 # 10 # 29 It would be desirable to increase coordination with MONSTAT, in particular with a view to include crime statistics in the Statistical Yearbook and for international reporting of crime statistics to Eurostat A comprehensive legal and criminological review should be undertaken to document the consistency between criminal offence categories employed by Montenegrin police and the data-collection categories used by Eurostat and the UN. Any differences should be well documented in metadata and explanations provided. # 31 # 32 Consideration should be given to the appointment of a single contact point for the reporting of all crime and criminal justice data at the national, regional and international levels. This single contact point could be the same as the focal point for the data collection of Eurostat and the UN. The Eurostat Focal Point for crime data at MONSTAT should work closely with the Department for Planning, Development and Analysis at the Police and Eurostat in order to develop a protocol for the regular collection and reporting of crime and criminal justice data to Eurostat and the UN. The protocol should specify the nature and content of data to be reported

With funding from the European Union DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING INSTRUMENTS FOR JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS Phase three – Training PROGRAMME GUIDELINES RECOMMENDATIONS: COORDINATION – SESSIONS 5-8 # 14 # 15 # 20 The on-going efforts to incorporate all prosecution offices, including the Special Prosecutor for Organized Crime and Corruption, in the regular data flow from prosecution offices to MONSTAT should be continued with a view ensure full coverage by the end of A joint task force of MONSTAT, the Supreme State Prosecutor and the Ministry of Justice may be established with the task to examine and improve the regular data flow between prosecution offices and MONSTAT. A joint task force of MONSTAT and the Judicial Council may be established with the task to examine and improve the regular data flow between administrative offices at the courts and MONSTAT and to ensure complete coverage of all first instance courts. Consideration could be given to the introduction of a system that requires a written remark on data submission to be entered in the court file, before the file can officially be closed.