1. With funding from the European Union DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING INSTRUMENTS FOR JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS 2009-2011 Phase three – Training DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING INSTRUMENTS FOR JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS PHASE 3 – TRAINING ON INTERNATIONAL REPORTING AND CO-ORDINATION Prishtina 1-3 December 2010 CHRIS LEWIS

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

3. 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 2009-2011 Phase three – Training CHRIS LEWIS – 1964-2003 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.

4. CHRIS LEWIS BACKGROUND – recent work 2003-2012 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. 1993-2011 European Sourcebook on Crime and Justice Statistics, 2010-2011 Training in Bosnia, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo 2004-2011: Statistics Consultant World Bank Justice, Security & Governance General Data Dissemination system (GDDS) ( Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia. Seychelles, Tanzania): Internet-based training system for developing countries 2011: Consultant governance statistics, African Dev Bank

7. 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 2009-2011 Phase three – Training MY PURPOSES FOR THIS WEEK 1.To understand better Kosovo systems, what has already been done and your needs for better statistics. 2.To share my 30+ years experience of crime and justice statistics. 3.To learn from statistical successes in Kosovo so I can share these with other countries. 4.To talk particularly about ways of improving prosecution and courts statistics, the link with central statistical offices and more open publication of statistics 5.To open an e-mail link for any who wish to keep in contact (chris.lewis@port.ac.uk)chris.lewis@port.ac.uk

8. 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 2009-2011 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

9. 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 2009-2011 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

10. 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 2009-2011 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

11. STRENGTHENING JUSTICE & HOME AFFAIRS STATISTICS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS 2009-2011 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: Research, Guidelines: Training Advisory Steering group – Artan Duraku, MOI, Kosovo 7 countries / territories Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, FYROM, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia

12. THE THREE PHASES: PHASE 1 (RESEARCH) Set out relevant international standards and EU acquis o In CJ Statistics there are no harmonized systems, only a few guidelines, with no force of law. Picture of the strengths & weaknesses of data collection systems in Kosovo CJ Identify gaps and needs of statistical systems in Kosovo CJ Desktop research: 7 research missions Technical Assessment Reports for 7 countries / territories

13. 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 agree a pilot questionnaire for the 7 countries To prioritise training needs and adopt training plans It involved: Preparation of draft Programme Guidelines Feedback from project countries / territories Discussion and adoption at First Regional Workshop Programme Guidelines were adopted

14. 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 Training to be carried out by international experts together with national focal points and national counterparts International & Coordination: 1-3 Dec: January 2011. Police Training: Sept 2010: Jan 2011 Prosecution, Courts Training: Oct 2010: Jan 2011

15. 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

16. 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 2009-2011 Phase three – Training RECOMMENDATIONS # 16 – In addition to its internal reporting, the Office of Statistics on Prosecution should coordinate with the Statistical Office of Kosovo to establish a regular data flow of unit records from prosecution offices to the SOK for tabulation and publication in their two annual publications on ‘Statistics of jurisprudence for adult persons’) and ‘Jurisprudence statistics for juveniles and persons convicted for minor offences’. A memorandum of understanding between the SOK and the Ministry of Justice could specify the nature and standards of the data to be supplied to the SOK # 25 - To increase efficiency and timeliness of statistical data collection from court registries, the Kosovo Judicial Council (KJC) may consider to carry out a feasibility study on the use of the electronic Case Management Systems for the recording and transmission of unit records to the KJC and the Statistical Office of Kosovo (SOK) for statistical purposes

17. 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 2009-2011 Phase three – Training RECOMMENDATIONS # 39 – Consideration should be given to the appointment of a single contact point for the reporting of all crime and criminal justice data at the central, regional and international levels # 40 - In order to concentrate the current dispersed data collection, the SOK may explore options for receiving and tabulating crime and criminal justice statistics from prosecution and from the police for regular publication in its two annual publications on ‘Statistics of jurisprudence for adult persons’) and ‘Jurisprudence statistics for juveniles and persons convicted for minor offences’.