Option 4 (Budget Increase)

First Regional Workshop On the Strengthening of Justice and Home Affairs Statistics In the Western Balkans Skopje, 12th – 14th May 2010

Agenda Tuesday, 11th May Afternoon Arrival of participants 18:30 – 20:00 Welcome Reception hosted by the Ministry of Justice of the Working meeting for Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia UNODC/partners/FPs Wednesday, 12th May Main Session/Plenary Parallel Sessions 8:30 – 9:00 Registration 9:00 – 9:15 Welcome Remarks and Opening of Workshop by Mr. Mihailo Manevski, Minister of Justice and Mr. Patrick Paquet, First Secretary of EU Delegation 9:15 – 9:45 Presentation of Regional Project by Ms. Carla Ciavarella, Regional Programme Coordinator, UNODC and Mr. Michael Jandl, Research Expert, UNODC 9:45 – 10:30 Introduction to International and EU Standards on Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics (Mr. Kauko Aromaa, HEUNI) and on Migration and Asylum Statistics (Mr. David Reichel, ICMPD) 10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break 10:45 – 12:30 Interactive Discussion of Technical Assessment Reports: Common Problems and Challenges in Crime and Criminal Justice Data Collection (Mr. Ernesto Savona, Transcrime) 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 14:15 Introduction to Working Groups of Day 1 14:15 – 15:30 Parallel Working Groups on current Gaps and Needs of Data ASG meeting Collection: Selected Topics and Case Studies: WG A: Police (UNODC) WG B: Prosecution and Courts (Transcrime) WG C: Migration/Asylum/Visa (ICMPD, E, with FPs) WG D: National Statistical Offices (in E, with FPs) 15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break (flexible timing) 15:45 – 17:00 Parallel Working Groups (WG A to D) continued Thursday, 13th May Main Session/Plenary Parallel Sessions 9:00 – 9:40 Report of Working Groups (WG A to D) to Plenum 9:40 – 10:00 Introduction to Working Groups of Day 2 10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break 10:15 – 12:30 Parallel Working Groups on training needs and training 7 Parallel Working priorities by project country/territory: Groups WG 1 to WG 7 moderated by ASG members (assisted by FPs) 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch 13:30 – 14:30 Parallel Working Groups (WG 1 to 7) continued 14:30 – 15:00 Report of Working Groups to Plenum (by FPs) 15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break 15:15 – 16:30 Special Session on NSOs, ongoing corruption surveys and Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics Friday, 14th May Main Session/Plenary Parallel Sessions 9:00 – 10:30 Discussion of Regional Indicators: Priority Indicators and WG on Migration Current and Future Capacities for Measurement Indicators (ICMPD) 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break 11:00 – 12:30 Summary, Conclusions and the Way Forward 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Working lunch for UNODC/partners/FPs Afternoon Departure of participants Translation into/from Albanian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian/Montenegrin and Macedonian will be provided in Plenary Sessions. Limited translation will be provided by interpreters and/or UNODC focal points (FPs)in the working groups (WGs).

1 Possible list of Regional Indicators

The following set of indicators are suggested for consideration by the representatives and experts at the 1st Regional Workshop:

1. Number of crimes reported, by offence type 2. Number of persons reported/prosecuted/convicted, by offence type and the possibilities to calculate ‘Attrition rates’, by offence type 3. Profile of persons reported/prosecuted/convicted, by offence type and according to the age1, sex, citizenship, ethnicity (?) of offenders and whether recidivist or not 4. Number of victims of crime reported, by offence type and according to age, sex, citizenship, ethnicity (?) 5. Type and length of sentences, by offence type 6. Number of children sentenced to detention by a competent authority2 7. Length of trials from prosecution to conviction 8. Number of reported migrant smugglers and smuggled migrants, by citizenship3 9. Corruption-related indicators (experience and perception indicators) according to corruption surveys 10. Victimization rates (prevalence rates) by crime type according to crime surveys 11. Share of crimes reported and un-reported according to crime surveys

The following offence types are considered as core crimes to be covered in the 12th United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS) by the end of 2010 (offence types requested by Eurostat data collection denoted by ‘E’)4:

1. Intentional Homicide (E) 2. Violent Crime (E) 2.1. Assault 2.2. Sexual Violence 2.3. Rape 2.4. Robbery (E) 3. Property Crime 3.1. Theft 3.2. Motor Vehicle Theft (E) 3.3. Burglary 3.4. Domestic Burglary/Housebreaking (E) 4. Drug Possession/Use 5. Drug Trafficking (E) 6. Kidnapping for Ransom

1 Using the age profile of persons reported/suspected of criminal acts, it should be possible to calculate concrete Juvenile Justice indicators such as the ‘Number of children in conflict with the law’ (Juvenile Justice Indicator 1) 2 From the age profile of persons sentenced to detention is should be possible to calculate Juvenile Justice Indicator 9 (‘Percentage of children sentenced to a custodial sentence/detention/deprivation of liberty as a percentage of all children sentenced’) 3 For the Eurostat data collection on the prevention of illegal migration (CIREFI database), Member States have to report data on the number of apprehended facilitators by citizenship and the number of apprehended facilitated aliens (by citizenship; and type of border entered: land, sea or air). 4 In addition to data on the indicated offence types, Eurostat requests also data on the total number of crimes recorded by the police, the total number of police officers and the total prison population.