About us
The Center for Legal Civic Initiatives (CLCI) is an Albanian non-profit organization, headquartered in Tirana and established in November 1997. Since 2001, CLCI has also maintained a branch in Shkodra.
CLCI provides legal and psychosocial services to women who have experienced violence and to women in need. All services are free of charge.
Our vision
“The rule of law is an instrument for the development of women.”
Our mission
To support, assist and provide legal education to people, prioritizing women and girls, and increase their access to public institutions—particularly the justice system—through:
- Providing free legal and psychosocial services to victims of domestic and other forms of violence, and to people in need.
- Providing legal education so people can understand and exercise the human rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution, international instruments and laws.
- Advocating and lobbying to democratize and improve the effectiveness of the justice system through research, monitoring and sharing good practice.
- Undertaking and supporting legislative reform and advocacy for draft laws and public policies that protect human rights, with a focus on gender equality, domestic violence, corruption and human trafficking, in line with advanced international standards and EU law.
CLCI structure
- Board of Directors
- Executive Director
- Sector for improving legislation and the proper functioning of justice institutions
- Legal Services Sector
- Psychosocial Services Sector
- Project Development and Management Sector
- Legal aid sector for non-profit organizations (operated temporarily from 2001 to 2003).
Areas of expertise
- Civil and criminal justice.
- Gender equality as an element of the rule of law.
- Preventing and combating domestic violence.
- Individual, group and family psychosocial counselling.
- Research and monitoring of legislation and policies on equal opportunities.
- Public legal education and training on understanding and implementing legislation.