Central
The central government is responsible for:
- The overall policy, adoption of strategies, policies and programmes aiming at the prevention, mitigation, preparation and response to civil emergency situations;
International cooperation; - The management of the National system of civil emergency;
- The declaration of the state of civil emergency;
- Coordinating tasks.
- Prepare and address an appeal for international relief if necessary, via the offices of Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Coordinate the actions and activities of national and local government institutions, the Albanian Red Cross, various volunteers and donors.
- Request the full involvement of the institutions concerned with this National Civil Emergency Plan, and request their engagement in all necessary actions required to overcome the civil emergency situation.
- Request from the Council of Ministers to draw upon the State Reserves; determines the manner in which they are they are administered and utilized in the disaster-affected area. Defines the methods and procedures to access the available material and financial resources, assess and respond to the State of Civil Emergency.
- Supervise the process of calculating and estimating the damage incurred by the disaster situation and identifies the potential means for the rehabilitation of the disaster-affected area, and propose possible solutions to the Council of Ministers.
- Execute its duties and perform its functions effectively, by issuing appropriate orders and directions, which have effects during the State of Civil Emergency.
- Appoint the Head of Operations, who shall be responsible for the administration and implementation of the civil emergency operation.
- Terminate its activity once the State of Civil Emergencies ceases.
Responsible ministries/bodies
Ministry of Interior
Each Ministry is responsible for planning and handling civil emergencies according to their area of responsibility.
Regional
Regional authorities are responsible for:
- The regional civil emergency plan;
- The Qark Commission for civil Emergency Planning and Response;
- Response to civil emergency situations.
- Supervise and manage, on a regional level, all the representation of central structures, which have been incorporated in the region’s(qark’s) civil emergency plan.
- Respond to civil emergency situations beyond the capacities and means in the region, by requesting that a State of Civil Emergency be proclaimed in part of, or across the entire territory of the region or qark.
- Respond to a civil emergency situation on a national level, by keeping constant contact with, reporting to and coordinating his/her actions with the Minister of Local Government and Decentralization, the Department of Civil
- Emergencies, the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Civil Emergencies and the Head of Operations, and depending on the situation that has developed, with the Prime Minister as well.
Responsible ministries/bodies
Prefect, Head of the Regional Civil Emergency Commission
Local
Local authorities are responsible for:
- Civil emergency planning and crisis management;
- Local Civil Emergencies Commissions;
- The organisation and coordination of plan drafting;
- The organisation and coordination of emergency preparedness;
- The implementation of protective measures;
- Operational forces.
Sources:
Law 8756 on Civil Emergency Services
Law on State Police
Law 152/2015 "On the service of fire protection and rescue
Draft Law On Public Safety
Albania, Civil Protection, EU Profile