Projekat PAMECA pokrenut je u decembru 2002, kao nastavak prethodnih napora potpomognutih od strane EU u cilju jačanja operativnih kapaciteta albanske policije, nakon masovnih građanskih nereda 1997. godine.
The PAMECA project was launched in December 2002 as a continuation of previous EU-assisted efforts aimed at reinforcing the operational capacity of the Albanian police following massive civil unrest in 1997.