The National Civil Protection Agency (Albanian: Agjencia Kombëtare e Mbrojtjes Civile) is an Agency within the Ministry of Defence of Albania that is responsible for disaster risk assessment and civil protection[1] The head of the new Agency is Haki Çako.

Since the end of the communist regime, Albania has made significant steps towards developing an emergency management system.

In 1999, to coordinate assistance during the Kosovo refugee crisis, an Emergency Management Group (EMG)[2] was established under the Office of the Prime Minister.

After the refugee crisis, the Government dissolved the EMG and passed a series of laws and decrees to establish a new emergency management system.

Since November 2019, following the enactment of the new Law 45/2019 ‘On civil protection”, GDCE is transformed into an Agency, the National Civil Protection Agency (NCPA).