SKOPJE, Macedonia – The MARRI Regional Centre organised the Second Meeting of the Regional Working Group on Document Security and Establishment of Identity titledRegistration of Birth, Nationality and Residence in Country and Abroad in Skopje on 18 – 19 June 2007.
This event is part of Project on Document Security in the MARRI Region, financed by the UK Government (January – December 2007). This Project is in line with the MARRI Strategy and Programme of Action for 2006/2007 and its objectives are as follows:
Enhance regional co-operation and information exchange mechanisms and promote harmonisation of standards in the area of irregular transit migration in the field of document security in the MARRI region;Support the process of harmonisation with the standards in JHA field, improveregional co-operation and support process of visa facilitation, as part of reforms underthe EU integration process; Improve regional migration management system to address issues of combatingirregular migration on sustainable and permanent basis, thus contributing to theregional efforts to channel irregular flows to regular ones.
This event is the follow-up of the Workshop on Document Security and Establishment of Identity (Skopje, 23-24 November 2006), which resulted in the establishment of a Regional Working Group on Document Security and Establishment of Identity (relevant experts from national institutions managing irregular migration in the region) and Launching Meeting of the Regional Working Group titled Regional assessment on types of identity documents (Skopje, 5-6 February 2007).
The aim of the second meeting was to identify the best practices on the prevention and avoidance of the failure or misuse of the procedures of registration of child, marriage/divorce, deaths as well as citizenship and residence and to elaborate follow-up strategies.
For further information, please do not hesitate to contact Toni Jakimovski, MARRIRegional Centre (toni.jakimovski@marri-rc.org.mk; Tel. +389 2 3235 700; Fax: ++389 2 32 35 711).