Tirana – MARRI RC organized the first out of 6 workshops in the framework of “Strengthening regional migration governance” project, supported by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through German International Cooperation (GIZ). The aim of these workshops is to thematically deepen the understanding of migration issues among all relevant partners and stakeholders in each MARRI Participant at local and national level, as well as to identify the regional priorities in the areas of asylum, border management,

Istanbul – The Budapest Process held its 6th Ministerial Conference, preceded by the 4th Preparatory Meeting for Senior Officials, under chairmanship of the Republic of Turkey and co-chaired by Hungary. The Ministers adopted the political declaration “The Istanbul Commitments’ containing key commitments under a Silk Routes Partnership for Migration and the action plan “A Call for Action – a five year plan” which lists key actions that can be drawn from the six interconnected priority goals agreed upon in the

Skopje – MARRI RC and GIZ Office in Skopje organized Validation Workshop for development of a new joint project “Preventing and Combatting Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings in the Western Balkans”, supported by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The event was a follow up on numerous preparatory activities that started in October 2018 among which, a Fact Finding Mission, Consultative Workshop and Appraisal Mission. Following the opening remarks in which both, MARRI RC Director Sashko

Belgrade – The presentation of Vega Handbook: Children at airports published by Frontex, was the main theme at the Eight Joint Training within BORDAIRPOL II project, organized by MARRI RC. The training was attended by Commanders and operational staff of Border Police at the international airports of MARRI Participants, project beneficiaries Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova as well as representatives from ICMPD, Interpol and the Centre for Protection of Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings of the Republic of Serbia. With this activity,

Skopje – As part of the EU-funded IPA II project ‘Regional Support to Protection-Sensitive Migration Management in the Western Balkans and Turkey’, IOM organized a one-day workshop to present and validate the Regional Platform for Migration Data Exchange in the Western Balkans (WB-MIDEX). The workshop gathered representatives working on migration statistics from MARRI Participants’ Ministries of Interior/Security and National Statistical Agencies. European Commission, Frontex, UNHCR and MARRI RC were also represented at the workshop. In his introductory statement, MARRI RC

Skopje – The regular mid-term MARRI Regional Committee meeting under the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina took place at the premises of the Regional Centre in Skopje. The event was chaired by MARRI Committee Member of Bosnia and Herzegovina Almir Sahovic and it was attended by MARRI Committee members, National Coordinators, representatives of MARRI Participants and MARRI staff. MARRI RC Director Sashko Kocev presented the overall activities of the Regional Centre in the past six months with particular focus on the implementation

Sarajevo – MARRI RC under the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and with the support of GIZ, organized the Second meeting of Ad hoc Working Group for finalization of key legal documents related to internal organization of MARRI. The meeting that takes place on 22-23 November 2018 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo, is attended by MARRI Committee Members, National Coordinators, MARRI Participants Representatives and Regional Centre experts and staff. The session is a

Budva – The Heads of Border Police, Asylum, Readmission Departments and THB National Coordinators of MARRI Participants,  their counterparts from Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania as well as representatives of many international partners attended the Fifth Annual Meeting “Joint Meeting of MARRI Networks“, organized by MARRI RC in the framework of the BORDAIRPOL II project. With an objective to closely examine the core work of the four MARRI networks and to provide concrete proposals/ideas for using MARRI capacities in conducting future activities,

Skopje – Under the auspices of the EU-funded project ‘Regional Support to Protection-Sensitive Migration Management in the Western Balkans and Turkey’, MARRI RC and IOM organised a Presentation and Validation Workshop for a new Regional Remote Interpretation Service for Western Balkans migration management authorities. The Workshop gathered Asylum and ICT department representatives from all six MARRI Participants as well as MARRI RC team members to discuss the operationalization of the MARRI Regional Remote Interpretation Service, which is to be launched

  Skopje – MARRI RC with the support of German International Cooperation (GIZ) organized a consultative workshop where representatives of MARRI Participants, GIZ, experts for trafficking in human beings and MARRI RC team worked together on preparation of a new regional project on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and Migrant Smuggling. The project that is due to start mid-2019, will be supported by German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by GIZ in partnership