Approaching the MARRI Regional Forum to be held on 12 June 2018 in Tirana, MARRI Regional Centre can proudly announce the results achieved during the Albanian Presidency-in-Office June 2017-June 2018 in figures: MARRI organized: 1 Regional conference with 31 participants 8 Regional workshops with 172 participants 3 Regional trainings with 81 participants 4 Regional meetings with 103 participants In total organized 16 EVENTS with 387 PARTICIPANTS   2 Technical assistance missions provided – support to MARRI reform 1 Briefing Paper

Belgrade – The training “Regional capacities and needs for interpretation services for border police” was organized for representatives of the Ministries of Interior/Security of MARRI Participants to explore the needs of first line border police officers for interpretation services and possible MARRI support in addressing related challenges at regional level. Further development of a need-based interpretation platform for the border police in the processes of identification of irregular migrants was a key topic of discussion. The event was also attended

Ohrid – The Southeast Europe Police Chiefs Association (SEPCA) Annual General Assembly was held within the Presidency of the Republic of Macedonia with this Association. MARRI delegation took part, upon invitation of SEPCA Presidency (Tamara Mugosa, RCD, Selma Mehovic, BORDAIRPOL II Project Manager and Montenegro MPR and Atanas Minov, Macedonia MPR). The first day of the event was discussed about strengthening the operational cooperation among SEPCA member states, the cooperation of the Association with Europol, as well as the cooperation

Skopje – In line with the activity plan of the EU-funded IPA II Project “Regional Support to Protection-Sensitive Migration Management in the Western Balkans and Turkey” and the Annual Program of Activities of the Albanian Presidency in Office, MARRI Regional Centre organized a Heads of Asylum Departments meeting.  The meeting, that took place in the premises of the Regional Centre, gathered Heads/Senior advisors in MARRI Participants’ Asylum Departments as well as caseworkers experienced in conducting asylum interviews. MARRI Committee Chair

Skopje – MARRI RC with support of German International Cooperation (GIZ) Office in Skopje organized a 2-day meeting dedicated to finalization of the MARRI organizational documents and future organizational structure of the Regional Centre. The meeting that took place at the premises of the Regional Centre, was attended by MARRI Committee Members, MARRI National Coordinators and MARRI RC Director as members of Ad Hoc Working Group established in accordance with Conclusions of MARRI Forum Meeting held on June 26, 2017

Skopje – MARRI Regional Centre organized the traditional presentation of annual results and future plans – MARRI Friends Meeting, at the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia.  The event was attended by representatives of Diplomatic Corps, MARRI Partners and Donors and representatives of national institutions among which the Ambassador of Republic of Albania H.E. Fatos Reka, Ambassador of Czech Republic H.E. Miroslav Toman, Ambassador of Hungary H.E. Laszlo Istvan Dux; representatives of Embassies of Bosnia and

Lyon – Intensification of collaboration between MARRI and INTERPOL was the focus of the meeting Regional Centre Director Ambassador Tamara Mugosa had with Secretary General Jürgen Stock. Interlocutors agreed that cooperation could contribute to global security architecture and discussed the way ahead in terms of specific activities. Mugosa informed Secretary General that the mission of MARRI is to support regional approach to better migration management and European Integration of six Participants in the area of legal harmonization with international standards,

Venice – FRONTEX organized annual Conference for the operational heads of international airports from the EU and partner non-EU countries in order to further promote the added value of cooperation in the field of the Integrated Border Management. Representatives of the FRONTEX partner organizations from IOM, UNODC, ICMPD, INTERPOL and MARRI also attended the Conference. Over 150 senior officials responsible for border control at the international airports discussed about maintaining high standards at the airports, issues of shared interest, latest

MARRI RC is announcing an open call for position of Programme Manager. The selected candidate will be responsible for managing the MARRI programme portfolio and all projects’ cycles, incorporating the priorities and strategies of MARRI and its Participants. The vacancy is opened until 22 April 2018. Terms of Reference

GIZ Open Regional Fund for Promotion of EU Integration through regional cooperation in the Network of Ministries of Foreign Affairs and in close cooperation with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Regional Cooperation Council and Foreign Ministry of Bosnia and Herzegovina, organized the Second Regional preparatory meeting for the Western Balkans (WB) Summit in London, which took place in Sarajevo on 20th and 21st of March 2018. Meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the WB6,