Under the auspices of Slovenian Chairmanship three regional events has been organized, in the framework of Brdo Process. Delegation of MARRI RC, headed by director has been invited to take part at  the meetings. During the 18th Police Cooperation Convention in South Eastern Europe (PCC SEE) Committee, Ministers of Home Affairs supported the Report on Convention implementation and proposed way ahead for enhancing operational cooperation in the area of special investigative techniques. Undercover investigations have been assessed as one of

MARRI Regional Centre in partnership with the Central European Initiative (CEI) and the Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS) organized regional conference in the framework of MIGRALONA project. The conference took place on 14 – 15 March 2018 in Skopje and summarized the work done during six national workshops held in each MARRI Participant in the period December – March 2018 with the participation of over 170 government officials and elected local authority representatives. Both, the

The MARRI Regional Centre presents a Briefing Paper on the EU’s migration strategic and policy framework that provides an overview of two strategic migration-related documents of the European Commission: The European Agenda on Migration and the EU Migration Partnership Framework; highlighting initiatives, proposals and actions relevant to the Western Balkan region. The publication is compiled for the needs of the MARRI Participants.  It is based on MARRI’s regional approach to cooperation on migration issues, with a view on the common

The members of MARRI Regional Forum: the Minister of Interior of the Republic of Albania Fatmir Xhafaj, the Minister of Interior of the Republic of Macedonia Oliver Spasovski, the Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Mektic, the Minister of Interior of the Republic of Serbia Nebojsa Stefanovic, the Minister of Interior of Montenegro Mevludin Nuhodzic and the Minister of Interior of Kosovo*  Flamur Sefaj have signed the “Protocol for the Use of the Joint Interpretation Pool in the Area

MARRI Regional Centre organized Fourth Annual Meeting within the framework of the BORDAIRPOL II Project funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration. The meeting took place on 7 February 2018 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Representatives of the Border Police Services from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Kosovo*, Romania and Serbia attended the Meeting. Head of the Border Police, Marinko Kocovski, opened the meeting on behalf of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Macedonia. The

The Republic of Albania MARRI Presidency-in-Office wishes to recruit an experienced person to serve as Director of MARRI Regional Centre in Skopje, to start in August 2018 (see below Terms of References). The post is offered to the MARRI Participants (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia) on a secondment basis. The respective Ministries of Foreign Affairs of MARRI Participants are encouraged to post this MARRI vacancy on their official websites. The vacancy is opened from 11 January until

Regular mid-term Presidency MARRI Regional Committee meeting was held at the premises of the Regional Centre in Skopje, on 11 December 2017. The event was chaired by MARRI Committee Member of the Republic of Albania, Antonela Dhimolea. In line with the ongoing MARRI reform and previous conclusions of MARRI Forum and Committee, the Head of the Committee Working Group and Macedonian National Coordinator, Aleksandar Todosiev, presented proposal for new working procedures and organisational structure of the Regional Center. MARRI RC Director Tamara Mugosa presented

MARRI Regional Centre organized Sixth Joint Training – Visit to Bulgarian Border Police & Presentation of basic information on Advanced Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Names Records (PNR) of the Cooperation Network from Southeast Europe which took place on 22nd November 2017 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Representatives from Border Police Directorates from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Kosovo*, Romania and Serbia participated at the training. Bulgarian Border Police presented the state of play within its structure focusing in

MARRI Regional Centre organized the Fifth Joint Training under BORDAIRPOL II project on 26th October 2017, in Budva, Montenegro. Titled “Advanced level training for the detection of falsified documents/travel documents security and setting up regional standards for biometric data processing”, the training was designed to assist police officers to build capacities in travel security and enhance the skills in detection of falsified documents, particularly those needed for fulfillment of the compulsory standards. Experts from Swiss State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), FRONTEX

MARRI Regional Centre organized Third Annual Meeting- Study Visit to Bucharest, which took place on 27 September 2017. Cooperation Network composed by Commanders of international airports and Heads of the Land Border Departments from Southeast Europe, participated at this event. The event was organized within the Project “Support of the sustainable development of cooperation among border police in Southeast Europe BORDAIRPOL II” which is funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration with the co-funding provided by MARRI. The objective