On 19-20 November 2012, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the European Commission’s DG Enlargement within the framework of the TAIEX instrument, in cooperation with the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina organized workshop on Establishing the Identity of Asylum Seekers. The workshop gathered experts on asylum and migration issues from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. The MARRI Regional Centre, as a relevant organization, also participated at this workshop. The participants had a valuable
On 13 & 14 November 2012 in Sarajevo, IOM and MARRI RC organized Regional Seminar on “Skills Transfer Programmes and their Contribution to Development”, as part of the EU financed project “Migration for Development in the Western Balkans” (MIDWEB). The event started with opening speaches by the Deputy Minister of Security of BH, Ms. Djaferovic, EU Delegation to BH representative Ms. Hrustanovic-Isovic, IOM Chief of mission in BH, Mr. Djanluidgi, Project Manager Ms. Majkowska Tomkin and MARRI RC Director Stojanovski.
On 12 & 13 November, 2012 in Sofia, the 3rd Meeting of the Budapest Process Working Group on the Black Sea Region was held. The meeting was attended by the representatives from 30 countries and 6 international organizations. The discussion was divided in four panels: a) Irregular migration, recent trends in the Black Sea Region; b) Labour migration in the Black Sea Region; c) Legal migration and mobility channels; d) The role of the administrative procedures and secure documents. The goal
On November 7, 2012 in MARRI Regional Centre premises in Skopje Professor Zlat Milovanovic Ph.D. from the American University held a lecture on the topic “Immigration and population changes in the next 20 years”. In the lecture Professor Milovanovic addressed the multifaceted phenomenon of migration in the Balkan countries as well as worldwide, helping the audience to get deeper insight into this phenomenon. Diplomats from the Embassies accredited to the Republic of Macedonia, representatives from the Ministry of Interior of
MARRI Regional Centre participated on the Roundtable titled “Demographic Trends and Social and Economic Challenges in SEE” which took take place on 29 – 30 October 2012 in RACVIAC, Rakitje, Zagreb, Republic of Croatia, The purpose of the Roundtable was to present demographic changes in the SEE countries, social and economic challenges, main trends and related policies. The event provided the opportunity to explore and discuss demographic trends that occurred over the last decade in the SEE with objectives: – To
On 26th of October, 2012 in Hotel Arka , in Skopje, the Eight Informational Exchange Meeting with EU and MARRI MS consular representatives was held. The meeting was organized by IOM and MARRI RC as part of the Project named “Migration for Development in the Western Balkans” (MIDWEB). The representatives from the relevant Macedonian institutions , as well as EU and MARRI MS consular departments’ staff located in Skopje were present. The participants had the opportunity to discus and exchange
On 22 & 23 October 2012 in Sarajevo, GIZ organized Third regional Workshop on “Migration policy in the Western Balkans”. MARRI RC was invited to make presentation, as a relevant regional organization. The Workshop was focused on institutional setting of development-oriented Diaspora Policy. Representatives of institutions in the Western Balkans, selected EU Member States, national and international experts were invited to discuss good practices and lessons learned within the focus on Institutional Setting of development-oriented Diaspora Policy. View gallery
On 17 – 18 October, 2012 in Ohrid on the International Conference on suppression of drug crimes, organized by the Macedonian Ministry of Interior and DCAF, the MARRI RC Director Trpe Stojanovski made presentation with topic “The Regional Cooperation as Platform for Effective Law Enforcement, the case study of MARRI Initiative”. The presentation was based on the research done by MARRI, but also used data from the research based on the EU FP 7 Project Composite relevant to the regional
On 15th of October, 2012 in Belgrade, the Judicial Academy of Serbia, MARRI RC, UN Gift, IOM, UNODC, UNHCR and the Government of Serbia organized the Conference on “Criminal Justice Response to Human Trafficking in the South East Europe”. The Conference brings together the state representatives of the countries from the region responsible for THB, NGOs, International organizations and diplomatic core from the donor countries. The event was opened by the Prime Minister Ivica Dacic. This event was important for
On 27th of September, 2012 in Hotel Arka , in Skopje, the Seventh Informational Exchange Meeting with EU and MARRI MS consular representatives was held. The meeting was organized by IOM and MARRI RC as part of the Project named “Migration for Development in the Western Balkans” (MIDWEB). The representatives from EU Delegation in Skopje and other relevant organizations, as well as EU and MARRI MS consular departments’ staff located in Skopje were present. The participants had the opportunity to
