Skopje – Financial Experts delegated by MARRI Participants met at MARRI Regional Centre to continue the revision of the newly proposed draft text of “MARRI RC Financial Rules and Regulations”, developed by Integrated Expert Christoph von Harsdorf. The 2-days working session is a follow-through on the meeting held on 11-13 September in Struga, organised as a parallel discussion to the second MARRI Legal Framework Reform Working Group Meeting. As agreed at the meeting in Struga, the suggestions made by this subgroup of
The Ministry of Interior of the Republic of North Macedonia organized the Fourth National Steering Committee Meeting of IPA II project ‘Regional Support to Protection-Sensitive Migration Management in the Western Balkans and Turkey – Phase II’, funded by EU. Apart from the Macedonian authorities, the meeting was attended by representatives of FRONTEX, EASO, IOM and UNHCR as implementing partners of European Commission, and delegation of MARRI RC as beneficiary and implementing partner of the project in subject. The agenda of
MARRI RC is announcing an open call for position of Financial Officer. The selected candidate will be responsible for managing MARRI RC finances, pre-accounting and procurement but also, for the same of all Projects implemented by the RC, in particular of the project “Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in the Western Balkans”. The vacancy is open until 4 October 2019. Terms of Reference
Struga – Following the adoption of the Plan for Finalization of MARRI’s Basic Documents in April 2019 in Ohrid, MARRI RC under the Presidency-in-Office of Kosovo* with support of GIZ Office Skopje, organized the second meeting according to the Plan, dedicated to further revision of MARRI basic documents. The newly proposed documents which were the subject for discussion of the meeting, were drafted by the Integrated Expert Mr. Christoph von Hardsdorf who also moderated the event. In a course of
Gevgelija – Delegation of MARRI Regional Centre led by RC Director Sashko Kocev visited the Temporary Transit Center “Vinojug” in Gevgelija for short briefing with representatives of the North Macedonia Regional Center for Border Affairs – South, regarding the latest developments and trends related to the irregular migration. Presenting the existing situation, the Manager of the Temporary Transit Center “Vinojug” Boban Antonovski informed that currently 34 migrants reside at the Center, some of whom since February 2019. He also gave an
Sarajevo – MARRI Regional Ministerial Forum marked the end of Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency-in-Office (June 2018 – June 2019) and the beginning of Kosovo* yearlong chairmanship over the Initiative (June 2019 – June 2020). The event was attended by delegations of MARRI Participants, representatives of international organizations, MARRI’s partners, donors and representatives of civil society organizations. In his opening remarks, the Assistant Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Samir Rizvo stressed that the issues of migration, especially the
Sarajevo – Following the same agenda of the other workshops under “Strengthening regional migration governance” project, the event in Sarajevo provided an excellent opportunity for promoting the regional cooperation on migration among the professionals of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The topics concerning asylum, border management, trafficking in human beings, readmission and labour migration were discussed among the representatives of governmental institutions, international and civil society organisations, providing valuable input on how MARRI could support their efforts on strategic level. The event
Sarajevo – Following the initiative of MARRI Participants, MARRI under the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and IOM jointly organized the first Regional Meeting on Readmission in the Western Balkans, aimed at discussing readmission practices, challenges and opportunities at a regional level therefore fostering further regional cooperation and harmonization with EU standards and practices on readmission. While readmission in the Western Balkans is a broad topic that touches upon many aspects of migration management, the discussions at this regional meeting
Skopje – The fourth in the series of workshops under “Strengthening regional migration governance” project gathered more than 60 professionals working in different areas of migration management in North Macedonia. Representatives of governmental institutions, international organizations, research/academic institutions and civil society discussed the topics of border management, asylum, trafficking in human beings, readmission, return and labour migration, in terms of objectives, challenges and opportunities but also to provided ideas, best practices and recommendations for strengthening the migration governance in the Western Balkans.
Tirana – As part of the ‘Regional Support to Protection-Sensitive Migration Management in the Western Balkans and Turkey’ project, on 24 April 2019, IOM organised a Regional experience-sharing and discussion workshop in Tirana. The aim of this workshop was to present the final version of the Regional Platform for Non-Personal Data Exchange in the Western Balkans (WB – MIDEX) and discuss the development of the national Road Maps on Migration Statistics. The workshop gathered migration statistics experts from the Western Balkan
