Sarajevo, 29&30 January 2013 – MARRI Committee Meeting and Regional Ministerial Forum organized by MARRI Presidency-in-Office Bosnia and Herzegovina were held on 29 and 30 January 2013 in Sarajevo. The Committee Meeting was organized in the premises of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of BH, chaired by Mr. Mitar Kujundzic, assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Members of MARRI Committee and MARRI National Coordinators from MARRI Member States were present and discussed current MARRI activities and future plans. MARRI Regional

On 11th December 2012 in Pristina the European Union Office / European Union Special Representative in Kosovo organized workshop on regional cooperation. The event gathered EU experts, Kosovo officials, representatives from MARRI, SELEC and RAI,  as well as researchers from the region who are active in the field of the rule of law and social development.  All speakers and representatives presented their views regarding the state of play in regional cooperation in the Western Balkan, followed with discussion. On behalf

 Skopje, 6 December 2012 – On 6th December 2012, in Skopje, Macedonia, the MARRI Regional Centre organized the promotional ceremony of the publication “MARRI Migration Paper 2012”. The “MARRI Migration Paper 2012” represents an effort of the MARRI Regional Centre to make a comprehensive overview and analysis of the state of play of migration and related areas within the MARRI scope of work, of the achievements and progress made as well as gaps and obstacles encountered in the MARRI migration

On 26-28 November 2012 in Banja Luka, SEPCA Annual Coordination Meeting was held under the SEPCA presidency of Mr. Gojko Vasic, Police Director of Republic of Srpska. On 26th November Executive Board Meeting was organized and the day after was the plenary Annual Coordination Meeting in the representative hall of Republic of Srpska Government building. First part of the meeting was dedicated to SEPCA organizational issues, operational and financial reports and second part was opportunity for guests – representatives of

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