On 28/29 April 2011 in Durres, Albania, MARRI Regional Committee and MARRI Ministerial Regional Forum took place. Guest to this event was the Hungarian EU Presidency. The Albanian and Serbian delegations were represented by the Ministers, H.E. Bujar Nishani, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Albania and H.E. Ivica Dačić, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia. The other MARRI MS were represented by the Deputy Ministers or Directors. The

07 April 2011, Tirana – The Second Meeting of the MARRI Asylum Network, under the Albanian Presidency-in-Office, was held in Tirana, on April 7th 2011. The asylum experts from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, as well as Expert from the Police Cooperation Convention SEE Secretariat in Ljubljana were present, giving valuable contribution to the meeting. Main objective of this event was further discussion and harmonization of the “Draft-Memorandum of Understanding among the MARRI Member States on Exchange

Skopje, 17 February 2011 – The MARRI Regional Centre, under the Albanian MARRI Presidency in Office, organized the MARRI Diplomatic Briefing/Friends of MARRI Meeting, on February 17th 2011, at the premises of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia. The Minister of Interior of the Republic of Macedonia, Mrs. Gordana Jankuloska, attended the meeting and addressed the participants. She emphasized the support of Macedonia to MARRI. The Head of the SEECP/RCC Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Albania,

Ceremony of signing of Memorandum of Understanding on Sustainability of Established Co-operation Network between Border Police Units on International Airport Border Crossing Points in MARRI Member States was held on 20 – 21 December 2010 in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, hosted by the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Serbia. Signing ceremony was opened by H.E Ivica Dacic, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of the Republic of Serbia. MARRI Regional Centre successfully completed the implementation

Tirana, Albania – MARRI Regional Forum under the Albanian Presidency-in Office took place on 06/07 December 2010, in Tirana, Albania. The Forum provided an opportunity for MARRI Member States to discuss current and future activities of MARRI in the framework of regional cooperation and regional ownership where strategic documents were adopted. Among the high representatives of the host country, MARRI National Coordinators and Members of the MARRI Regional Committee, representatives from International organizations were also present at this Forum.

Tirana, Albania – The fourth meeting of the MARRI Regional Committee took place on 04.11.2010 in Tirana, Albania chaired by the Albanian Presidency with the Initiative. High level officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the MARRI Member States and representatives from the respective embassies in Tirana took part in this meeting where the future activities of MARRI were discussed. This meeting was an occasion to promote and discuss of the Strategy paper and action plan of MARRI for

The Commissariat for Refugees of the Republic of Serbia in partnership with MARRI Regional Centre organized the Meeting of the Network for cooperation among MARRI Member States’ national institutions in the field of Asylum on topic “Challenges in 2010” which took place on Zlatibor and Banja Koviljaca, Republic of Serbia 23-24 June 2010. The Meeting was a follow up activity from the Study Visit/Workshop “Best practices in managing reception/detention centers for asylum seekers” held in June 2009 in Land of

The Albanian MARRI Presidency-in-Office and the MARRI Regional Centre organized the Round Table/Workshop “Improvement and intensification of the access to information and exchange data on migration and refugees among MARRI Member States – No visa, no tariffs, free movement zone among MARRI Member States”, on 21-22 June 2010, in Tirana. The goal of the Workshop was to exchange experience on the subject matter, to discuss and identify modalities for further cooperation in this direction. High level representatives from the ministries

Zagreb, Croatia 08 June 2010 – MARRI Regional Centre and its project partners SEPCA and PCC SEE Secretariat, within the framework of the regional project “Establishment of network for co-operation between border police on international airport border crossing points in MARRI Member States” funded by the Swiss Federal Office for Migration and the Principality of Liechtenstein and co-funded by MARRI organized the second workshop on “Safety and Security on the International Airport”, hosted by the Border Police of the Republic

Belgrade, Serbia – In the framework of the Project “Establishment of network for cooperation between border police on international airport border crossing points in MARRI Member States”, MARRI Regional Centre organized Workshop titled “Monitoring and control of border crossing at the international airport border crossing points” hosted by the Border Police Directorate of the Republic of Serbia, which took place at the Belgrade International Airport “Nikola Tesla” on 29-30 April 2010. Main objectives of the Workshop were to identify gaps