On 29th March 2012 in Bucharest the Second meeting of the Project Strategic Committee consisted of Heads of the Border Police Services of the Project “Joint comprehensive approach in building co-operation between MARRI and SEPCA Member States’ border police on international airport border crossing points” was organized. The event was  organized in partnership with the Romanian Border Police and SEPCA. The meeting was dedicated to the evaluation of the implemented Project activities and progress achieved so far and providing valuable

02 March 2012- Under the Serbian Presidency in Office, MARRI Friends Meeting was organized in Belgrade, Serbia on 2nd March 2012 attended by representatives from MARRI member states, Diplomatic Core and international organizations. Minister Ivica Dacic stated that Serbia will try to fulfill the tasks set to the adopted Regional Strategy and Action plan for the period from 2011 to 2013, and will support all activities of MARRI. He described EU candidate status for Serbia as a positive decision in

In the framework of the Project “Joint comprehensive approach in building co-operation between MARRI and SEPCA Member States’ border police on international airport border crossing points” the MARRI Regional Centre in partnership with the Royal Marechaussee District Schiphol and SEPCA organized a study visit to the Schiphol International Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands which took place on 30 – 31 January 2012. The objectives of the Study Visit were members of the Permanent Inter-Regional Working Group/Network for Cooperation consisted of Commanders

Under the Serbian Presidency-in-Office, MARRI Regional Center the Regional Committee Meeting and Regional Forum were held on 28/29 November 2011 in Belgrade, Serbia. The Committee Meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, on 28th November 2011 beginning at 16:00h. The meeting was opened by Deputy Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Mirko Jelić. Legal and operational issues in the work of MARRI were presented at this meeting and

23 November 2011 – MARRI Regional Centre, under the Presidency-in-Office of the Republic of Serbia, organized the Fifth Meeting of the MARRI Asylum Network which took place in Podgorica, Montenegro 23 November 2011, kindly supported by the Ministry of Interior and Bureau of the Care of Refugees of Montenegro. The Meeting was a follow up of the activities from the previous Meetings of MARRI Asylum Network for cooperation among MARRI Member States` national institutions in the field of Asylum held

Project “Joint comprehensive approach in building co-operation between MARRI and SEPCA Member States’ border police on international airport border crossing points” 17 November 2011, Zurich, Switzerland Kick-off meeting of the Project Strategic Committee consisted of Heads of the Border Police Services of the Project “Joint comprehensive approach in building co-operation between MARRI and SEPCA Member States’ border police on international airport border crossing points”, took place in Zurich, Switzerland on 17 November 2011, organized in partnership with the Swiss Federal

On the occasion of the 7th Anniversary of the founding of the MARRI Regional Centre in Skopje, The Second Meeting of the MARRI Network for Cooperation of the National Coordinators for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, 10th – 11th November 2011 was held. The first day was marked by a projection of the Serbian documentary film “Sisters”, directed by Vladimir Paskaljevic, producer Bojana Maljević in the Macedonian Cultural Center, 18:00h., „Frosina“ cinema. The film projection was attended by delegations of

On 31th of May, 2011 in the MARRI Regional Center premises, in Skopje, the First 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 high level representatives from EU Delegation in Skoplje and other relevant organizations, as well as EU and MARRI MS consular departments’ staff located in Skopje were present. The participants

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