Podgorica – The Steering Group of the Regional Project on Preventing and combatting trafficking in human beings in the Western Balkans (PaCT) held its first session on 27 November 2019 in Podgorica. Composed of Coordinators for fight against Trafficking in Human Beings of MARRI Participants, the Steering Group’s role is to identify and discuss the crucial points/challenges, to follow the progress and monitor the implementation of the project, and to ensure implementation of the Steering Group’s decisions by all relevant project stakeholders. The regional PaCT

Sarajevo – Balkan Refugee and Migration Council (BRMC) organized Regional Conference on Asylum and Migration for representatives of governmental, non-governmental, regional and international organizations. On behalf on MARRI RC, Mr. Aleksandar Todosiev and Mr. Bilall Bilalli presented MARRI RC activities performed in the previous period, emphasizing the involvement of all relevant stakeholders in the dialogue for improved migration management in the MARRI region. They emphasized that Civil Society Organizations can be relevant partners to the governmental institutions, and together they can

Gevgelija – MARRI Committee Members, Coordinators, Representatives and legal experts from MARRI Participants attended the third meeting of the MARRI Legal Framework Reform process, organized in accordance to the Plan for Finalization of MARRI’s Basic Documents adopted in April 2019 in Ohrid, and with support of the German government through GIZ North Macedonia. During the meeting chaired by MARRI Presidency-in-Office of Kosovo*, the participants successfully concluded the Agenda, completing the revision of the MARRI’s existing legal framework, in addition to the newly

Tirana – The exchange of experiences about the evolving forms of the phenomenon of Trafficking in Human Beings in the Western Balkan region as well as new awareness raising methods and new identifications approaches were the main topics of the regional conference, organised by the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Albania and the Office of the National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinator (ONAC) with support of the German International Cooperation (GIZ), as a first event in the framework of the Regional Project on Preventing and

Ohrid – The Heads of Asylum Departments and representatives of Border Police of MARRI Participants discussed the coordinated protection response in line with EU standards and international conventions at the 3-day regional conference, organised by MARRI RC with support of UNHCR. The conference was the first in a series of UNHCR-supported regional events with an aim to revive the MARRI Heads of Asylum Departments Network as well as to strengthen the cooperation between the asylum and border police authorities. In

MARRI RC is announcing open call for Personal Data Protection Expert to be engaged under Special Service/Consultancy Contract. The selected candidate shall analyse the workflow and working processes in the MARRI RC, the types of data that MARRI RC is collecting and processing, develop procedures for personal data protection respecting EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) and capacitate MARRI RC staff in applying the new procedures. The vacancy is open until 24 October 2019. Terms of Reference

Belgrade – Representatives of governmental institutions, international and civil society organizations in the Republic of Serbia attended the last workshop in the framework of “Strengthening regional migration governance” project, organized by MARRI RC with support of German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through German International Cooperation (GIZ). More than 60 professionals exchanged views and experiences in the five thematic areas in MARRI’s mandate including asylum, border management, trafficking in human beings, return/readmission and labour migration. The aim of the workshop was to gain better understanding of the migration

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