Events

Following the development of the needs mapping analysis per each IISG Pillars, the IISG Secretariat undertook the process of finalising the process of drafting the needs mapping reports. The needs mapping reports are to be proposed for adoption on the forthcoming 6th IISG Board meeting in December 2021. On the 23-24 September 2021, the IISG

Following the two day training in Tirana, Albania on the 19th and 20th of October 2021, the IISG Secretariat organized second training session with the other WB6 Partners such as: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and North Macedonia. This session of training workshop for the IISG Secure Database in Belgrade, Serbia took place on the

The Head of IISG Secretariat (HoS), Mr. Sojati met with State Secretary of Ministry of Interior of Romania, Mr. Aurelian Padururu, in Skopje on the 2nd of December 2021. The purpose o the meeting was to brief the Romanian Ministry of Interior on the IISG platform and seek their support to the IISG process. The

The Sixth Jumbo security conference, held in Paris on 06 December 2021, was organized by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat in cooperation with the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Institute for Higher National Defense Studies (IHEDN). The IISG Secretariat was represented by the Head of the IISG Secretariat (HoS), Mr.

The IISG Secretariat was invited to take part in UNODC first Regional Multi-stakeholder Event on Strategies to Prevent and Combat Organized Crime on the 14th and 15th of December 2021 in Skopje, North Macedonia. The high-level opening ceremony counted with remarks from Ljupco Nikolovski, Deputy Prime Minister of North Macedonia for the Fight against Corruption,

A three-day Regional Conference on Improving Border Security, organized by the OSCE Mission to the United Nations and the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) was held in Ohrid, North Macedonia, from 15 to 17 March 2022. Directors and senior officials of the Customs and Border Authorities of the Western Balkans, as well

The Head of the IISG Secretariat, Mr. Agron Sojati, participated in the latest developments of the IISG Process in the regional meeting of the National Coordinators CT-PCVE of the Western Balkans, which was held in Tirana on the 20th of April 2022. During the meeting, the participants shared the experiences among the Western Balkans countries

The Head of the IISG Secretariat, Mr. Agron Sojati, contributed to the latest developments of the IISG Process at the CEPOL WB PaCT Regional Level OTNA Validation Workshop, held in Budapest on the 5th and 6th of May 2022. The purpose of the meeting was to ensure that OTNA conclusions at the regional level are

The IISG Secretariat was invited to participate in the Regional Conference of Directors of Police Services on the topic “Fighting Organized Crime: Challenges and support”, held in Skopje on the 5th and 6th of May 2022, event which was organized on behalf of the Bureau for Public Security within the Ministry of Interior of the

The Working Group of International Cooperation and the Working Group of Government Experts on Technical Assistance was held from the 23rd to the 27th of May 2022, with a joint thematic discussion on the application of the Organized Crime Convention for preventing and combating transnational organized crimes that affect the environment, in line with Conference

All European actors involved in the fight against drug trafficking in South-Eastern Europe, known as Balkan Europe, meet on Tuesday 27th and 28th of September 2022, in Athens for a seminar to strengthen police cooperation. This seminar, which took place behind closed doors, is organized at the initiative of the Directorate of International Security Cooperation