Events

IISG Regional Pillar Support Group Meeting – WBBSi in Budva, Montenegro

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

Database training sessions in Belgrade, Serbia

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

IISG Secretariat meeting with the Head of the PCC SEE Secretariat

On the occasion of the 22nd PCC SEE Committee of Ministers, which was held in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, on 30 November 2021,the Head of the PCC SEE Secretariat Mr. Karl Lesjak met with the Head of the IISG Secretariat (HoS), Mr. Agron Sojati and senior expert/Deputy Head, Ms. Maja Pinjo Talevska. The aim

IISG Secretariat participates at UNODC SEE event on Organized Crime Strategies

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,

IISG participates at the UNODC OSCE Border Security Conference

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

CEPOL WB PaCT Regional Level OTNA Validation Workshop in Budapest, Hungary

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

Regional Conference of Directors of Police Services in Skopje, North Macedonia

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

Working Group of Government Experts on Technical Assistance Vienna, Austria

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