As part of the consultation process with IISG members on the development of the Needs Mapping report, the IISG Secretariat held a bilateral meeting with the MARRI Regional Centre in Skopje with the aim of discussing the comments on the Pillar 3 – WBBSi. MARRI commented that border security is a wide field with many
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.
As part of the overall IISG process, the IISG Secretariat held two-day consultations with partners in Pristina, on the 16th and 17th of December 2021. The IISG Secretariat was represented by the Head of the IISG Secretariat, Mr. Agron Sojati, and the senior expert/Deputy Head of the IISG Secretariat, Ms. Maja Pinjo Talevska. The national
In the period 21st – 22nd of December 2021, the IISG Secretariat organized the National-level thematic coordination meetings in Belgrade. The meetings gathered designated persons for the 3 Pillars from the Ministry of the Interior of Serbia. The IISG Secretariat was represented by the Head of IISG Secretariat, Mr. Agron Sojati, and the IISG Secretariat
On the 21st – 22nd of December 2021, the IISG Secretariat organized the National-level thematic coordination meetings in Tirana. The sessions were scheduled with designated persons from the Ministry of Interior of Albania to discuss the process of finalizing the Biennial Needs Mapping report for WBCTi, WBCSCi, and WBBSi, to be sent to Governing Board
The IISG Secretariat organized the National-level thematic coordination meetings in Podgorica on the 23rd and 24th of December 2021. The meetings gathered designated persons from the Ministry of the Interior of Montenegro in charge of the IISG agenda. The aim of the meeting was to finalize the needs mapping report for 3 Pillars, WBCTi, WBCSCi,
On the dates of the consultations with the Serbian authorities in Belgrade, the Secretariat had planned meetings with the IISG members, residing in Belgrade. On the 27th of January 2022, the IISG held a meeting on the premises of the French Embassy with Mr. Constantin Prevelakis, Counsellor/Regional Coordinator of the French; center of expertise on
The IISG Secretariat on the 1st of February 2022 received the Head of Joint Coordination Platform, Mr. Berndt Korner, Ms. Sanja Selak-Ostojic (JCP), and Mr. Karlheinz Gortano, Liaison Officer – Attache of the Austrian Embassy in Sarajevo. This was the first meeting between the JCP and the IISG Secretariat, where the IISG concept and the
On the 14th and 15th of March 2022, the IISG Secretariat organized a working session with designated persons of the Ministry of Security and other Law Enforcement Departments of Bosnia I Herzegovina, to populate the IISG Database with information in regard to ongoing projects and discuss the Methodology for mapping support to the IISG needs
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 North Macedonia, from 15 to 17 March 2022. Directors and senior officials of the Customs and Border Authorities of the Western Balkans, as well as
The IISG Secretariat organized the IISG regional Cross-cutting Support Group Meeting, on the 18th and 19th of March 2022 in Vlore. The meeting was organized in hybrid mode. The representatives from WB partners and international representatives from the Support Group, such as Austria, Slovenia, UK, Italy, GIZ (online) MARRI, UNODC, Frontex, DG NEAR (online), RCC
The IISG Secretariat organized on the 24th and 25th of March 2022, in Serbia, two-day hybrid sessions with the representatives of the Ministry of Interior, to populate the IISG Database with information in regard to ongoing projects and help the participants to have a clear understanding of the Methodology for mapping support to the IISG
