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, was organized at the initiative of the Directorate of International Security Cooperation
On the 5th of October 2022, the IISG Head of Secretariat (HoS) Mr. Sojati was invited by the Head of RAI (Regional Anti-Corruption initiative) in Sarajevo, Ms. Desislava Gotskova, to the RAI premises. RAI joined the IISG on the last IISG Board meeting, on the 20th of June 2022 as a new member. This meeting
The IISG Secretariat participated on the 11th of October 2022 at the Regional Network of National CT-PCVE Coordinators (RNNC) of the Western Balkans in Sarajevo. The main objective of the meeting was to strengthen cross–border cooperation to counter serious organized crime in the Western Balkans with institutions and networks of the EU. This format of
The IISG Secretariat was invited to participate on the 12th and 13th of October 2022 at the meeting of CEPOL partnership against crime and terrorism meeting, in Sarajevo. The IISG Deputy/Head of Secretariat, Senior Expert/Deputy Head, Ms. Maja Pinjo Talevska presented to the participants the state of play of the IISG mission, core tasks, and
Following the decisions of the 6th IISG Board meeting, on the 12th of October 2022, the IISG Secretariat called the fifth WBCTi working group meeting. This meeting served to present the state of play of the IISG Database, as well as to conclude the task of mapping responses for the second year (2021-2022). The IISG
Following the IISG Board meeting of June 2022, the IISG Secretariat met with representatives of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) of North Macedonia on the 25th of October 2022, for further consultations regarding the mapping responses and mapping support. The meeting aimed to expedite the work on mapping responses, the work on mapping support and
The IISG Secretariat met with representatives of the EUD delegation in Skopje on the 26th of October 2022. The IISG Secretariat provided short summary of the objective and the aim of the IISG, describing the activities related to the needs mapping process, response mapping process, and the IISG Database. The IISG Secretariat explained the mapping
The IISG Secretariat visited on the 26th of October 2022, the Migration, Asylum, Refugees Regional Initiative (MARRI) in Skopje, to provide a short briefing on the activities undertaken in the past period. During the meeting, IISG Secretariat informed on the activities related to the needs mapping process, response mapping process, and support mapping process i.e.
On the 26th of October 2022, the IISG Secretariat visited the office of NIPAC in Skopje. The aim of the meeting was to provide brief information on the IISG, as a regional mechanism established with a Commission decision, representing strategic EU-WB security partnership and strong regional ownership, with all Western Balkans Ministries of Interior/Security in
The IISG Secretariat visited the offices of OSCE in Skopje, on the 27th of October 2022. This was the first meeting between the IISG Secretariat and the OSCE mission in Skopje. The aim of the meeting was to establish initial communication and exchange of information on the synergies between IISG and OSCE. The IISG Secretariat
The IISG Secretariat had a meeting with the OSCE Mission in Podgorica on the 8th of December 2022. The OSCE Mission in Montenegro was informed on the work of the IISG, and the progress achieved so far, including the benefits and obligations stemming from the potential membership in IISG. The Head of IISG Secretariat (HoS),
The IISG Secretariat met with the three structures per IISG Pillar on the 9th of December 2022, in Podgorica, at the offices of the Ministry of Interior. During the meeting discussion on the Response mapping process and support mapping process (IISG Database) were the main discussions in terms of what was done so far and
