The IISG Secretariat organized a two-day working session in Albania on the 29th and 30th of March 2022 with the representatives of the Directorate of Projects, Strategies, and other Law Enforcement Departments, Ministry of Interior, Albania. This working session served to familiarize participants with the process of populating the IISG Database, with information in regard
The IISG Secretariat organized a two-day meeting in Skopje, on the 31st of March 2022 and the 1st of April 2022 with the designated persons appointed by the Ministry of Interior of North Macedonia regarding the IISG Database process. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the Methodology for mapping support to the IISG
Following the meetings on the IISG Database, the IISG Secretariat went to Pristina, to meet with the Ministry of Interior’s representatives on the 5th and 6th of April 2022. The purpose was to discuss the methodology for mapping support to the IISG needs through the IISG Database (IISG-D), as well as to make data entry
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, an event which was organized on behalf of the Bureau for Public Security within the Ministry of Interior of
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
The IISG Secretariat organized the Regional Pillar Support Group Meeting for the Western Balkan Counter-Terrorism initiative (WBCTi), on the 8th of June 2022. The meeting was held in Podgorica, and supported by IISG Support Group members from Austria, Slovenia, and Italy. Consultations related to finalizing the Biennial Needs Mapping report for WBCTi, the annual Response
The IISG Secretariat organized the Regional Pillar Support Group Meeting for Western Balkan Countering Serious Crime (WBCSC) on the 9th of June 2022 in Podgorica, to discuss, propose and conclude the draft needs mapping report on WBCSCi, consultations related to the annual response mapping report for WBCSCi, consultations related to the IISG Database and annual
The IISG Secretariat organized a Regional Pillar Support Group meeting of the Western Balkan Border Security Initiative (WBBSi) on the 10th of June 2022 in Podgorica, to finalize the process of drafting the needs mapping reports that are to be proposed for adoption on the forthcoming 6th IISG Board meeting on the 20th of June
The 6th Integrative Internal Security Governance (IISG) Board Meeting was organized in hybrid mode on the 20th of June 2022 in Sarajevo. The Western Balkans partner’s participated at the Ministerial (Minister of Interior/Security) level and through their messages, they showed commitment to take the regional cooperation to another level through the IISG platform. The meeting
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
