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
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
