On the 22nd of December 2021, in Tirana, Albania, the IISG Secretariat held a meeting with ARK IT. The aim of the meeting was to increase the capacities of Western Balkan partners in providing data to the IISG database. The IISG Secretariat was represented by senior expert/Deputy Head of IISG Secretariat, Ms. Maja Pinjo Talevska,
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 27th and 28th of January 2022, the IISG Secretariat held a meeting in Belgrade, with the Ministry of Interior of Serbia in order to: finalize the drafts of methodologies on response mapping, IISG Database, and the methods of organization and decision-making of meetings of IISG Support Group. During the two-day mission in Belgrade,
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 11th of February 2022, the IISG Secretariat hosted Mr. Cedric Grousset, Advisor on the Cyber Balkans Project in Western Balkans from the French Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia. The meeting was held on request from the French expert, as a follow-up to the meeting, which took place at the French Embassy in January 2022,
The meeting between the IISG Secretariat and the CEPOL took place on the 23rd of February 2022, at the premises of the IISG Secretariat at the request of CEPOL. The aim of the meeting was to brief respective organizations, on the current progress of both projects, where the IISG Secretariat is planning to exchange experiences
On the 24th of February 2022, GIZ representatives visited the premises of the IISG Secretariat in Sarajevo, BiH. The head of the regional project on countering serious crime in Western Balkan (IPA 2019), Mr. Oliver Janser, and the project adviser, Mr. Jurgen Hauser, discussed the current developments of the IISG and the need to align
On the 24th of February 2022 in Sarajevo, Bosnia I Herzegovina IISG Secretariat held an informal meeting with the Political Department of RCC, GIZ, and CEPOL to discuss the future development of the IISG. IISG Secretariat and RCC Political Department continuously reach out to potential members toward the IISG platform. The RCC serving as a
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
