The Coordination Meeting on the Prevention and Combatting Violent Extremism (P/CVE) in Bosnia and Herzegovina
held on 19 September 2017, at the UN House, and organized by the Ministry of Security of BiH,
with support from the IOM Mission in Sarajevo
Closing ceremony of the IDF regional project:
Strengthening the Fight Against Trafficking in Persons and Migrant Smuggling in the Western Balkans
Sarajevo (BiH), November 30th 2015
Closing ceremony of the IDF regional project:
Strengthening the Fight Against Trafficking in Persons and Migrant Smuggling in the Western Balkans
Sarajevo (BiH), November 30th 2015
Closing ceremony of the IDF regional project:
Strengthening the Fight Against Trafficking in Persons and Migrant Smuggling in the Western Balkans
Sarajevo (BiH), November 30th 2015
Opening ceremony in Bijeljina, Reconstruction of Daily care centre and Centre for Social Work, 01 October 2015
Closing ceremony of the IOM regional project:
Needs Assessment Research: The Regional Counter Trafficking Situation in the Western Balkans
Sarajevo (BiH), September 22nd 2014
Closing ceremony of the IOM regional project:
Needs Assessment Research: The Regional Counter Trafficking Situation in the Western Balkans
Sarajevo (BiH), September 22nd 2014
Closing ceremony of the IOM regional project:
Needs Assessment Research: The Regional Counter Trafficking Situation in the Western Balkans
Sarajevo (BiH), September 22nd 2014
Closing ceremony of the IOM regional project:
Needs Assessment Research: The Regional Counter Trafficking Situation in the Western Balkans
Sarajevo (BiH), September 22nd 2014
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Trebinje opening ceremony photos 24 March 2014
IOM 60th Anniversary 23 November 2011
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) is located at a migration crossroad between Eastern and Western Europe. The conflict in the former Yugoslavia from 1992 to 1995 destroyed the social and economic infrastructure and forced over half of citizens of BH to leave their homes. Today, the return of displaced persons and a rise in illegal migration, such as human trafficking and smuggling, make migration a major challenge for BH’s post-conflict recovery and development.
IOM initiated a mission in Sarajevo in 1992 in the basement of Koševo Hospital, setting up the MEDEVAC programme to evacuate war-wounded individuals who could not be treated locally. Following the end of the war, IOM expanded its activities to the return of refugees from abroad and to assist BH nationals resettling in third countries. Today, IOM’s programmes aim to prevent irregular migration, stop the trafficking of human beings, contribute to national development, and assist the BH Government to manage migration activities.
Mission statement
IOM is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society.
As the leading international organization for migration, IOM acts with its partners in the international community to:
Interview with Mr Peter Van Der Auweraert, Chief of International Organization for Migration in BiH and Sub-regional Coordinator of mentioned organization for Western Balkans
The head of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in the Western Balkans posted a video on Twitter showing hundreds of migrants, mostly men with rucksacks and some children, walking through the woods toward the Maljevac border crossing. “Very worrying development that risks to create backlash that is not in interest of anyone,” the IOM’s Peter Van Der Auweraert tweeted.
Predsjednica Bosanskohercegovačko-američke akademije umjetnosti i nauka dr. Nirvana Pištoljević, zamjenik ministrice za ljudska prava i izbjeglice BiH Predrag Jović i direktor misije USAID u BiH Peter Duffy jutros su na Jahorini zvanično otvorili 10. Dane Bosanskohercegovačko-američke akademije umjetnosti i nauka u Bosni i Hercegovini (BHAAAS) u okviru kojih će se u Hotelu Termag, za četiri dana, održati 27 simpozija, mnoštvo okruglih stolova i panel diskusija sa 375 predavača i preko 1000 učesnika iz 24 zemlje svijeta.
"We’ve seen this all over the world. You can close and you can increase the border controls but you can never close the border. Because if people are very determined they will find a way through. If you look at the map and you see the borders in Bosnia Herzegovina or even the map between Greece and Albania you will see that it’s virtually impossible to close those borders. Once people are determined to use the route they will use it. Here in the Balkans there is a long tradition of smuggling. Smuggling of weapons, smuggling of drugs. Our understanding is that a lot of those gangs have diversified if I can put it in that way, and now also smuggle migrants", said Peter Van Der Auweraert, IOM Representative in BiH and Western Balkans Sub-regional Coordinator
Peter Van Der Auweraert, IOM Representative in BiH and Western Balkans Sub-regional Coordinator, Mijo Kresic, Deputy Minister of Security of BiH and Nedzad Korajlic, Dean of the Faculty of Criminalistics, Criminology and Security Studies of the University of Sarajevo spoke about this issue for TV1.
Title |
Duty Station | Closing Date |
|---|---|---|
| SVN 02-06-18 Finance/reporting and budget monitoring Assistant | SARAJEVO | 2018-07-01 |
| SVN 03-06-18 Human Resource Assistant | SARAJEVO | 2018-07-01 |
| SVN 04-06-18 IT/Data Collection/Data Analyst Assistant (ECHO) | SARAJEVO | 2018-07-01 |
| SVN 05-06-18 Procurement Assistant | BIHAC | 2018-07-01 |
| SVN 06-06-18 Procurement Assistant | SARAJEVO | 2018-07-01 |
| SVN 07-06-18 Project Assistant –Emergency response on migration crisis | SARAJEVO | 2018-07-01 |
| SVN 08-06-18 Project Coordinator | SARAJEVO | 2018-07-01 |
| VN 01-06-18 Reporting and Grants Officer (GO) (Bosnia and Herzegovina Resilience Initiative (BHRI)) | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2018-06-24 |
Interview with Mr Peter Van Der Auweraert, Chief of International Organization for Migration in BiH and Sub-regional Coordinator of mentioned organization for Western Balkans
Duty Station: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Application Deadline: 24 June 2018
Position Title: Reporting and Grants Officer (GO) (Bosnia and Herzegovina Resilience Initiative (BHRI))
Languages Required: Excellent command of English and local languages in BiH
Starting Date: as soon as possible
Reference Code: VN 01-06/18
Duration and type of Initial Contract: Consultancy
Peter Van Der Auweraert, IOM Representative in BiH and Western Balkans Sub-regional Coordinator, Mijo Kresic, Deputy Minister of Security of BiH and Nedzad Korajlic, Dean of the Faculty of Criminalistics, Criminology and Security Studies of the University of Sarajevo spoke about this issue for TV1.
In a world where more than a third of countries criminalize consensual same-sex relationships, disclosing your gender identity and sexual orientation can be extremely dangerous. For internally displaced members of the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) community, it can also cripple livelihoods and even be life-threatening.
The injustice that the LGBTI community faces in non-emergency settings does not simply disappear in times of crisis or when people become displaced, in fact, it is usually amplified.
LGBTI internally displaced persons face complex challenges and threats during all stages of displacement. These include discrimination, prejudice, violence, difficulty accessing humanitarian services and barriers to articulating their protection needs.
Peter Van der Auweraert, the Western Balkans Sub-regional Coordinator of the International Organization for Migration pointed out that smugglers from BiH are often part of the international criminal networks:
“Large majority of immigrants in BiH used smugglers at one point. If they didn’t, such journeys would not be possible to organize. It is hard to detect the smugglers, due to the fact that most of the smugglers routes are international ones. Those are not necessarily the routes of Bosnia, Albania, Montenegro. They are international.”
In first 2 months of 2018, 200 persons requested asylum and got free legal aid, mainly males, says NGO Your Rights. “We are acting in their behalf in the procedures of asylum seeking, we provide advice, information. If the asylum is approved, we are leading them through the procedures of realizing their refugee rights. If the MoS passes the negative decision, we are pressing charges with the Court of BiH”. The goal of each migrant is their personal thing. “It is not good to talk about their goals because we are entering the essence of individual cases. We should bare on mind that asylum process is secret”. “The Law on Foreigners and the Law on Asylum do not prescribe sanctions for providing humanitarian aid. The Law envisages sanctions to the private and physical persons who are providing accommodation to foreigners without reporting their residence. If someone has rented an apartment to the persons without documents, that one is not guilty because was not obliged to know about that”, says Your Rights.
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Za prva dva mjeseca 2018. godine 200 lica je u procesu traženja azila u BiH dobilo besplatnu pravnu pomoć u nevladinoj organizaciji „Vaša prava“, uglavnom samci muškog pola, kažu u ovoj nevladinoj organizaciji specijalizovanoj za besplatnu pravnu pomoć. „Zastupamo ih u proceduri traženja azila na način da ih savjetujemo, informišemo i pomažemo u procesu registracije i intervjua. Ako dobiju azil, vodimo ih kroz proceduru ostvarivanja izbjegličkih prava. Ako Ministarstvo sigurnosti BiH, koje je nadležno za postupak azila, donese negativnu odluku, pišemo tužbu Sudu BiH“, pojašnjavaju u „Vašim pravima“. Napominju da je cilj svakog azilanta u BiH lična stvar. „Nezahvalno je govoriti o tome šta je njihov cilj u BiH jer ulazimo u suštinu individualnih slučajeva. Treba imati u vidu da je postupak azila tajan“, kažu u „Vašim pravima“ i napominju da pružanje pomoći iregularnim migrantima i tražiteljima azila nije nezakonita radnja.
Conference on the topic of Psychological Support in the Security Sector, organized by IOM in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is being held within the project PREVENTIVA, at the UN House on 27 February 2018. Numerous security sector representatives have the opportunity to gain insights into professional and peer psychological support provided to security professionals in their everyday duties.
The projects "Cycling to Health" and "Youth Corner" youth from Gornji Rahic and Maoca presented to project committee last weekend. Guided by the fact that youth is turning to technology rather than sports, as well as lack of space for socializing, youth will strive to improve their position in the community through these two projects.
The third MoviEQ workshop was held from February 22 to 25 in Zavidovici. With presentations, socializing and learning, youth are spreading views of life that is not black and white, but full of colors - and nine of them have received certificates.
Youth from the local communities of Sokolje and Zabrdje (Novi Grad Sarajevo) participated in the third MoviEQ workshop and through interesting content they had opportunity to acquire new skills of emotional intelligence and increase their level of integrative complexity, more complex view of the world. Throughout a four-day workshop, youth applied the techniques of active listening and conflict resolution, made video clips about conflicting sides, and to see the responsibility of the media in highlighting differences among various groups. The workshop ended thirteen participants and they received Cambridge University certificates.
