About Project

What is the project about?

The EU provides assistance to the Republic of Serbia and Serbian Ministry of the Interior to improve its borders and migration management capabilities at the border with Bulgaria and North Macedonia. The project is financed by the EU with EUR 3 million and implemented by UN agency for Migration – International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Project goals

The aim of the project is to support border and migration management capabilities of the Republic of Serbia, including systematic border control procedures, countering migrant smuggling, human trafficking  and other types of cross-border crime, in full respect of the rule of law and fundamental human rights.

Planned activities in Serbia:

• Transfer of knowledge and experience between Serbian and the EU border police officers;
• Improving technical capacities of Serbian Border Police through the procurement of specialized border surveillance equipment;
• Trainings.