The Ministry of Interior For The Citizens 2017-2021

THE MINISTRY OF
INTERIOR FOR THE

CITIZENS
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PUBLISHER:
Ministry of Interior
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER:

Oliver Spasovski, Minister
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Oliver Spasovski, Chairman of the Editorial Board
Nikola Dujovski, Editor-in-chief
Mitko Bojmacaliev
Toni Angelovski
Natalija Spirova
Suzana Pranjic-Talevska
Goce Andreevski
Miodrag Petrushevski
SECRETARY OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD:

Zoran Cocovski
TEXT PROCESSING:
Suzana Pranjic-Talevska
TECHNICAL DESIGN AND EDITING:

Dimitrinka Kostoska
Oliver Kostoski
PROOFREADING:
Elena Georgievska
PRINTED BY:
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ISBN 978-9989-9981-9-5
Skopje 2022
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CONTENTS
ADDRESS................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
1. POLICE REFORMS – THE FIRST PILLAR ON THE ROAD TO A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY............................................... 10
• Through radical and systemic police reforms to a credible citizen service............................................................. 12
• Integrity of the employees in the Ministry...................................................................................................................... 19
• Depoliticization of the MoI, ban on membership in a political party......................................................................... 19
• Operational independence of the police......................................................................................................................... 20
• Envisaged qualitatively new conditions for election of a director of the PSB......................................................... 20
• Reform change in the disciplinary proceedings for the employees in the Ministry............................................... 20
• Introduction of an obligation to declare assets/interests........................................................................................... 20
2. THE MOI – OUR WINDOW TO THE WORLD........................................................................................................................ 22
• 2017 ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 24
• 2018 ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 26
• 2019.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
• 2020 ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
• 2021 ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 33
3. WE ARE EUROPE – EUROPE IN THE MOI.......................................................................................................................... 36
• 2017 ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 38
• 2018......................................................................................................................................................................................... 40
• 2019......................................................................................................................................................................................... 42
• 2020 ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 46
• 2021......................................................................................................................................................................................... 50
4. BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS FOR THE POLICE – MORE EFFICIENT COMMUNITY SERVICES............................ 58
• 2017 ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 60
• 2018 ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 62
• 2019......................................................................................................................................................................................... 64
• 2020 ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 66
• 2021 ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 68
• We continue in 2022 ........................................................................................................................................................... 70
BEFORE AND AFTER – TOP 5 RECONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS ......................................................................................... 73
• SIA Kumanovo - 47.200.000 denars................................................................................................................................. 74
• DIA Prilep - 35.000.000 denars......................................................................................................................................... 76
• SATU “Tiger” food facility (“Ilinden” barracks) - 19.000.000 denars.......................................................................... 78
• DIA Resen - 12.860.000 denars......................................................................................................................................... 80
• DIA Gevgelija - 12.912.727 denars...................................................................................................................................... 82
5. EQUIPPED POLICE OFFICERS – GUARANTOR OF THE SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS.................................................... 85
• Uniforms for the special police units................................................................................................................................ 92
6. ONLY MOTIVATED AND SATISFIED POLICE IS EFFECTIVE POLICE.............................................................................. 97
• With adequate equipment closer to the needs of the citizens.................................................................................. 102
7. MOTIVATION BRINGS RESULTS – THE MOI THROUGH NUMBERS............................................................................... 106
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• Illicit drug trafficking........................................................................................................................................................... 110
• Illicit trade in weapons....................................................................................................................................................... 113
• Illegal migration................................................................................................................................................................... 114
• Migrant smuggling.............................................................................................................................................................. 115
• Economic crime................................................................................................................................................................... 118
• Fight against corruption.................................................................................................................................................... 119
• Finding wanted criminals on warrants........................................................................................................................... 124
• Cybercrime.......................................................................................................................................................................... 126
• Illegal logging....................................................................................................................................................................... 127
• Traffic safety........................................................................................................................................................................ 128
8. FRIENDS AND PARTNERS FOR THE MOI........................................................................................................................ 130
• OSCE Mission....................................................................................................................................................................... 132
• EU IPA Projects.................................................................................................................................................................... 138
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Centre.......................................................................................... 139
Facility for forensic and technical examinations (forensics).......................................................................... 140
CEASEFIRE (Advanced artificial intelligence technologies)............................................................................ 142
NESTOR (Improving the cross-border image of securing European borders)............................................. 142
• DCAF...................................................................................................................................................................................... 143
• Federal Republic of Germany........................................................................................................................................... 146
• United States of America.................................................................................................................................................. 148
• The Czech Republic............................................................................................................................................................ 150
• Republic of Poland.............................................................................................................................................................. 151
• Republic of France.............................................................................................................................................................. 152
• South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons
(SEESAC).............................................................................................................................................................................. 153
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)............................................................................................................. 154
• United Nations..................................................................................................................................................................... 155
9. MOI AND THE MINISTER SPASOVSKI AMONG THE YOUNG PEOPLE........................................................................... 156
10. OUR PRIDE – JUBILEES, CELEBRATIONS, CEREMONIES…....................................................................................... 160
• 7th of May – Police Day...................................................................................................................................................... 162
• 30 years of statehood, three decades of independence, courage and European vision.......................................... 168
• 50 years Air Force Unit - Helicopter Squadron of MoI................................................................................................. 170
• 40 years Special Anti-Terrorist Unit “Tiger”.................................................................................................................... 174
• 20 years Rapid Deployment Unit – anytime and anywhere!...................................................................................... 180
11. WOMEN IN THE POLICE – GENDER EQUALITY AND GENDER REPRESENTATION................................................... 184
12. TRANSPARENCY – THE MEDIA, PARTNER OF MOI..................................................................................................... 190
• 2017-2018............................................................................................................................................................................. 196
• 2019....................................................................................................................................................................................... 198
• 2020 ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 199
• 2021 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 200
13. SCIENCE AND MOI...........................................................................................................................................................202
14. MOI, THE TRADE UNION AND THE PROMOTION OF THE RIGHTS OF POLICE OFFICERS........................................206
15. MOI IN SERVICE OF THE CITIZENS................................................................................................................................ 211

ADDRESS
Dear,
Let’s talk about the realization of the strategic commitment to reform the police as a genuine
service to the citizens, to not allow it to be made available to the public - is equivalent to dogma,
to a claim without an evidence, without critical verification of facts. And that time is over. That
is why we have prepared this Publication, which is a collection of photographs, from various
events in the past five years, enriched with textual sequences that testify to what has been
achieved in this five-year period, not only as a quantum of work done, but also as established
values, qualitative changes that have already turned the wheel and from which there is no
going back.
Inspired by what we have found in a period, in which the values in the society shifted, in which
exceptions have become rules, and rules have become exceptions, a period of devastated trust
in the institution whose task is to guarantee the citizens` safety, our initial duty and obligation
was to undertake reforms to restore the democratic principles of society.
The team that undertook this important task, namely the management of the Ministry of
Interior, faced three very important postulates: to make the institution professional, as well as
departmentalization and decriminalization of the institution. According to the gravity of the
same, these were the most important essential issues regarding which there was no moment,
I would say, in these past five years, when we were not in the focus of changes of things, all in
order to restore trust in the institution.
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I am proud of the reforms we have made with the establishment of the Operational-Technical
Agency, the reform of the security services, the establishment of the Agency of National
Security, the abolition of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence, which was
part of the Ministry of Interior, the establishment of the Committee for Countering Terrorism
and Countering Violent Extremism ... On the other hand, we faced an inherited overdue debt
that needed to be serviced, and, at the same time, a police force without uniforms, a police
force without working conditions or work space, a police force without proper equipment.
Meaning, in this five-year period, with my whole team, in addition to working together on the
reforms, we have also set ourselves the goal to financially consolidate the Ministry so that we
can change the working conditions, to reconstruct, to build, to create ... At the same time,
on a professional level, our goal was to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Interior, to
have professional and trained police officers, to introduce a new control mechanism. Thus, in
addition to the existing internal control, we introduced an external control mechanism of the
Ministry of Interior, through the Ombudsman, the so-called police Ombudsman, we established
a special department in the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecution of Organized Crime and
Corruption, which will be dealing with legal violations of police officers exclusively, all in order
to be able to guarantee the legal conduct of members of the Ministry of Interior, which will
contribute to strengthening the integrity of police officers.
I am particularly happy with what we have achieved in the area of creating working conditions
for police officers, the procurement of uniforms and equipment, and the reconstruction of the
police force facilities. So far we have reconstructed 73 facilities to the highest standards of
energy efficiency and environmental protection, and those activities shall continue. At the
moment, we are working on the reconstruction of the Berovo Department of Internal Affairs
and the Delchevo Department of Internal Affairs, the Gazi Baba Unit of Internal Affairs and the
Sveti Nikole Department of Internal Affairs. In addition, with the help of funds allocated through
capital investments, public procurement procedures are underway for the construction of a
new police station in Aerodrom, reconstruction of the administrative services of the Ministry of
Interior stationed in the MRTV building, which practically represents the face of the police force
to the citizens, as well as the complex of facilities of the Personnel Training Center – Idrizovo;
the reconstruction activities are planned to continue in Makedonski Brod Department of Internal
Affairs, Demir Hisar Deparment of Internal Affairs and the Novo Selo Police Department, for
which the Ministry’s budget is about 82 million MKD. This will really create much better working
conditions for the police officers, which undoubtedly contributes to their additional motivation.
I will mention that we have continuously worked on increasing the salaries of police officers
to create a satisfied and highly motivated police force, ready to stand on the front lines when
maintaining the public order and peace, and increasing the citizens` safety and security. After
the salary increase of about 5 thousand uniformed police officers in 2018, in the following 2019
we achieved a salary increase of 5% of all employees in the Ministry of Interior, by increasing the

point value. Bonus salaries for 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 have already been paid, which
was not the case before, and with the Budget of the Ministry of Interior for 2022, funds are
provided to increase the salary of all employees in the Ministry of Interior by 5%, as of September
2022.
I am especially proud of the projects we worked on together with the European Union. Together
we built a strategic facility - ICT Center in Prilep for protection of electronic data not only of
the Ministry of Interior, but also of the state in general, which is a facility of vital importance for
the Republic of North Macedonia. The second facility that we will promote this year is the new
building of Forensics, which will receive all the certificates so that we can be well established
regionally and internationally and thus have an even greater opportunity for more efficient and
faster conducting of investigations. Thanks to the international cooperation, the construction
of a new facility of the Center for Foreigners will begin.
The pages of this publication testify to the hard international work in the past period, in order
to restore the reputation we had as a country and as a Ministry. First of all, we have established
an excellent cooperation with all neighboring countries, since timely exchange of data and
information is very important for tackling challenges, whether it is illegal migration, human
trafficking, organized crime, drug and arms trafficking, etc., but also a good communication
and cooperation with European partners and countries not only in the region but also in the
European Union. I will especially emphasize the partnership with the United States of America,
Germany, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic ... many signed bilateral agreements for police work,
bilateral agreements for exchange of experiences and knowledge in the part of the educational
process in the Ministry of Interior.
In parallel with the reform processes in the Ministry of Interior, the process of transformation
from an extremely closed institution to an institution whose transparency is making a great
progress from year to year, both in proactive and reactive transparency, took place. In these
five years, a series of activities were realized in cooperation with the OSCE Mission and the
Association of Journalists of Macedonia, in order to drastically and qualitatively improve the
conditions for smooth and safe performance of the journalistic profession, as well as improving
the situation before 2017, when journalists were not only a frequent target of thugs, but also
of the police, attacks that often went unresolved, i.e. without punishment for the perpetrators.
This resulted in positive assessments in the reports on active transparency in recent years,
prepared by the Center for Civil Communications, with the support of USAID, according to
which the Ministry of Interior is positioned in the top three institutions for its transparency,
ranked in the best group, with 80 up to 100% occupancy, continuously recording an upward
line of transparency, and the transparency of the Ministry of Interior is especially emphasized
as positive in the Report of the body of the Council of Europe - GRECO.
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Let this publication testify to a historical momentum where the reforms were not a matter of
choice, but an essential necessity, for the management team that saw a perspective for its
citizens in it, but also for the employees who got a chance to achieve results, to fulfill the goal of
the profession they have chosen. We continue together - it is our task, motivated and maximally
engaged to achieve something that will be the foundation for further upgrade of the Ministry of
Interior, the European future of our country.
OLIVER
SPASOVSKI
Minister of Interior

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POLICE REFORMS –
THE FIRST PILLAR
ON THE ROAD TO A
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
A ware of the historical significance of the democratic changes that took place in 2017. Driven
by the desire to build and enhance the democratic capacity of the society. Committed to
the quality of the services provided by the Ministry and the police to the citizens and institutions.
Convinced of the promise “satisfied police officers – satisfied citizens”.
Confident in the fact that the security system is the basis of the rule of law, immediately after
taking power in 2017, we launched a comprehensive process of extensive reforms in the security
sector, in order to establish objective and reliable standards of work, which shall guarantee the
safety of the citizens and strengthen the trust in the institutions.

THROUGH RADICAL AND SYSTEMIC POLICE REFORMS
TO A CREDIBLE CITIZEN SERVICE
No reform or any major systemic undertaking, regardless of the accumulated or inherited

objective problems and aggravating circumstances, should succumb to the pressure of the
rapid dynamics, the need for change for the sake of change, without substantial, deep insight
and detection of priorities, concept and strategies on how, what, when and with what capacities
one should act to establish, maintain and improve a system that shall meet the real needs of the
citizens in a democratic European country.
In the past five years, starting from the premise that the necessary change or reform of the
Ministry of Interior must be based on realistic assessments, capacities and opportunities, the
current leadership of the Ministry of Interior has worked diligently to implement quality reforms
in order to encourage and support the overall change of the security sector in the country.
Through an inclusive approach, by utilizing the gained experience and knowledge, the basic
priorities of work were located and the contours of the future development of the Ministry into
a modern and efficient institution, which will reach the high European standards, were drawn.
At the strategic level, the reform of the security system was not a matter of choice, but a matter
of survival, a strong will of all social factors, the public, the citizens, to finally establish norms
and concepts that will guarantee the protection of human rights and freedoms, but which, at
the same time, will be a strong barrier against abuse and illegal operations. This step was taken
without any hesitation, with a firm determination to establish the principles of the rule of law
in the field of security, as one of the crucial factors for the prosperity of the country and as a
guarantor of the development of the rule of law.
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Primarily, in terms of the reform at the community, in order to regulate the position
operational level, the Ministry of Interior had and competence between the security
an extremely important role and a complex and intelligence services. This Law on
tax, given the fact that according to the Coordination of the Security and Intelligence
NATO Accession Program, it was necessary Community, which was passed by a two-
to implement reforms in the security and thirds majority at the 99th session of the
intelligence system, which also arose as a Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia,
necessity from one of the key negotiating provides for the establishment of a special
chapters of the EU – Chapter 24. Through body for coordination of the security and
dedicated work, we have implemented the intelligence community. Thereby, a precise
recommendations ofthe SeniorExperts’ Group scope or work, composition, manner of work
on systemic Rule of Law issues, regarding and decision-making was determined, all in
the surveillance of communications. That is order to implement effective coordination
why the Operational-Technical Agency (OTA) of the security and intelligence community.
was established, which started to operate on The meeting of the high standards of the
November 1, 2018, as an independent state European Union in these areas required the
body for surveillance of communications and implementation of the necessary changes
providing access to data to the authorized in our country. It can be concluded with
communications surveillance authorities. satisfaction that these processes took
Immediately after this, on November 20, place in a transparent manner and with the
2018, the Government adopted the proposed involvement of all relevant entities, which
model for reform of the security-intelligence established the foundations for further
system, by which the Administration for upgrading of the overall security system. The
Security and Counterintelligence was verification by the European Commission was
transformed into a separate agency, under not absent and after the completion of this
the competencies of the Government, with reform phase, it read: “The Republic of North
a preventive, not repressive function and Macedonia has met all the requirements for
with clearly defined goals and tasks, without starting the accession negotiation process”.
police powers. For that purpose, a new Law
on the National Security Agency (NSA) was
drafted and adopted, which Agency started
to operate on September 1, 2019. Thus,
in this way we overcame the established
inconsistencies that were identified in the
previous reports of the European Commission
on our country.
At the same time, we worked on the
preparation of another legal solution for the
coordination of the security and intelligence

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In addition to the formal legal and operational challenges and the elementary non-functioning
of the institutions according to the democratic principles and the practicing of good policies in
the internal affairs, the second, perhaps equally important priority was to create conditions for
improving the material and technical working conditions of the police, in order to carry out all
police operations in accordance with the legal regulations and respond to the spirit of the major
legal changes adopted in the field of security.
Leadership within the Ministry also meant a new approach to micro-level management. Aware of
the importance of the human resources in the Ministry, we were determined to pay attention to
each police officer. Improvements were immediately made to the material and technical working
conditions of those on whom the implementation of the laws depends – the police officers. Funds
were continuously planned in the Budget of the Ministry in these five years and investments
were made in the material provision of uniformed police officers from all organizational units
with new equipment, which after many years has now been completely upgraded. It is a project
with which the current leadership has made it clear that every police officer should and must be
provided with basic preconditions for normal operation. The integrity, equipping, status of the
police officer is an imperative without which it is impossible to implement any systemic reform.
In order to improve the overall working conditions, through proper and planned use of the Budget
of the Ministry, 72 buildings in all sectors for internal affairs were renovated, i.e., partially or
completely reconstructed in these five years. Along with such activities, the needs for technical
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maintenance and modernization of the various organizational units of the Ministry were not
neglected, and the plan to reduce the old inherited debts on various grounds was implemented
successfully by regularly servicing all current liabilities.

The new way of governing, the responsible and honest approach, the sincere commitment to
building a police force that will be a citizen service and a partner of the society, were carefully
noted and properly valued by domestic and international institutions. This is best evidenced
by the publicly presented reports of the OSCE Mission to our country entitled “Research on the
Democratic Policing of the Police”, as well as the Research Report of the Faculty of Security
entitled “Police and the Public”. The results published in both reports clearly indicate that in
the public, among the citizens, but also within the ranks of the police, the activities of the
MoI are perceived positively, as well as the concept of establishing a professional and expert
police service – a real citizen service. The numbers are unequivocal and clearly indicate that
the citizens’ trust in the police is growing and is one of the most respected institutions in the
country.
Of course, although the opinions, impressions and concrete effects of everything that has been
done so far are positive, we are aware that it is not enough and that is even a greater obligation
and incentive. Efforts towards a more dynamic reform of the Ministry and its full compliance
with the standards and norms of modern and quality European and world police practices are
continuously made and intensified in several segments.
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Thus, in the process of the regular functioning of the Ministry, issues were detected for which it
was assessed that a new regulation is needed, i.e., an amendment to the existing legal solutions,
in order to overcome the systemic shortcomings and problems, as well as ensure greater
efficiency in the performance of the legally prescribed scope of competencies, including the
police, i.e., the Public Security Bureau, as a body within the Ministry.
Many of the issues in question were in line with the Recommendations contained in the
GRECO Evaluation Report on the Republic of North Macedonia – Fifth Round on “Preventing
Corruption and Promoting Integrity in Central Governments (top executive functions) and Law
Enforcement Agencies”. Some of the new legal solutions are performance of the obligations of
the MoI contained in the Action Plan of the National Strategy for Prevention of Corruption and
Conflict of Interest (2020-2024) of the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption.
In view of the above, a revision of the legal solutions was initiated, i.e., draft amendments to
the Law on Internal Affairs and the Law on Police were submitted, which are in parliamentary
procedure. The issues that are subject to the draft-laws are as follows:
INTEGRITY OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE MINISTRY
For the first time, a legal solution proposes to regulate the issue of integrity for job candidates, as
well as for employees in the Ministry. Namely, as a new condition for employment, it is proposed
that the candidate has passed an Integrity Test. On the other hand, for the existing employees,
in order to prevent corruption and abuse of office, as well as strengthen the integrity of each
employee, it is proposed to check their identity by conducting a Professional Integrity TEST.
This test will be conducted continuously for the duration of the employment of the employee.
The test result can also be an indicator for initiating a preliminary investigation. The result can
be positive or negative. The negative result is envisaged as a more serious case of disciplinary
liability and a basis for initiating disciplinary proceedings.
DEPOLITICIZATION OF THE MOI, BAN ON MEMBERSHIP IN A

POLITICAL PARTY
The proposed amendment to the Law bans an employee of the Ministry from being a member
of a political party, which has not been the case so far. An action of the employee contrary to
this ban is envisaged as a more serious case of disciplinary liability and a basis for initiating
disciplinary proceedings. In the short term, this ban shall not cause much progress, but in the
medium or slightly longer term, it shall certainly have a very positive impact on the professional
work of every police officer.

OPERATIONAL INDEPENDENCE OF THE POLICE
In order to guarantee and fully ensure the operational independence of the police, a legal solution
is proposed that explicitly prescribes that only the director of the Public Security Bureau gives
orders in the field of the operational work.
ENVISAGED QUALITATIVELY NEW CONDITIONS FOR ELECTION

OF A DIRECTOR OF THE PSB
The proposed amendments to the Law on Police propose the establishment of strict, objective
and professional criteria for appointing a director of the police that meet the needs of such a
position. Among the stated conditions, for the first time as a condition it is envisaged that he/
she is not a member of a political party or a member of organs and bodies of a political party.
REFORM CHANGE IN THE DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS FOR

THE EMPLOYEES IN THE MINISTRY
It is proposed for a substantial and quality revision to be done of the existing system for disciplinary
responsibility of the employees in the Ministry, by envisaging a new organizational form, which
shall guarantee, i.e., provide a high degree of professionalism, specialization, objectivity and
uniformity in the work and rational utilization and disposal of the human resources in the
Ministry of Interior. In this way, with a centralized organizational form, continuous professional
development shall be enabled, through professional training of the employees in the new
organizational form, aimed at upgrading the knowledge and capacities necessary for analysis
and decision-making in cases of determining the disciplinary liability of the employees.
INTRODUCTION OF AN OBLIGATION TO DECLARE ASSETS/

INTERESTS
In accordance with the proposed amendments to the Law on Internal Affairs, an explicit
obligation to submit a Statement of Interest and Asset Declaration is prescribed. It is an
obligation prescribed for the candidates when commencing employment, for employees in
case of changes in the asset declaration, as well as when terminating the employment of each
employee. We expect this obligation to positively impact the commitment of every employee in
the Ministry and the building of a relationship with the laws and legal operations.
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Therefore, we rightly believe that in the coming period, by continuing to build the overall capacity
with strong motivation, we can achieve even better results in the work of all organizational units
of the Ministry.
The results achieved in the previous years and especially in 2021, showed that the vision of
the Ministry of Interior is a product of intensive and dynamic reforms, as a result of the open
doors for cooperation with the international partners, the academia, the civil society, and the
media workers, establishing itself as a real citizen service. In that process of transformation,
the MoI with its employees is a realistic picture of our multi-ethnic united society, and the
positive changes in the efforts to ensure gender equality and equal opportunities in the police
are evident.
These activities contributed to achieving one of the primary strategic goals of the country – full
membership in the most powerful alliance – the NATO Alliance, which is an additional motive in
the coming period to continue with even greater energy in building the overall capacity of the
MoI on the road to the next milestone – the European Union. In the meantime, we will continue
with strong commitment and attention in our approach to the European standards in the police
enabling us to bring Europe in our own country. Of course, in that process of further development,
the MoI is expected to face new, no less important tasks and goals, the implementation and
operationalization of which will bring objective professional standards and values based on the
most crucial of all principles – the rule of law. What is, in fact, the most important thing for the
citizens!

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THE MOI – OUR

WINDOW TO THE
WORLD
T he presentation of the democratic principles of governance in the country is one of the
priorities of international cooperation, a tool that was necessary to restore the shattered
trust of the country at the international level. That is why, from the very first day, despite
the numerous reforms and plans to improve the overall democratic climate in the country, it
was necessary to strengthen the international activity and ameliorate the relations with the
traditional partners and friendly countries. We continued to build such a trend on a daily basis, so
that today we can say with pleasure that the Republic of North Macedonia is a relevant partner
in the international community, and the MoI is a respected member of all police and security
institutions in the region, Europe and the world.

2017
The Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski, led a delegation to the Ministerial Conference in
Budapest, Hungary, held in June 2017, which addressed topics such as: the fight against
terrorism and illegal migration.
Within the official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, as part of the delegation led by the Prime
Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Zoran Zaev, Minister Oliver Spasovski had a bilateral
meeting in July with the Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dragan Mektić.
The Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski, led a high-level delegation from the MoI on a working
visit to Hungary, in Szeged, in August 2017, at which a Memorandum of Understanding was
signed between the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Macedonia – Training Centre and the
Ministry of Interior of Hungary – Police School for support and cooperation in the field of joint
trainings.
At the CEPOL headquarters in Budapest, Minister Oliver Spasovski and the then Head of the
Operations Department of the EU Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL), Detlef Schröder,
signed a working arrangement, which enabled the participation of our law enforcement officers
in CEPOL trainings, as well as the participation of EU law enforcement officers, who work in the
field of justice and internal affairs, in trainings organized by the Police Training Centre of the
Republic of Macedonia.
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In September 2017, in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the Brdo Process Ministerial Conference was held
on the topic “Initial Conference on Integrative Internal Security Governance (IISG)”, which
was attended by a delegation from the MoI, led by Minister Spasovski. The 17th meeting of the
Committee of Ministers of the PCC SEE was also held on the sidelines of the conference.
The Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski, within the final Ministerial Conference on the project:
“Fight against Organized Crime: International Cooperation in Criminal Matters“, which took
place in October in Trieste, Italy, met with the Minister of Interior of the Republic of Italy, Marco
Minniti, at which the cooperation in the field of the fight against drugs was emphasized, whereby
representatives of the MoI actively participated in the trainings for fight against drugs in the
Italian Central Directorate of Anti-Drug Services in Rome, Italy.

2018
In January, at the invitation of the Secretary General of INTERPOL, Jürgen Stock, the Minister
of Interior, Oliver Spasovski, with a delegation from the MoI, made a working visit to the General
Secretariat in INTERPOL in Lyon, France. During the visit, among other things, Minister Spasovski
presented the National Coordination Centre for Combating Terrorism, which includes several
national institutions specialized in this field and the National Counterterrorism Strategy, and a
visit was made to the Interpol Command and Coordination Centre in Lyon.
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In March, in Brdo near Kranj Slovenia, a EU-Western Balkans Summit was held at
Ministerial Meeting was held to discuss the the highest level, within the Berlin Process,
topic: “Regional cooperation in the fight which was attended by a delegation led by
against trafficking in human beings”, which the Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski.
was attended by Minister Oliver Spasovski
In the course of September, in Belgrade,
and the State Secretary, Ms. Magdalena
Republic of Serbia, the “Connect Securely”
Nestorovska. The Second Meeting of the
Conference was held, which was attended by
Board of the Integrative Internal Security
a delegation from the MoI, led by the Minister
Governance Initiative in the Western Balkans
of Interior. A bilateral meeting between
(IISG) was also held on the sidelines of the
Minister Oliver Spasovski and his Serbian
meeting, at which the ministers of interior
counterpart Nebojša Stefanović was also
were briefed on the IISG and the involvement
held as part of the Conference.
of the PCC SEE Secretariat and DCAF
In the course of September, in Vienna,
Ljubljana in its coordination mechanism,
within the Austrian Presidency of the EU
as well as the 18th meeting of the PCC SEE
Council, a Ministerial Conference “Security
Committee of Ministers, at which the current
and Migration – Promoting Partnership
situation in the field of harmonization of
and Resilience” was held, attended by a
the draft texts of the Agreement and the
delegation led by Minister Spasovski, during
Implementation Agreement for automated
which the Agreement on the Automated
data exchange was presented.
Exchange of DNA Data, Dactyloscopic Data
During the official visit to Zagreb, Republic
and Vehicle Registration Data in the PCC
of Croatia, which took place in March,
SEE Region and the relevant Implementation
Minister Oliver Spasovski and his Croatian
Agreement were signed.
counterpart Davor Božinović raised issues
In November in Sofia, Bulgaria, a Regional
of mutual interest to both countries. It was
Forum of the Ministers of Interior on
emphasized that one of the global challenges
Counteraction to Internal Corruption was
is the migrant crisis, more precisely the
held within the NERCISU Network, attended
intensification of the so-called Western
by a delegation of the MoI, led by Minister
Balkan Route, whereby the Macedonian side
Oliver Spasovski, who within the forum also
acknowledged the Croatian police officers,
had a bilateral meeting with the Minister of
who together with the Macedonian police
Interior of the Republic of Bulgaria, Mladen
officers participated in securing the border.
Marinov.
A delegation from the MoI, led by Minister
In November, a high-level delegation from
Oliver Spasovski, made an official visit to
the MoI led by Minister Oliver Spasovski made
the Ministry of Interior of Hungary in March,
a working visit to the Ministry of Interior of
where a meeting was held with the Minister
the Czech Republic, during which a meeting
of Interior of Hungary, Dr. Sándor Pintér.
was held with the Minister of Interior of the
In July, in London, the United Kingdom, the
Czech Republic, Jan Hamáček.

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2019
In January, in Podgradec, Republic of Albania, a bilateral meeting was held between the
delegations of the Republic of North Macedonia and the Republic of Albania, led by Ministers
Oliver Spasovski and Sandër Lleshaj, which discussed the introduction of joint controls by the
competent authorities of the two countries at the land border crossing point Kjafasan-Kjaftane,
which will enable acceleration of the flow of passengers, goods and vehicles, following the
example of the so-called “One stop control” at the border crossing point Tabanovce-Preshevo,
which halves the waiting time of citizens, and saves resources as well.
In the same month in Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo, a bilateral meeting was held between the
delegations of the Ministries of Interior of the Republic of North Macedonia and the Republic of
Kosovo, led by Minister Oliver Spasovski and his Kosovo counterpart, Ekrem Mustafa.
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The sixth Budapest Process Ministerial the possibility of any downtime.
Conference was held in February in Istanbul, In November, in Vienna, Austria, the Salzburg
preceded by the fourth preparatory meeting. Forum Ministerial Conference was held,
The Minister of Interior, as the head of attended by a delegation from the MoI,
the delegation, addressed the audience led by Minister Spasovski, whereby the
and signed the Istanbul Commitments topics for discussion included the fight
(Ministerial Declaration) and the Action Plan against trafficking in human beings, border
for their implementation. management, security and asylum. The 19th
A working visit to Romania was made meeting of the Committee of Ministers of
in March, during which Minister Oliver the PCC SEE was held on the sidelines of the
Spasovski met with the Minister of Interior conference, which discussed the current
of Romania, Carmen Daniela Dan. The challenges in the implementation of the
focus of the talks, which stressed the need PCC SEE, as well as the development of the
to designate contact points for direct automated data exchange, in relation to the
exchange of information between the two signing and ratification of the Agreement
countries, was to deepen the cooperation in thereon by all PCC SEE Contracting Parties.
the fight against organized crime, terrorism, The Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski
migration, cybercrime, exchange of police made a working visit to the Ministry of
experiences at the operational level, as Interior of the Republic of Slovenia, where
well as in the area of education and staff he had a bilateral meeting with his Slovenian
exchange between our Training Centre and counterpart Boštjan Poklukar, which
their Police Academy, according to European confirmed the commitments for additional
standards and methods. input in the mutual cooperation of the two
In the course of July, in Poznan, Poland, the police services.
Ministerial Conference – Western Balkans
Summit was held, attended by a delegation
led by Minister Spasovski.
In the same month, in Belgrade, Serbia,
Minister Oliver Spasovski and his Serbian
counterpart Nebojša Stefanović signed
an Agreement between the Governments
of the Republic of North Macedonia and
the Republic of Serbia on establishing
joint controls at the border crossing point
for international road traffic Tabanovce-
Preshevo. During the joint meeting, it was
emphasized that this agreement significantly
reduces the bureaucratic procedures and
accelerates the flow of vehicles, i.e., reduces

2020
The ninth informal meeting of the Ministers of Interior within the Brdo Process, which was
attended by a delegation from the MoI, was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in early March.
In June, the Regional Forum of Ministers of Interior/Security was held, during which the annual
and financial report for the previous year were adopted. The Republic of Kosovo formally
handed over the presidency of MARRI to Montenegro, and the “Pristina Declaration” was also
adopted, which, among other things, encourages the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the MARRI
Participants to work to establish MARRI as the main migration agency in the six Western Balkan
countries.
In October, the Minister of Interior Spasovski addressed the 71st session of the Executive
Committee of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees – UNHCR.
In December, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 20th meeting of the Committee of
Ministers of the Police Cooperation Convention in SEE was held online, at which Minister
Spasovski led a delegation from the MoI. Topics related to the current health crisis were discussed
at the meeting, as well as the current progress in the implementation of the Convention and its
legal instruments
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In the course of June, in Portoroz, Slovenia, the 10th informal meeting of the Ministers of
Interior was held within the Brdo Process, which was attended by a delegation led by Minister
Spasovski. During their stay in Slovenia, a bilateral meeting was held between the delegations
of the Ministries of Interior of the Republic of North Macedonia and the Republic of Slovenia led
by Ministers Oliver Spasovski and Aleš Hojs, in order to discuss the migration crisis, trafficking in
human beings and migrant smuggling, the status of the submitted Memorandum of Cooperation
in the field of joint trainings between the ministries of the two countries, the development
of the cooperation between the air units of the two countries, as well as the Agreement on
Cooperation in the Fight against Trafficking in Human Beings.
The Czech Republic organized the annual Salzburg Forum Ministerial Conference in hybrid
format in late June in Prague, under the auspices of the Czech Presidency. In addition to the
countries of the Salzburg Process, the Portuguese Presidency of the Council, the European
Commission and the relevant EU agencies (EASO, EUROPOL and FRONTEX), as well as the
leadership of the Joint Coordination Platform (JCC) also took part. The Conference, at which
the Joint Coordination Platform was adopted, and special attention was paid to the challenges
related to the migration on the Eastern Mediterranean Route, was attended by the Deputy
Minister of Interior, Mr. Nazim Bushi.
The end of June was also marked by the online meeting of the Ministers of Interior within the
Berlin Process and the German Presidency of the process, which discussed the fight against
corruption, migration management and ongoing activities.
The Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski, made a two-day working visit to Montenegro in July,
on the occasion of the Forum of the Migration, Asylum, Refugees Regional Initiative – MARRI
in Podgorica. During the visit, he had a bilateral meeting with his host, the Minister of Interior
of Montenegro, Sergej Sekulović, to discuss a number of topics related to the regional and
international cooperation in the field of security.
In October, Minister Spasovski took part in the 72nd session of the Executive Committee of the
UN High Commissioner for Refugees – UNHCR (ExCom72), in hybrid format.
Minister Oliver Spasovski, at the invitation of the Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Selmo Cikotić, addressed the Sarajevo Migration Dialogue on “Managing Migration and Response
in the Western Balkans”, held in November in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the sidelines
of the Ministerial Conference, Minister Spasovski had a bilateral meeting with the host of the
conference, his counterpart Cikotić.

At the final annual Salzburg Forum Ministerial Conference in Budapest, Hungary, in an online
edition, where Minister Spasovski had a video address, in addition to the ministers of the
countries of the Salzburg Forum, the countries of the Group of Friends of the Salzburg Forum
also participated, and a Joint Declaration of the Ministers of the Salzburg Forum was also
adopted at the conference.
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WE ARE EUROPE –
EUROPE IN THE MOI
T he honest, responsible, dedicated work is always recognized by employees, associates and
friends. However, when all this is recognized by the international community, it is an even
greater challenge to continue according to the established principles and work for the good of
the institution, for the good of the state, for the progress and well-being of the citizens. The
numerous visits of the Republic of North Macedonia and the Ministry of Interior, as a central
institution with a great trust among the citizens, confirm the fact that in a relatively short period
of time we managed to place our country high on the agenda of many European politicians, who
are always open to deepening the cooperation.

2017
In May, the Minister of Interior, Dr. Agim Nuhiu held a meeting with the Special Representative
of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, H.E. Ambassador Christian Strohal, focusing on the events in
the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia.
In June 2017, the Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski, held a working meeting with the OSCE
Ambassador, H.E. Nina Suomalainen, at which it was discussed about the necessary police
reform for the purpose of its departization and decriminalization.
Minister Oliver Spasovski met with the IOM Regional Coordinator for the Western Balkans, Peter
Van Der Auweraert and the Head of the IOM Office in Skopje, Sonja Bozhinovska-Petrushevska.
The current challenges and the overcome problems caused by the migrant crisis were discussed
at the meeting.
The Head of the Criminal Law Cooperation Unit at the Council of Europe, Tanja Rakušić-Hadžić,
was a guest of the Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski.
A delegation of the United Nations Development Program – UNDP, led by the Resident
Representative Louisa Vinton held a working meeting with Minister Oliver Spasovski in July.
The planned police reforms included in the 3-6-9 Plan of the Government were the topic of
the talks between Minister Spasovski and the Head of the OSCE Public Safety and Community
Outreach Department.
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The newly appointed UNICEF Representative in the country, Benjamin Perks, had a working
meeting with Minister Oliver Spasovski at the Ministry of Interior.
Minister Oliver Spasovski held a meeting with the Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Dragan Mektić, at which more intensive cooperation was agreed in several areas of mutual
interest of the two ministries, and the possibilities for cooperation between the Agency for
Training of Police Officers in Mostar and the Training Centre in Skopje were also considered. The
meeting of Minister Spasovski with the Minister of Communications and Transport of Bosnia
and Herzegovina, on the other hand, was used to sign an Agreement between the Government
of the Republic of Macedonia and the Council of Ministers of BiH on mutual recognition and
exchange of driver’s licenses.
One of the topics discussed by Minister Oliver Spasovski and the OSCE Representative on
Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir was about the cases of attacks on journalists.
A delegation of the Czech police, led by the First Deputy Minister of Interior of the Czech Republic,
Jiří Nováček, made a two-day working visit to the Ministry of Interior, during which a meeting
was held with Minister Oliver Spasovski. At the meeting, Spasovski presented the urgent reform
priorities in the security sector, with both delegations agreeing that the Czech Republic can
directly assist in the implementation of the reforms with one goal – the Macedonian citizens to
feel the benefits of the European integration as soon as possible.
In December, Minister Oliver Spasovski had a working meeting with the Minister of Interior of the
Republic of Kosovo, Flamur Sefaj, at which an intergovernmental Agreement on the Readmission
of Persons with Illegal Residence was signed, as well as a Protocol between the Ministries of
Interior on Constant Cross-Border Prosecution.

2018
At the meeting between Minister Oliver Spasovski and the Council of Europe Commissioner
for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, the main focus was on the monitoring of the human rights
situation since his first visit to the country in the previous years.
The protocol between the Ministries of Interior of the Republic of Macedonia and the Republic
of Albania on cooperation in the fight against terrorism was signed in February, when a joint
meeting was held between Ministers Spasovski and Xhafaj.
During the official visit of the Minister of Interior of Hungary, Dr. Sándor Pintér, a meeting was held
with Minister Oliver Spasovski, at which it was agreed to further enhance the mutual cooperation
and support in regional and international organizations. Minister Spasovski expressed special
gratitude to his Hungarian counterpart for the selfless assistance of the Macedonian police in
dealing with the migrant crisis, as one of the biggest challenges for the country.
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Minister Oliver Spasovski and the Head of they discussed the mutual cooperation and
the OSCE Mission, Nina Suomalainen, met on the possible fields for deepening thereof.
the occasion of the end of her term, at which
In Ohrid, a working meeting was held between
the Acting Head of the OSCE Mission, Jeff
the Ministers of Interior of the Republic of
Goldstein, was announced, with a term until
North Macedonia and Montenegro, Oliver
the end of September 2018, i.e., until the
Spasovski and Mevludin Nuhodžić, during
election of a successor to the position.
which an intergovernmental Agreement on
During the meeting between Minister Oliver Cooperation in the Field of the Fight against
Spasovski and the OSCE/ODIHR Deputy Head Trafficking in Human Beings was signed.
of Elections Department, Richard Lappin, the
In the course of August, Minister Oliver
focus was on issues related to the electoral
Spasovski met with the Head of the
reforms in the country.
Public Safety and Community Outreach
Minister Oliver Spasovski also had a meeting Department, Steven Davis. At the meeting,
with the Acting Head of the OSCE Mission, Jeff among other things, they discussed the
Goldstein, at which support was requested current activities of the MoI and the effects
for the OSCE-supported Survey on Public thereof, as well as the conducted survey on
Perception of Democratic Policing, as well public perception.
as for the work in the previous year, for joint
Minister Spasovski opened the Conference
cooperation and the priorities for next year in
on Gathering, Analysis and Sharing of
several areas, namely for a communication
Migration Data as part of the Prague Process.
strategy, revision of the human resources
strategy, revision of the strategy for further
development of the Training Centre, revision
of the disciplinary proceedings, as well as
the assignment, reassignment and career
advancement procedures.
A meeting was held at the MoI between

Minister Oliver Spasovski and the Head of the
UNHCR in Skopje, Monica Sandri, who was
appointed for a five-year term. The meeting
focused on the cooperation with the Border
Affairs and Migration Department, resolving
the status of refugees from Kosovo,
resolving the status of stateless persons in
the country.
The Minister of Interior of the Republic

of Kosovo, Bejtush Gashi, was a guest of
Minister Oliver Spasovski, and at the meeting

2019
The cooperation between the Ministries of Interior of the Republic of North Macedonia and
the Republic of Slovenia, as well as the fight against terrorism and organized crime were the
focus of the bilateral meeting between Minister Oliver Spasovski and his Slovenian Counterpart,
Boštjan Poklukar.
In February, in Skopje, Minister Oliver Spasovski had a working meeting with his Croatian
Counterpart, Dr. Davor Božinović. At the meeting, Minister Spasovski expressed his gratitude
for the assistance in jointly addressing the migrant crisis, but also for the activities for a joint
regional approach in preventing and addressing migration and the potential problems it brings,
while Minister Božinović expressed his support on our road to NATO and the EU. The meeting
was held prior to the start of the two-day Brdo Process Ministerial Conference, i.e., the Third
Meeting of the Steering Board of the Integrative Internal Security Governance Initiative (IISG) in
February 2019, in Skopje, hosted by the MoI.
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On the occasion of 15 years of existence A diploma awarding ceremony was held
of MARRI, the meeting “MARRI Friends” at the “Gjorche Petrov” Police Centre in
was traditionally organized in Skopje, in connection with the trilateral exercise of the
the presence of representatives of the Special Units of North Macedonia, Albania
international community and Macedonian and Kosovo, attended by a high-level MoI
institutions. The purpose of this meeting delegation, led by Minister Oliver Spasovski,
was to present the one-year activities, the the Director of the PSB, Mr. Sasho Tasevski,
current projects and achieved results of as well as an MoI delegation of the Republic
MARRI, and the meeting was opened by of Albania, led by the Deputy Minister, Rovena
Minister Spasovski. Voda, and an MoI delegation of the Republic
The UNDP Resident Representative in the of Kosovo, led by Minister Ekrem Mustafa
country, Narine Sahakyan, led the United and the Director of the Kosovo Police, Rashit
Nations Development Program – UNDP Qalaj.
delegation to a meeting with the Minister of A high-level delegation led by the Minister of
Interior Oliver Spasovski. Interior of the Czech Republic, Jan Hamáček,
The Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, made an official visit to the MoI. After the
Ambassador Clemens Koja, met with Minister meeting, Ministers Spasovski and Hamáček
Oliver Spasovski to announce the Equipment visited the Czech police officers on the
Donation Agreement for the Department of southern border, expressing gratitude for
Public Relations and Strategic Affairs. their contribution to ensuring the security of
The Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski the Macedonian state border.
and the Deputy Minister of Foreign The 72nd meeting of the ICMPD SG was held
Affairs, Andrej Zhernovski, met in March in May, which was opened by the Minister
with the Acting United Nations Resident of Interior, Oliver Spasovski. He expressed
Coordinator and UNICEF Representative in his gratitude for the external technical
the Country, Benjamin Perks and the UNHCR support that on several occasions arrived
Representative, Monica Sandri. from the ICMPD Member States during the
Representatives of the Transnational migrant crisis and stressed the need for a
Threats Department of the OSCE Secretariat broader coordinated approach between the
in Vienna met with Minister Spasovski in countries, including the timely exchange
the MoI to discuss the possibility of joining of information. The Republic of North
the International Civil Aviation Organization Macedonia assumed the chairmanship of the
Public Key Directory (ICAO PKD), which ICMPD in 2019, for a period of one year.
provides countries with increased security of A delegation of the MoI, led by Minister
electronic passports through effective and Oliver Spasovski, held a meeting with
efficient verification of the chips embedded the rapporteurs of the Committee on the
in these identification documents and is a Honouring of Obligations and Commitments
POD useful tool in the fight against organized by Member States of the Council of Europe,
crime and terrorism. Lise Christoffersen and Valeriu Ghiletchi. The

meeting discussed the obligations of the Resolutions 1949 (2013), 2022 (2013) of the Council
of Europe, ensuring a fair and democratic election process, the Electoral Code, the Voters List,
the status of the plan regarding the fight against torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment and the reforms in the Ministry.
Minister Oliver Spasovski and the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babiš, visited
the Vinojug Transit Centre and met with the Czech police officers assisting our police at the
southern border.
In the course of June, Minister Oliver Spasovski held a meeting with the newly appointed UN
Resident Coordinator, Rossana Dudziak at the MoI.
As part of the project “Stay Clean, Say NO to Corruption”, Minister Oliver Spasovski met with his
counterpart from the Republic of Bulgaria, Mladen Marinov, at the border crossing point “Deve
Bair”.
In September, Minister Spasovski met with Corien Jonker, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Limited
Election Observation Mission, to present the final Report on the Presidential Elections held on
April 21st and May 5th, 2019.
The preparation of the OSCE Annual Work Program for 2020 was the main topic of the meeting
between Minister Oliver Spasovski and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ambassador
Clemens Koja.
An operational-tactical exercise “Plen” (“Prey”) was held on the topic “Prevention of escape
and deprivation of liberty of perpetrators of aggravated theft and forms of crime”, which was
attended by the Ministers of Interior of the Republic of North Macedonia and Kosovo, Spasovski
and Mustafa, as well as the police directors, Tasevski and Qalaj.
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The progress of the working groups in the preparation of the Human Resources Management
Strategy, the Strategy for Inclusion and Communication with the Community, the Strategy for
the Training Centre, as well as the revision of the procedures for the disciplinary proceedings in
the MoI were the topic of the meeting held between Minister Oliver Spasovski and the Head of
the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Clemens Koja.
On the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans Ministerial Forum held in Skopje, in November, the
4th meeting of the Steering Board of the Integrative Internal Security Governance Initiative was
also held.
In December, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia and Minister of
Interior, Oliver Spasovski and the Deputy Prime Minister, Bujar Osmani, had a working meeting
with the Minister of Interior of the Republic of Serbia, Nebojša Stefanović, at which three
bilateral agreements were signed between the two governments, in the interest of the citizens
of both countries, namely an agreement on the opening of a joint border crossing point Lojane-
Miratovac and agreements on cooperation in the fight against trafficking in human beings and
smuggling of migrants.
At the Jazhince-Globochica border crossing point, an operational-tactical exercise “Potera”
(“Search”) was held, which was attended by the Ministers of Interior of the Republic of North
Macedonia and Kosovo, Spasovski and Mustafa, as well as the directors of the Macedonian and
Kosovo Police, Tasevski and Qalaj.

2020
Within the MARRI Regional Forum of Ministers of Interior/Security, the annual and financial
report for the previous year were adopted, the Republic of Kosovo formally handed over the
presidency of MARRI to Montenegro, and the “Pristina Declaration” was also adopted, which,
among other things, encourages the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the MARRI Participants to
work to establish MARRI as the main migration agency in the six Western Balkan countries.
The Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski, the Director of the Public Security Bureau, Mr. Sasho
Tasevski and the Deputy Director of the PSB, Besir Deari, held a working meeting with a delegation
of the United Nations Development Program – UNDP, led by the Resident Representative of the
UNDP in the country, Narine Sahakyan.
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Minister Oliver Spasovski had a working meeting with the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje,
Ambassador Clemens Koja, to whom he expressed his gratitude for the overall support that the
MoI receives from the OSCE Mission throughout the overall period of police reform. Ambassador
Koja congratulated Minister Spasovski on the management of the Technical Government
during the COVID-19 crisis, wishing him success in this term as Minister of Interior. Spasovski
stressed that the priorities for continuing the police reform process are the fight against the
serious and organized crime, corruption, terrorism, illegal migration and cybercrime, as well
as professionalization of the police and overall improvement of the material and technical
conditions for the police work. Spasovski and Koja agreed that in the coming period intensive
work will be done on the implementation of the strategies that were jointly developed, and are
aimed at improving the functioning of the police.

On October 15, 2020, within the Joint Presidency of the Berlin Process and on the occasion of
the Meeting of the Ministers of Interior of the countries that are part of the Berlin Process, the
Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski hosted a working meeting with his Bulgarian counterpart
Hristo Terzijski, which emphasized the excellent cooperation thus far between the two
ministries and the police services at all levels, especially in the area of border operations, as
well as through the Joint Contact Centre, which for many years has functioned extraordinarily
between the border and customs services of the two countries and which is a great positive
example of a partnership. This ministerial meeting, in a hybrid format – with physical presence
and online – was the first of its kind organized in the face of the pandemic, which proved to be
a successful example of organizing such gatherings in emergency circumstances.
Representatives of the IISG Secretariat attended a working visit to the MoI in order to elaborate
in detail the mission, goal and activities of the IISG, the methodology for the work of the IISG and
the creation of a list of contact persons in charge of each of the three pillars of the IISG.
In December, a meeting was held between the Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski and the
State Secretary at the MoI, Ms. Magdalena Nestorovska with the UNICEF Representative in the
Republic of North Macedonia, Patricia Di Giovanni.
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The Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski hosted the Minister of Citizen Protection of the Hellenic
Republic, Michalis Chrysochoidis, a meeting which, given the fact that it was the first at the
ministerial level, was assessed as an act of inauguration of a process of direct cooperation,
based on mutual respect, honesty and trust, for the purpose of providing more efficient security
services to the citizens of both countries. It was pointed out at the meeting that the fight
against organized crime and illegal migration remains a common imperative, in which cross-
border cooperation is inevitable, with special emphasis on the migrant crisis, which significantly
burdens both countries. The topic of discussion was the harmonization of the Protocol for the
Implementation of the Agreement on Readmission of Persons Residing without Authorization,
signed in Brussels in 2007, and for the first time a mutual agreement was reached to negotiate a
Police Cooperation Agreement, which will lay the foundations for strengthening the cooperation
of law enforcement agencies, at the strategic and operational level.
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In April, a working visit was made by the organized crime.
Federal Minister of Interior of the Republic
In June, Minister Oliver Spasovski in Ohrid
of Austria, Karl Nehammer, and in addition to
hosted a ceremony on the occasion of the
the meeting with Minister Oliver Spasovski, a
formal adoption of the Regional Roadmap
visit was also made to the Border Crossing
on Anti-Corruption and Illicit Finance Flows,
Point “Bogorodica” in Gevgelija, a visit to
during which he met with the Minister of
the Railway Station in Gevgelija, location
Security of BiH, Selmo Cikotić. The topics
“Mrzenski Rid”, and among the topics that
of conversation included the initiative
were discussed, an emphasis was placed on
for concluding a Protocol for cooperation
the migrant crisis and the mutual cooperation
between the two ministries, in the field of
in this field.
joint training, and the establishment of
The Director of the Public Security Bureau, joint working teams, which will contribute
Mr. Sasho Tasevski, in October in Ohrid hosted to the direct cooperation between the two
an Austrian delegation led by the Director of police forces, as well as the opportunities
the Federal Criminal Intelligence Service of for concluding a Mutual Protocol for
the Republic of Austria, Mr. Andreas Holzer. cooperation in the fight against trafficking
During the visit, an official meeting was held in human beings. A bilateral meeting was
dedicated to the mutual police cooperation also held with the Kosovo counterpart Xhelal
in the fight against terrorism, cybercrime, Sveçla, at which the Protocol for support and
illegal migration and drug trafficking, and cooperation in the field of joint trainings was
on the shores of Lake Ohrid, in Struga, a signed between the ministries of the two
demonstration drill was conducted, with the countries.
participation of the Rapid Deployment Unit,
the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit “Tiger” and
the Department of Air Force Units.
In May, a delegation of the Ministry of Interior

of the Republic of Albania, led by Deputy
Minister, Besfort Lamallari, made a return
working visit to the MoI in co-organization
with the Secretariat of the Police Cooperation
Convention in SEE. During the visit, Lamallari
met with Minister Spasovski, as well as with
Deputy Minister Nazim Bushi, to discuss the
initiative for signing a Protocol between the
Ministries of Interior of the two countries to
establish joint working teams, which through
a security partnership will contribute to
the effective fight against international

Minister Oliver Spasovski had a working
meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister
of Montenegro, Dritan Abazović, where
the excellent cooperation between the
police forces of the two countries in the
field of the fight against organized crime,
terrorism, illegal migration, trafficking
in human beings and cybercrime was
emphasized.
Minister Oliver Spasovski also hosted

his Montenegrin counterpart Sergej
Sekulović, whereby it was concluded
that the establishment and deepening
of the international cooperation is a key
precondition for addressing the fight
against illegal migration, trafficking
in human beings at the regional and
international level.
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A bilateral meeting was also held between the delegations of the Ministries of Interior of our
country and the Czech Republic. Minister Oliver Spasovski and Czech Deputy Minister of
Interior, Jiří Nováček discussed the possibility of deepening the mutual cooperation through
joint trainings, seminars and drills intended for the police officers of both ministries, and the
President of the Police Presidium of the Czech Republic, Jan Švejdar, who announced the
continuation of the participation of the Czech police officers in the strengthened surveillance
of our southern border, expressed strong confidence in the continuation of the support and
mutual cooperation in the field of police affairs.
As co-chair of the 5th meeting of the Berlin Process Security Commitments Steering Group,
which was held online, Minister Spasovski addressed tha attendees via video message. Within
this meeting, the Ministry of Interior was the initiator of a simulation exercise for real-time
information exchange for the countries of the Western Balkans region, focusing on protection
of the critical infrastructure, which was held in September in Ohrid.

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During the 22nd meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Police Cooperation Convention
in Southeast Europe, in Skopje, it was discussed about improving the exchange of information
between joint contact centres of non-neighbouring countries established by the PCC SEE
Contracting Parties, increasing cross-border cooperation related to illegal migration and return
of foreign fighters, and within the event, Minister Spasovski signed the Protocol amending
the Agreement on the Automated Exchange of DNA Data, Dactyloscopic Data and Vehicle
Registration Data between the PCC SEE Contracting Parties. On the sidelines of the meeting, a
bilateral meeting was held between Minister Oliver Spasovski and the Minister of Interior of the
Republic of Italy, Lucana Lamorgeze, to discuss current security challenges, especially the fight
against organized crime and corruption, as a top strategic priority of the governments of the
Western Balkan countries. A meeting was also held with a delegation from the IISG Secretariat,
led by the Head of the Secretariat, Mr. Sojati, the goal of which was to present and introduce the
activities within the initiative.
During the month of August, and with regard to the active fires on the territory of our country,
a meeting was held between Minister Oliver Spasovski and his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar
Vulin, who arrived in the country together with the Serbian Assistant Minister and Head of the
Sector for Emergency Situations, Luka Čaušić and four firefighting helicopters, as support from
the Republic of Serbia in extinguishing the fires, which joined our two helicopters in stopping
the fires across the country.
In the premises of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia, the Minister of Interior
Spasovski signed the Letter of Agreement between the Republic of North Macedonia and the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
In October, Minister Oliver Spasovski held a meeting with the UNICEF Representative in the
Republic of North Macedonia, Patricia Di Giovanni, as well as with the UNHCR Representative
in the country, Monica Sandri and her Deputy Cristina Bunea, which was also attended by the
State Secretary, Magdalena Nestorovska.
As part of the project “Improving National Practices for Small Arms and Light Weapons Control
and Building Resilient Communities”, in November, in Skopje, Minister Spasovski addressed the
event “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence”, organized by the UNDP Office in
the Republic of North Macedonia. On the sidelines of the event, a protocol meeting was held
between Minister Oliver Spasovski and the new UNDP Resident Representative of the Republic
of North Macedonia, Armen Grigoryan.
Minister Oliver Spasovski addressed the First Regional Meeting on Building Strategies for
Prevention, Fight against Organized Crime, organized by UNODC, held in Skopje.
On July 2, 2021, the Republic of North Macedonia formally took over the presidency of MARRI. At
the Forum, which was attended by the Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski, the priorities and the
Annual Action Plan of the Presidency of North Macedonia were approved. It was recommended

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that MARRI intensifies its cooperation with the EC, FRONTEX, EASO and UNHCR. The Podgorica
Declaration was also adopted.
Minister Oliver Spasovski had a working meeting with the OSCE delegation, led by the OSCE
Secretary General, Helga Schmid, at which a strong message was sent for the establishment
of a serious partnership that will be reflected in the preparation phase and in the process of
organizing our presidency in 2023.
Within the framework of the OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference on the topic “Reinforcing
a Comprehensive Approach to Prevention and Countering Terrorism and VERLT in a Changing
Landscape”, Minister Spasovski participated by addressing the high-level session dedicated to
“Addressing the Root Causes of VERLT”.
The Minister of Interior Spasovski and the Registrar of the International Criminal Court based
in The Hague, Peter Lewis, in Skopje signed a bilateral Agreement on Cooperation in the field of
witness protection between the MoI and the International Court.
At the meeting between Oliver Spasovski and the Executive Director of the EU Agency for
Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL), Dr. h.c. Detlef Schröder, it was discussed about further
strengthening the cooperation with the Republic of North Macedonia and the possibilities for
supporting the efforts of the country in the fight against organized crime were reviewed, as well
as for building the capacities of law enforcement officials, in particular in connection with the
project “Partnership against Crime and Terrorism in the Western Balkans”.
Representative of the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance – DCAF made a visit to the
MoI, hosted by the Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski. The meeting focused on the activities
carried out in the past period in terms of security sector reforms, with particular reference to
the progress in the field of communications surveillance, adoption of laws and establishment of
new institutions.

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BETTER WORKING
CONDITIONS FOR
THE POLICE –
MORE EFFICIENT
COMMUNITY SERVICES
T he deepening of the partnership between the citizens and the police officers shall continue
to produce even more effective results in terms of security and safety, maintaining
public order and peace, protecting the material goods. The continuation of the project for
reconstruction and construction of police stations, which have not been touched for decades
and about the employees of which no one has asked the question of whether they have basic
working conditions, is aimed at improving the overall working conditions, as part of the projects
that will directly benefit the community.
Through proper and planned use of the Budget of the Ministry, during these five years, 72
facilities of the Ministry in all sectors for internal affairs have been rehabilitated, i.e., partially
or completely reconstructed, for which more than 366 million denars have been spent. Thus,
energy efficiency measures have been implemented therein, which has created not only quality
working conditions for the police officers, but also the facilities have undergone a transformation
in terms of energy, which includes increased participation of renewable energy sources, greater
savings, as well as environmental protection. Namely, during the construction works, which
refer to the construction of new energy efficient buildings, but also the reconstruction of the
existing ones, care has been taken to install new construction materials that significantly affect
the retention of thermal energy and reduce environmental pollution.
In some of the existing buildings, the solid fuel for heating the premises has been put out of
use and a new modern installation and heaters with electric boiler for central heating are used.
The facades of the buildings have been completely changed, the windows have been replaced
with the installation of new PVC trim and aluminium locksmith, and new solar roof collectors
have been installed, in order to reduce the costs for electricity and heat. Thus, for example, the
review of the costs for electricity in 2017 and 2021, in certain segments shows 100% savings,
i.e., in total, at the level of the MoI, it shows about 5 million and 376 thousand denars of savings.
In this way, the comprehensive improvement of the material and technical working conditions
for the police officers will continue in the context of the motto that this leadership of the MoI
has set for itself – Equipped police for safe citizens!

2017
Starting from 2017, with funds in the amount of 72.3 million denars, the Administrative Services
in the SIA Tetovo, the Struga Police Station, the main building of the warehouse in Orman,
the building of the Department of Legal Affairs and Human Resources and the building of the
Archive – both within the MoI, the building at the Railway Border Crossing Point in Gevgelija
were reconstructed, and the building of the Gjorche Petrov Police Station was built.
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2018
In the following year, 2018, reconstruction works worth 20.5 million denars were conducted on
several buildings, including the Training Centre – Idrizovo (all pavilions, including the gym), SIA
Veles, DIA Veles, the police stations Drachevo, Bit-Pazar and Centar, the police departments
Galate and Zajas, the warehouse within the RDU and the base of the Special Anti-Terrorist
Unit “Tiger” in the “Ilinden” barracks, and within the MoI, the buildings of the Auto Service and
the Department of Internal Control, Criminal Investigations and Professional Standards were
covered.
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2019
Double the investment was made in 2019 (41 million denars), which covered the buildings of the
SIA Bitola, the premises for apprehension and detention in the DIA Kichevo and the Probishtip
Police Station, the police stations Kochani, Vinica, Kratovo, Valandovo, the second floor of the
Gazi Baba Police Station, the accommodation areas of the MoI in Ohrid and Krani, the police
departments Arachinovo, Shuto Orizari and Kamenjane, the K-9 Unit in the “Gjorche Petrov”
Police Centre, where the Shooting Range and part of the garage of the RDU were reconstructed,
whereby the latter was transformed into a completely new workshop. The same year, the
renovation of the Identity Documents Personalisation Centre within the MoI was completed,
while in the building of the MoI, the first floor was repaired, and on the second floor, the premises
were adapted for the services of the SIA Skopje.
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2020
In 2020, with a budget of almost 53 million denars, the activities for material and technical
renovation of the premises of the police services continued. Complete or partial repairs, as
needed, were carried out in the Department of Internal Control, Criminal Investigations and
Professional Standards, the Vehicle Fleet Department and the mechanic workshop, where a new
automated car wash was installed, the Department of Traffic and Escort Security and the First
Building, all within the MoI, and the Departments for Internal Affairs in Kriva Palanka, Gevgelija,
Kavadarci, the Ponikva accommodation area of the MoI, the Airport Base – Petrovec, as well as
the Police Department – Zherovjane were reconstructed. The shooting range in the “Ilinden”
barracks was built, which is used for the drill activities of the SATU “Tiger” and the Special
Operations Regiment of the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia. In the “Gjorche Petrov”
Police Centre, solar systems and boilers were procured and installed in all buildings housing
RDU members, and a new fence was placed next to the building of the Police Intervention
Unit. New premises in the Regional Centre South – Kavadarci were built for the Department of
Administrative Affairs Veles for Kavadarci, as well as the Suppression of Organized and Serious
Crime Department within the building of the Bit-Pazar Police Station.
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2021
With a budget of 180 million denars, an amount almost equal to the budgets for all the previous
four years together, the investment in the buildings of the MoI continued in 2021, which
together with the employees therein are the biggest capital of this Ministry. The reconstruction
covered the Sector for Internal Affairs Kumanovo, the Departments for Internal Affairs in Resen,
Krushevo, Prilep and Probishtip, the building of the Police Station for Road Traffic Safety Shtip,
the police departments in Rankovce, Chashka, Krivogashtani and Rostushe, the Villa of the MoI
in Krushevo, the police offices in Dojran, Staro Nagorichane and Makedonska Kamenica. In the
“Ilinden” barracks, the building of the former military club of the army was renovated, adapted
and designated as a kitchen and restaurant hall for the needs of the SATU “Tiger”, and the plateau
in front of the Base of this unit was asphalted, as well as the access streets and paths that lead
to the Base. In the “Gjorche Petrov” Police Centre, a new roof structure of two buildings was
installed, namely the sports hall and the warehouse, and an old building was renovated in which
two conference halls, offices and completely new toilets were built, as well as the RDU Memorial
Room. The toilets in the RDU base were renovated and the bathrooms were built in the building
where the members of the Headquarters of the Unit are accommodated, and the facades of
the three buildings and the sports hall were refreshed, in front of which concreting and paving
of the entrance and the stairs were done. At the same time, 450 meters of road to the Tactical
House for shooting were asphalted, as well as a small football field, and the pedestrian obstacles
in the Centre were provided with complete lighting.
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WE CONTINUE IN
2022
The beginning of this year, 2022, marked the completion of the reconstruction of the 71st
building – the Unit for Internal Affairs Karposh, in which all planned construction and craft
works were completed on time and with quality, for which 21 million denars from the Budget of
the Ministry were allocated. At the end of the first quarter, the renovation of the 72nd building
was also completed – the Department for Protection of Particular Persons and Objects, and the
reconstruction of the buildings of the Departments for Internal Affairs in Radovish, Sveti Nikole,
Delchevo and Berovo, as well as the Unit for Internal Affairs Gazi Baba is currently ongoing. In
addition, this year the reconstruction works are planned to continue in the Departments for
Internal Affairs in Makedonski Brod and Demir Hisar and the Police Department Novo Selo. With
funds allocated through capital investments, it is planned to build a new building for the needs
of the Aerodrom Police Station and reconstruct the Administrative Services of the MoI stationed
in the MRTV facility, which practically represents the face of the police before the citizens, as
well as the complex of buildings of the Training Centre – Idrizovo, which is a nursery for police
officers, for which about 82 million denars have been allocated from the Budget of the Ministry.
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BEFORE
AFTER
ТOP 5
RECONSTRUCTED
BUILDINGS
SIA KUMANOVO 47.200.000 DENARS
The renovation of the building, built in 1929, was carried out in several phases, and began in
the part where the employees of the Department of Criminal Intelligence and Analysis are
located. After that, the Kumanovo Police Station was completely renovated, the premises for
apprehension and detention of persons were rehabilitated, and a new access ramp for persons
with disabilities was constructed, while the part where the Department for Road Traffic Safety
Kumanovo and the Crime Police are located was renovated. In the entire building of the SIA
Kumanovo, the dilapidated wooden windows were replaced with new PVC windows, the entrance
portals with new aluminium doors, a thermal insulation facade was installed throughout the
building, a new central heating was installed and the existing one was repaired, new entrance
and exit ramps were installed, spotlights for outdoor lighting were placed and video surveillance
was installed for the entire building, as well as other things. Also, the gasification project of
the SIA Kumanovo was submitted to the Municipality of Kumanovo and after receiving the
appropriate approval, the overall building will be heated with gas, which will provide additional
contribution to the environmental protection.
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DIA PRILEP 35.000.000 DENARS
The undertaken and realized construction and technical interventions not only generally improve
the conditions for everyday work of the employees in the DIA Prilep, but, at the same time, are a
precondition for the expected and further improvement of the efficiency of the police services,
all the more so with the performed works and spatially, not only infrastructurally, the inherited
problems are solved by providing a new space for part of the services of the DIA Prilep. The
construction was completed in accordance with the internationally accepted standards both at
the level of the construction itself and at the level of the technical and professional standards.
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SATU “TIGER” FOOD FACILITY
(“ILINDEN” BARRACKS) 19.000.000 DENARS
The MoI invested in the complete reconstruction of a building that it received for permanent use
from the Ministry of Defence in the Ilinden barracks, and which is already used for providing food
to the members of the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit “Tiger”, who from the start to the completion
of the adaptation of the building were forced to eat outside the barracks. The new building was
reconstructed according to the highest standards and includes a kitchen that is in accordance
with the highest HASAP and police standards, which has the capacity to prepare food 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week, not only for the SATU “Tiger”, but also for other members of the MoI in case
of special circumstances. The roof structure was renovated, the facade of the building was
completely changed, new PVC trim and entrance portals were installed.
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DIA RESEN 12.860.000 DENARS
With the completion of the construction works for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the
building of DIA Resen, a building was obtained that internally and externally, fully complying
with the standards for energy efficiency and environmental pollution reduction, is completely
reconstructed and meets the needs for more efficient operation and functioning of the police
service in modernized conditions. The roof structure was repaired, a lightning protection system
was installed, the chimneys were repaired, new gutters were installed on the part of the roof
that was covered with the renovation, a new thermal insulation facade with acrylic finish of
the overall building was made, the entrance portals were replaced with new aluminium portals,
the old wooden windows were completely replaced with new PVC windows, the toilets were
completely renovated with new water supply and sewerage installation, new ceramic tiles and
elements were installed, the on-call room was completely renovated, a new guard house was
set up at the pedestrian entrance to the location and the apprehension and detention rooms
were completely renovated by installing underfloor heating.
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DIA GEVGELIJA 12.912.727 DENARS
With regard to the building of the DIA Gevgelija, the roof itself and the roof structure were repaired,
the facades of the buildings were completely changed, above all, by taking care of the energy
efficiency and environmental pollution reduction, the windows were changed by installing new
PVC trim, as well as new entrance portals, fitted with adequate stairwell with access ramps for
people with disabilities, in accordance with internationally accepted standards. The electrical
installation was completely changed and new lighting of the buildings was installed, some of
them are additionally equipped with a new thermal installation for central heating and heating
bodies, and the rooms for apprehension and detention of persons were completely renovated
with the installation of adequate underfloor heating and lighting.
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5
EQUIPPED POLICE
OFFICERS –
GUARANTOR OF
THE SAFETY OF THE
CITIZENS
W e take care of the equipping of every
police officer. We have provided a
system for monitoring the needs of each
continuously invested in a new generation of
fully equipped and satisfied police officers.
In the period from June 1, 2017 to January 18,
employee and we pay equal attention to the 2022, with a total investment of 569,453,481
cadets in the Training Centre in Idrizovo, denars, VAT included, or 9,230,888 euros,
the uniformed police officers from all uniforms were procured for the members of
organizational units and the employees in all uniformed units.
different departments who perform their Thus, in 2017, 503 pairs of shoes were
work tasks in civilian clothes. provided and the same number of pieces of
The priority of the leadership of the MoI is civilian clothes, as well as 7,000 belts for the
to create a modern, equipped, professional, police, with a total value of 6,272,976 denars,
efficient, but also satisfied police force, VAT included, while as a donation from the
which in a legal, professional, transparent Slovak Republic, 360 pairs of high special
and responsible way will guarantee the full boots were received.
personal and property security of the citizens In the next year, 2018, 1,200 pieces of
and will continue to address decisively winter pants, summer shirts, ties, short
and indiscriminately organized crime and windbreakers, polo shirts, belts, work shoes
corruption and work successfully to prevent and hats were procured, which are parts
all forms of terrorism and other illegal acts. of the basic uniform for police officers –
Aware that in order to establish the police junior police officer, as well as 7,000 pieces
as a guarantor of the protection of the of sweaters and hats for police officers, for
legality in the interest of all our citizens, we which 32,459,062 denars were allocated.

An investment worth 31,439,150 denars was realized in 2019 for the purpose of equipping the
Macedonian police with 8,000 pieces of summer pants, as well as 7,000 summer and winter
shirts, with short and long sleeves, the same number of short-sleeved T-shirts with collar, 1,520
sweaters and 550 pieces of short jackets for trainee police officers. In the same year, 350 of
flashing handheld STOP paddles and police equipment such as whistles, first aid, traffic signs
and flashlights were procured. With a donation from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of
Germany, 350 pairs of high special boots were procured.
With a fourfold increased budget for this purpose for 2020 (201,036,895 denars), uniform sets
were procured for the members of the special police, namely coveralls, pants, two-piece rain
suits, two-piece undersuit with balaclavas, gloves, raincoats, T-shirts, belts, sweaters, masks,
summer jackets, as well as shirts, hats, berets, headgear and helmet covers. 200 first aid kits,
405 sets of magnetic stickers, 600 pieces of duty belts with accessories, 3,000 pieces of
fluorescent vests were procured for the uniformed police officers, while the trainees received
1,320 T-shirts.
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In 2021, with 45% higher investments for responsibilities, especially taking into
the police compared to the previous year, account the intensified traffic controls on
worth 298,245,398 denars, the activities for roads across the country, in addition to the
its equipping continued, perhaps the largest existent 48 LaserCam4 and 25 Pro Laser
so far in terms of coverage of services. The 3 gun radars, in May 2018, 30 new devices
uniformed police officers received 10,000 for measuring the speed of moving vehicles
pairs of semi-high shoes, as well as shoes – radar speed guns were procured and in
with thicker soles, 10,000 winter and summer 2020, equipment for night recording of
shirts, with long and short sleeves, the same vehicles from five devices was procured. In
number of summer and winter hats and 2021, 50 devices for measuring the speed
belts, 8,000 padded windbreakers, 8,550 of moving vehicles were procured, which
pairs of high special boots, 6,452 pieces of are modern, technically highly sophisticated
men’s winter and summer pants, 757 pieces radar guns, which the MoI provided through
of women’s winter and summer pants and a public tender, worth 21,257,175 denars, VAT
790 winter and summer skirts, 6.950 men’s excluded for the Traffic Police Officers, all
and 1,050 women’s short-sleeved T-shirts equipped with a device for night recording
with collar. The trainees received 670 sets as well, far more superior compared to the
of uniforms, 1,340 T-shirts and 2,330 pieces ones used thus far, thus complying with the
of fluorescent vests. 427 civilian suits and current European police standards in this
the same number of civilian shirts and area of the police work, due to which the Pro
shoes were procured for the Department for Laser 3 radar guns were withdrawn from use.
Protection of Particular Persons and Objects With this procurement, the MoI is the only
within the PSB, and uniforms and equipment one in the region that is completely equipped
were procured for the aviation personnel of with the latest generation devices, from
the Helicopter Unit, which consisted of a which it is impossible to delete the recorded
winter flying jacket and protective coveralls. material, whereby the number of devices for
Within the measures and activities of the speed and alcohol measurement per capita is
MoI in the area of material and technical at the same or even higher levels compared
improvement of the traffic police for to the countries of the European Union.
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With regard to the devices for measuring the percentage of alcohol in the
blood – breathalysers, in addition to the existing 12 breathalysers, in May
2018, 80 devices for measuring the percentage of alcohol in the blood were
procured from the brand Dräger 7510. In 2020, in accordance with Article
374 paragraph 2 of the Law on Road Traffic Safety, and in order to modernize
the devices and equipment of the organizational units in the MoI that
control and regulate road traffic, the Republic Council on Road Traffic Safety
procured equipment, including 24 breathalysers from the brand AlkoQuant
6020. In July 2021, 40 new devices for measuring the percentage of alcohol
in the blood were procured – breathalysers from the brand Dräger 7510.
In other words, at the moment the organizational units for traffic control
and regulation have a total of 144 devices for measuring the percentage of
alcohol in the blood – breathalysers.
The trend of qualitative improvement of the working conditions remains

a priority of this leadership of the MoI for the current 2022, as every
investment in the police means satisfied police officers, which in turn is an
improvement of the overall security of the citizens. Thus, in the first three
months, 8,000 new pieces of windbreakers were procured for the police
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officers, and at the end of the first quarter, a
total of 16,000 pieces of summer and winter
pants and skirts were procured for the police
officers, an investment worth 31,008,559
denars, VAT included, in accordance with the
plan for public procurement of uniforms for
2021.
The procured pieces include 6,452 men’s

winter and summer pants, 758 women’s
winter and summer pants and 790 winter
and summer skirts, and in accordance with
the procurement dynamics, high special
boots and belts are expected to arrive, which
will complete the deliveries under the public
procurement of uniforms in 2021.

UNIFORMS FOR THE SPECIAL POLICE UNITS
As part of the activities for equipping the special police units, SATU “Tiger” received a new
tactical uniform for rural and urban environment with a new design, as well as new sports
equipment from the brand HUMMEL. For the Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU), a uniform with
urban camouflage mandrake pattern consisting of coveralls, winter jacket with underjacket,
sweater, rips and outlas shirt, rips pants, T-shirt with collar and crew neck T-shirt, long-sleeved
T-shirt and tactical short-sleeved T-shirt, two-piece rain suit, balaclava, polar, baseball cap and
beret and helmet cover, then two-piece undersuit with balaclava, thermal and tactical gloves
and belt (price per set: 52,782 denars, VAT excluded).
The Training and Support Unit (TSU) and the RDU received a uniform with rural camouflage
MultiCam pattern, and the set consists of: winter jacket with underjacket, rips and outlas shirt,
rips and three-layered pants, T-shirt with collar, crew neck T-shirt, long-sleeved T-shirt and
tactical short-sleeved T-shirt, long-sleeved shirt, helmet cover, hat, two-piece undersuit with
balaclava, thermal and tactical gloves and belt, and the price per set is 42,364 denars, VAT
excluded.
The members of the TSU also received a dark blue uniform, which includes a winter jacket with
underjacket, sweater, rips and outlas shirt, rips pants, T-shirt with collar, crew neck T-shirt
and short-sleeved T-shirt, hat, baseball cap and knitted hat, beret, two-piece undersuit with
balaclava, thermal and tactical gloves, belt and raincoat, whereby the price per set is 43,997
denars, VAT excluded.
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The Intervention Police Unit at the SIA Skopje
received a dark grey uniform consisting of:
coveralls, winter jacket with underjacket,
short jacket, sweater, rips and outlas shirt,
rips and three-layered pants, appropriate
T-shirt with collar, crew neck T-shirt, long-
sleeved T-shirt and tactical short-sleeved
T-shirt, long-sleeved shirt, hat, balaclava,
polar, baseball cap, knitted hat and beret,
helmet cover, thermal and tactical gloves,
belt, two-piece rainsuit and raincoat,
whereby the price per set is 53,656 denars,
VAT excluded. At the same time, all members
of the RDU received top HUMMEL sports
equipment. For the needs of the Department
of Aviation Units, complete uniforms were
procured for the flight crew.

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6
ONLY MOTIVATED AND

SATISFIED POLICE IS
EFFECTIVE POLICE
E ffective police means satisfied police, which will be highly motivated to stand on the front
lines in maintaining the public order and peace and increasing the safety and security of
the citizens, including the personal and property security of all citizens, resolute and non-
selective fight against organized crime and corruption, protection of the constitutional order
and prevention of all forms of terrorism and other unconstitutional actions. Mutual tolerance,
good interethnic relations and equal treatment of the citizens before the law, as well as further
development of the democratic principles in policing and respect for human rights are also
priority goals of this leadership of the MoI.
In order to continuously motivate the police officers, in 2018, the salaries of about 5 thousand
uniformed police officers were increased, which enabled the separation of the positions junior
police officer, police officer and senior police officer from other employees. This is the first time
that the points for police officers are increased by 10 and 20 points for the position of “police
officer”, from the categories E5, E44, E3 and ZH5, ZH4 and ZH4, for which in the Budget of
the Ministry of Interior for 2019, funds were requested and approved for payment of the salary
increase in the amount of 80,000,000 denars per year for 4,821 uniformed employees. What is
especially important for the Ministry of Interior is that such an increase for the basic component
police officer is realized for the first time since 1991.

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Among other things, a Memorandum of Understanding was
concluded between the Pension and Disability Insurance Fund
and the MoI and starting from May 23, 2018 activities were
implemented to fulfil the obligations for taking over data on the
length of service and salaries by the Fund for MoI employees. For
that purpose, cases were processed for 7,157 active employees and
almost 50,000 applications for M4 form were prepared, submitted
to the PDIF, with which the final goal was achieved – enabling all
MoI employees to have access to the electronic database of the
Fund containing data on their length of service, realized salaries,
bases and cash benefits arising from their employment.
Then, from September 2019, the salary of the MoI employees

was increased by five percent, and for the implementation of this
increase, the point value was increased from 26.09 denars to 27.72
denars.
At the beginning of 2020, 139,617,063 denars from the Budget of

the MoI were voluntarily paid to 5,013 employees as a bonus salary
for more than 150 hours of overtime work per year during 2019.
In addition, in 2020 the salary supplement was increased from

20% to 30% for employees in the Department of Informatics and
Telecommunications, with a previous change in the provisions of
the Collective Agreement.
In 2020 and 2021, thanks to the housekeeping and the savings in

the Budget, funds were provided for voluntary payment of a bonus
salary for more than 150 hours of overtime work realized per year
in 2017 and 2018, in the total amount of about 97,995,636 denars,
namely: bonus salary for 2017 for 1,819 employees in the total
amount of 46,339,025 denars and bonus salary for 2018 for 1,916
employees in the total amount of 51,680,268 denars.
In 2021, the payment of a bonus salary for MoI employees for

overtime work in 2020 was also made, whereby 4,502 employees
were paid bonus salaries, in the total amount of 135,969,404 denars.
In addition, for the members of the Department for Special Police
Operations, the payment of travel expenses for those living outside
of the city of Skopje began, as well as the payment of per diems for
business trips began.

With the latest Collective Agreement, decisions
were made that mean financial increase for
MoI employees:
• 5 % payment for on-call duty of non-

uniformed police officers,
• payment of a jubilee award for 10 years

of continuous service in the MoI,
• payment of a one-time assistance of 100

euros in denar counter value for a new-
born child, for women MoI employees,
• payment of a mentor fee for a

successfully implemented mentoring
program,
• payment of food allowance for night

work, whereby in 2021 such an allowance
was paid to 259 employees in the total
amount of 6,149,195 denars.
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The continuity of the payment of the regular bonus salary is maintained, therefore a bonus
salary for 2021 was paid to 5,897 employees, for which 188,167,373 denars were paid, i.e., a total
of 561,773,133 denars for the five years, or 9,060,857 euros.
With the Budget of the MoI for 2022, funds are provided for a salary increase of 5% of all MoI
employees from September 2022. In accordance with the Law on Minimum Wage, the minimum
gross salary of all MoI employees, who are paid a salary based on the Law on Internal Affairs and
the Collective Agreement, is 26,800 denars. This means that the salary of the MoI employees
at the lowest position with the status of authorized persons and police officers, in accordance
with the systematization of the MoI, is above the envisaged minimum salary.
With regard to MoI employees, who are paid a salary according to the Law on Labour Relations,
their salary has been harmonized with the minimum salary, so starting from March 2022, all
employees under this Law have harmonized, i.e., increased salaries.
The process of salary payment, as well as all activities carried out in the MoI, are subject to
inspections and therefore the MoI and the Macedonian Police Union requested and received
an opinion from the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy that confirmed the legal status of the
process of payment of the salaries of the MoI employees. This method of payment is in the
interest of the employees and with the basic component of the salary, the value of the hours for
overtime work, night work, work during weekends and holidays is higher than the basic salary.
The Ministry of Interior and the Macedonian Police Union in the coming period, in cooperation
with the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia and the Ministry of Finance, will strive
for consistent compliance with the previously agreed process of salary harmonization, which
will mean providing funds for further increases of the salaries of the MoI employees.

WITH ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT CLOSER TO THE NEEDS OF THE
CITIZENS
In addition to uniforms, in the period from 2017 to 2021, exceptional care was taken for
the procurement of equipment necessary for the functioning of the police, namely the
aforementioned flashing handheld STOP paddles, and the procurement of police equipment
such as whistles, 200 first aid kits, traffic signs, flashlights and sets of magnetic stickers, which
were more than necessary for the regular operations, also met the needs of multiple units.
Thus, the Training and Support Unit (TSU) was equipped with: 6 vehicles for public order and
peace “Fiat Ducato”, 300 sets of equipment for dealing with disturbed public order and peace,
i.e., anti-riot trauma suits and 300 protective shields for disturbed public order and peace. 550
HS-4.0 G2 pistols were procured for this unit, whereby each TSU member was equipped with
such a weapon.
In order to modernize the Helicopter Unit for police purposes, a general servicing of two Мi-
171 -2019, helicopters AB-206B and AB-212-2021 was performed, and the general servicing of
B-412EP is ongoing. The rescue capacity has been increased by installing another AB212 rescue
crane commission, and the latest digital communication and navigation equipment of AB-
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206B, AB212 and B412EP has been procured, and tools were procured for the needs of the
followed by a fire bucket for AB212, as well as mechanical workshop within the Unit, and
a fire extinguishing system of the SIMPLEX the base area was equipped with mattresses,
type for B412EP. blankets and bedding, as well as professional
machines for the laundry room of the Unit.
For the needs of the Special Anti-Terrorist
Unit “Tiger”, new HS-9 4.0G2 pistols were In addition, in this period the MoI procured
procured for the members of this unit, two from its own budget four vessels with a solid
intervention vehicles “Fiat”, 200 handheld bed, two of which with dimensions of 6.9 – 8
radio stations SEPURA SC20 were procured, meters and two with dimensions of 6.4 – 7
30 tactical kits PELTOR and one vehicle for meters, 4 trailers and a rubber patrol boat
transportation of service dogs were received. for the needs of the Border Police. In the
current 2022, funds have been provided for
15 transport vans “Renault”, two intervention
modernization of the vehicle fleet. Namely,
vehicles for public order and peace “Fiat”
the last major procurement of vehicles was
were procured for the Rapid Deployment
made in 2008, many of the vehicles of the
Unit, two special vehicles were obtained for
MoI have poor performances, funds are
transportation of service dogs, as a donation
spent for repairs, and at the same time the
from the OSCE and one special response
efficiency of the police work is reduced. The
vehicle – hummer, as a donation from the
planned vehicles are necessary for the daily
Embassy of the United States of America. This
operational work of the police services, all
unit was also provided with new weaponry for
in order to ensure what is necessary for the
all its members, namely HS-9 4.0G2, and 340
efficient operation of the police.
handheld radio stations SEPURA. Machines

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7
MOTIVATION BRINGS
RESULTS – THE MOI
THROUGH NUMBERS
T he security situation in the period 2017-2021 is favourable and stable. The parameters
indicate a decrease in the total crime rate by 11% compared to the previous five-year
period (2012-2016), as well as an increase in the overall efficiency by more than seven percent,
with achieved significant successes in detecting drug crime, migrant smuggling, corruption,
economic crime, detection of criminal groups, and in the area of traffic safety, reducing the
number of traffic victims, reducing traffic accidents with more serious consequences and
reducing the total number of injured persons.
In addition to the reduction of the total crime rate, which is mostly a consequence of the
reduction of property crimes as the most common and dominant crimes, significant results
have been achieved in addressing serious and organized forms of crime. Within this framework,
the detection function in the field of illicit drug trafficking has been significantly increased,
stabilizing trends in the illicit trade in weapons have been achieved, as well as successful
coping with the conditions related to the migrant crisis. The detection function in the fight
against corruption has been increased, which resulted in a jump of 24 places of the Republic
of North Macedonia in the list of countries in the latest anti-corruption report of Transparency
International from 2021.

Positive results in the period 2017–2021 Macedonia was also highly professionally
were also registered in the area of economic secured. The MoI successfully tackled
crime, where the total number of detected all security challenges arising from the
crimes increased. The maintenance of COVID-19 pandemic.
the public order and peace, as well as the Based on the overall parameters for the
maintenance of traffic safety also show security situation, it is assessed to be at a
favourable conditions. highly favourable level, as evidenced by the
Also noteworthy are the activities that results of the relevant research, such as that
resulted in the successful securing of the of the Institute for Economics and Peace
referendum and all election cycles that (IEP), according to which the Republic of
were assessed as fair and democratic, and North Macedonia in 2021 was ranked as the
the Pope’s visit to the Republic of North safest country in the Western Balkans.
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ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING
In the period 2017-2021, 59 international shipments of drugs were prevented, of which 52

for marijuana, two international shipments each of cocaine, heroin and hashish and one
shipment of precursors, whereby measures of criminal prosection have been undertaken
against 142 perpetrators. In these cases, 3.4 tons of marijuana, 107.8 kilograms of hashish,
2.1 litres of hashish resin, 9.4 kilograms of heroin, 2.1 kilograms of cocaine and 1,599,600
tablets containing precursors were seized.
During the same period, 37 organized crime groups were suppressed, in which more
than seven tons of narcotics were seized, as well as a large amount of synthetic pills, 14
improvised laboratories were discovered, and the detection function increased by more
than 18% compared to the previous five-year period.
Graphical representation no. 1:

Crimes and perpetrators – illicit drug trafficking
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In the period 2017-2021, within the detected of this leadership of the MoI – combatting
crimes, six tons and 797 kilograms of illicit drug trafficking. Thus, in this segment
marijuana, 26.6 kilograms of heroin, 4.6 alone, 20 channels for international
kilograms of cocaine, 3,970 stems of the shipments were prevented, narcotics with
plant cannabis sativa, 1,126,138 synthetic a total estimated value of 15 million euros
tablets, 130.2 kilograms of hashish, 18.5 litres were seized, a dozen organized criminal
of hashish oil, 6.1 kilograms of amphetamine, groups were suppressed, which groups were
1,599,600 tablets containing precursors and composed of 60 members, three of which
more were seized. were multi-criminal, i.e., in addition to drug
trafficking, they were also involved in illicit
Since September 2020, there has been
trade in weapons and migrant smuggling.
targeted planning and management in the
In other words, 702 criminal acts have
field of illicit drug trafficking, including the
been detected, and criminal prosecution
suppression of street dealerships, criminal
measures have been undertaken against
groups transporting large quantities
833 perpetrators.
of drugs, detection and destruction of
cannabis plantations, as well as discovery of The uncompromising attitude of this
improvised secret laboratories for growing leadership of the MoI in combatting illicit
cannabis and producing synthetic drugs. drug trafficking is evident and continues in
2022, so in just two months, 7 kilograms of
These measures yielded visible results,
heroin worth almost 300,000 euros, around
dismantling 10 criminal groups, disrupting 24
1.2 tons of psychotropic substances for the
international shipments (22 of marijuana and
production of amphetamine worth about
one each of hashish and heroin), whereby 10
200 million euros, over 2.2 tons of marijuana
marijuana plantations and three improvised
worth over 5 million euros were seized.
laboratories for production of marijuana have
been discovered. The disrupted international
channels are mostly for illicit trade in
marijuana (22), whereby it was determined
that the marijuana is imported to the Republic
of North Macedonia by land and water from
the Republic of Albania and the Republic of
Kosovo, after which it is transported through
the country to the Republic of Greece and the
Republic of Bulgaria. Within these activities,
a total of 389 criminal charges were filed
for 425 criminal acts committed by 448
perpetrators.
More specifically, we rounded off 2021 with

good results in the context of the top priority

ILLICIT TRADE IN WEAPONS
The fight against the illicit trade in weapons

has been raised to the level of a priority of the
Ministry of Interior. The Ministry of Interior
has intensified measures and activities
aimed at strengthening the overall control
of weapons, and supported the process of
implementing the Roadmap for a sustainable
solution for illegal possession, abuse and
trade in small arms and light weapons and
ammunition in the Western Balkans by 2024,
adopted within the framework of the Berlin
Process.
In the period from 2017 to 2021, more than

1,000 pieces of weapons, 39 boxes and more
than 43 thousand pieces of ammunition were
seized, as well as more than 265 thousand
pyrotechnic devices.
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In 2019, an organized criminal group dealing with illicit trade in weapons and ammunition
was suppressed, whereby a workshop for converting pistols for sound and light signals was
discovered. As part of the activities from 2021, the detected crimes and illicit trade in weapons,
seizures of weapons, ammunition and pyrotechnic devices have increased many times,
and it should be noted that within the detected 177 crimes, for which 187 perpetrators were
criminally reported, two poly-criminal organized criminal groups with 24 members engaged
in illicit drug and weapons trafficking were suppressed. A total of 328 pieces of weapons, 39
boxes of ammunition and 22,322 bullets, over 151,000 pyrotechnic devices were seized, three
improvised weapons repair workshops were discovered (one in Kumanovo and two in the area
of Skopje), from where 18 pieces of weapons and a large amount of ammunition and parts for
weapons were seized, and during the same year, due to unauthorized sale of ammunition, a
civilian shooting range in Skopje was closed.

ILLEGAL MIGRATION
The migrant flows in the Republic of North Macedonia, which is not the final destination of the
migrants, but due to the specific position in the Balkans is part of the main route leading to the
desired destination, in the period from 2017 to 2021 recorded a decreasing trend of more than
82%. Over 100,000 attempts for smuggling migrants from the Middle East across the country
have been prevented over the past five years.

Display of attempts for illegal crossing
In order to act appropriately with the changed trends and the movement of migrants (change
of route and use of new routes for illegal crossing of the Adriatic - coastal route), as well as
to prevent the activities of the criminal groups for smuggling migrants, in September 2020,
strategic decision to intensify police activities on-site in order to prevent illegal migration was
adopted. As part of the action, as of 2021 inclusive, about 32,000 migrants were detected,
mostly from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Syria, who migrated from the Republic of Greece
through our country with the intention to cross into the territory of the Republic of Serbia. The
intensive presence of the police throughout the territory, as well as the detection of the crimes
of smuggling migrants, resulted in a decreasing trend of the attempts for illegal crossings by
35% in 2021.
The activities at the border crossings related to the realization of the international “Joint
operation for intensified surveillance of the southern border of the Republic of North Macedonia,
by hiring police officers from abroad” continued. The participation of foreign police officers
from Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia in
joint mixed patrols with members of the Border Police on the southern part of the state border
contributes to preventing attempts for illegal entry or exit of migrants from the Republic of
Greece, as well as the detection of cases of migrant smuggling.
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MIGRANT SMUGGLING
In the period from 2017 to 2021, we record positive results in dealing with criminal activities
related to migrant smuggling, i.e. increasing the number of detected cases of smuggling,
which is on the rise from 2018 onwards, with a particular culmination in 2020, when the largest
number of cases was discovered - 95, of which 40 from September 2020, after the adoption of
the strategic decision to intensify the on-site activities of the police. Apart from Macedonian
citizens, foreign citizens were also discovered as perpetrators, and in addition to the crime
“smuggling of migrants”, the perpetrators were reported for other crimes as well.
During this period, a twelve-member organized criminal group was suppressed, which smuggled
migrants from the Republic of Greece to the Republic of North Macedonia, the migrants were
temporarily accommodated at locations in the Kumanovo-Lipkovo Region, and then transferred
to the territory of the Republic of Serbia. According to the country of origin, most of the migrants
come from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Syria. The cost of transport per person ranges from
EUR 500 to 700. According to the intelligence function, the largest percentage of cases were
detected by police officers from RC South hired to deal with this criminal activity in the southern
part of the country.

Display of detected cases of migrant smuggling
In the last five years, significant results have been achieved in detecting criminal groups
operating in this criminal area, whereby 13 criminal groups, consisting of 126 members, have
been successfully suppressed thanks to the good international cooperation, intensive planning
measures and rapid exchange of information, as well as the establishment of the National Unit
for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and Smuggling of Migrants at the end of November
2017, in accordance with the Government Plan 3-6-9, the purpose of which was and is to
strengthen the staff capacity to deal with the challenges at the country borders.

Graphical representation no.4:
Display of supressed organized criminal groups and members
It is worth to mention the suppression of the nine-member international organized criminal

group in 2018, which was identified as part of an international organized crime network
composed of criminal collaborators from Albania, Bulgaria, Spain, the Dominican Republic,
Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico. The group organized smuggling of several groups of people
from Albania and the Republic of North Macedonia who could not obtain regular visas to travel to
the United States of America and Canada, providing them with forged documents, and charged
them $ 20,000 to $ 25,000 for their service for organizing the entire journey from the country
of origin to the countries of final destination, USA and Canada.
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ECONOMIC CRIME
The undertaken measures and activities in the field of economic crime, in the last five years,
resulted in detection of a total of 12,189 crimes, for which 14,592 perpetrators were criminally
reported, while the material damage caused to the Budget of the Republic of North Macedonia,
the municipal budgets, the joint stock companies and other entities, is estimated at about MKD
7.5 billion.
Among the more frequent acts of economic crime, in addition to the crimes related to the
pandemic during 2020 and 2021, the most common are abuses of official position - 957, followed
by cases of public transport without a license - 602 and illegal construction - 503, as well as
damage and unauthorized intrusion of a computer system - 315, usurpation of real estate - 293
and unscrupulous work in the service - 286.
During the continuous activities in the field of dealing with the organized way of committing
economic crime, special emphasis was placed on the abuse of the official position and
unscrupulous work in the service, which resulted in the suppression of six criminal groups with
a total of 80 members.
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FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
Detecting and dealing with corruption is procedure for execution of real estate,
one of the highest ranked priorities of the enabling the acquisition of the right to
Ministry of Interior, and in the period 2017- ownership of buildings and illegal alienation
2021 the Ministry intensified all activities and privatization of state-owned land,
to deal with it. Thereby, 12 criminal groups granting licenses for performing energy
were suppressed, with 79 individuals and activities without previously met conditions
six legal entities being criminally reported. and criteria, abuse of public procurement
The members of the groups, through abuse procedure, undertaking a series of illegal
of official position, prepared false contracts actions for acquiring property and property
in order to meet the conditions in a tender rights of a state-owned association.
procedure, and then illegally conducted

In this period, the most characteristic and most dominant are the crimes
“abuse of official position” with corrupt elements, where we notice a trend
of doubling the intelligence activity, compared to the period from 2012 to
2016. In the period 2017-2021, 487 crimes were detected, for which, after
undertaken measures and activities, 982 perpetrators were criminally
reported. The perpetration of corruptive abuses caused material damage
of over MKD 1.35 billion.
In addition to the corruptive abuses, 54 crimes in the field of classical

corruption were detected. According to the type, the crimes were as follows:
“accepting bribes” - 23 crimes, “bribe during elections and voting” - 13
crimes, “giving bribe” - 8 crimes, “receiving a reward for illegal influence” –
4 crimes, 2 crimes for “giving” reward for illegal influence” and “disclosure of
an official secret”, as well as 1 crime for “illegal mediation” and “concealment
of the origin of disproportionately acquired property”. 62 perpetrators have
been criminally reported for the registered crimes.
In 2020 alone, 97 crimes related to corruption were detected, for which 161
perpetrators were criminally reported for caused material damage of about
MKD 100.2 million, while in 2021 the Ministry of Interior continued with the
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intensified trend of detection and legal processing, whereby 157 crimes were detected, which is
an increase of the detective activity by about 62%. Within the detected cases, 261 perpetrators
were criminally reported, while the caused material damage was estimated at over MKD 149
million.
As a result of the strong commitment of this

leadership of the Ministry of Interior for zero
tolerance to corruption and effective fight
against this type of abuse, as we mentioned,
the Republic of North Macedonia in 2021
jumped 24 places on the list of countries
in the latest anti-corruption report of
Transparency International from 2021.

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FINDING WANTED CRIMINALS
ON WARRANTS
In September 2020, the leadership of the Ministry of Interior launched the operational action
“Refugee”, aimed to find and apprehend criminals - perpetrators of serious crimes for whom
central and international arrest warrants were issued for serving a prison sentence of up to
ten years, and the reason for this was their unavailability to the law enforcement bodies for
a long period of time. Only until mid-2021, while the action lasted and after taking intensive
measures and activities, a total of 479 people were found and detained. These are persons for
whom local, central and international arrest warrants have been issued: persons sentenced to
prison, persons under investigation or with a pre-determined measure of detention, persons
who have escaped from penitentiary institutions.
In the course of 2021, most of these persons - 297 people were found and detained on the
territory of Skopje. The Operational Team - Search, deprived 102 persons of liberty for serving
a total sentence of 269 years and 6 months in prison and for completing the remaining part of
the prison sentence for a total duration of 204 years and 11 months.
The organizational units within the IAD Skopje deprived 195 people of their liberty for serving a
total sentence of 210 years and 9 months in prison and for completing the remaining part of the
prison sentence of 22 years, 11 months and 27 days. As part of the international searches for
persons, upon issued arrest warrants from the Republic of North Macedonia, 98 persons were
found and deprived of liberty in foreign countries, and based on international arrest warrants
issued by other countries, 51 were arrested in the Republic of North Macedonia.
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These activities continued in 2022 as well, and only in the period from early January to mid-
February, IAD Skopje and the Operational Team - Search, located and detained 37 people in
the area of the capital, who were wanted on warrants upon various grounds: upon orders
received from the Primary Court Skopje I, the Primary Public Prosecutor’s Office Skopje, the
Primary Public Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecution of Organized Crime and Corruption Skopje,
Penitentiary Idrizovo Prison, Penitentiary Prison Skopje and others.

CYBERCRIME
Since December 2020, the cybercrime has been targeted and intensively monitored and
activities have been undertaken to detect, monitor and clear up situations and phenomena
related to the spread of racist and xenophobic written material, image or other representation
of an idea or a theory that aids, promotes or incites hatred, discrimination or violence against
any person or group on the grounds of sex, race, colour, political affiliation, personal or social
status or any other ground.
The aim is to prevent and detect the perpetrators who, often through fake profiles on the social
networks and Internet portals, publish texts, comments, video messages that incite hatred,
discrimination or violence against a certain group or person with social status, political affiliation.
Furthermore, intensive measures are taken after the reported events, and criminal charges are
filed against the perpetrators.
The undertaken measures and activities resulted in 85% resolved cases out of the total reported,
whereby 27 criminal charges were filed against 35 perpetrators for a total of 27 crimes, most of
which were for “spreading racist and xenophobic material through a computer system”, and 26
notifications were submitted to the competent primary public prosecutor’s offices.
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ILLEGAL LOGGING
The Ministry of Interior, in order to

prevent and suppress the occurrence
of illegal deforestation, theft of
timber, transport, processing and
sale of timber, undertakes regular
and action controls in cooperation
with other institutions responsible for
preventing this type of crime, forensic
research is established on persons
and criminal groups or a certain area
where illegal logging is carried out.
In the period 2017-2021, a total of 782
criminal charges were filed against
1,077 perpetrators for 1,172 committed
crimes within these measures. It was
determined that the perpetrators
caused damage to the wood fund
greater than 52 thousand cubic
meters of wood, and the total caused
material damage is more than MKD
132 million.

TRAFFIC SAFETY
In the past five years, a series of activities have been continuously undertaken in all segments,
from normative regulation and consistent implementation of legal regulations, to the realization
of projects and activities in the field of prevention, as well as continuous planned on-site
presence in order to prevent and detect traffic violations.
With regards to traffic accidents, the statistical indicators show that in the period from 2017
to 2021, the undertaken preventive measures and activities of the traffic safety services of
the Ministry of Interior contributed to reduction of the number of victims and the number of
accidents with fatalities by 14%, reduction of traffic accidents with more serious consequences
by 6% and reduction of the number of injured persons by 5%.
With regards to the victims in traffic accidents, it is important to note that in the last two years -
2020 and 2021, we record the lowest number of deaths in the last ten years, i.e. in 2020 during
the lockdown in the country - 125, while in 2021 as a year in which there was no restriction of
movement we ended with 116 victims, making it the safest year in traffic in the past 15 years.
Furthermore, serious and continuous extraordinary controls of vehicles that perform public
transport have been conducted recently, and so far about 1,000 such vehicles have been
controlled, including those that transport students to schools and back across the country.
In cases where participation in traffic has been ascertained without complete necessary
documentation, criminal proceedings have been initiated against the persons and legal entities,
and the vehicles with established technical malfunction or inconsistency during extraordinary
technical inspection, were immediately excluded from traffic.
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Display of traffic accidents with severe consequence
The largest decrease in traffic accidents according to the place of occurrence was observed in
the area of IAD Skopje, which is considered an area with a high frequency of vehicles and traffic
participants.

Display of fatalities in traffic accidents
As a result of the reinforced controls, over 992 thousand preventive-repressive misdemeanour

measures have been registered against the violators of the traffic rules and regulations, mostly
for speeding. Intensified controls and preventive actions continue with the same intensity in
2022, all in order to contribute this year to be the safest so far.

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FRIENDS AND
PARTNERS FOR THE
MOI
OSCE MISSION
On 4 December 4 2020, the OSCE Ministerial Council at the session held in Tirana, under the
presidency of Albania, adopted a decision entrusting the Republic of North Macedonia with the
presidency in 2023, which was supported by all 56 other participating states. It is an indicator of
the confidence in the credibility of the Republic of North Macedonia and an indirect recognition
of the progress made towards full respect of the common values on which the OSCE is based.
This support also has its positive reflections on the process of accession to the European Union,
by demonstrating the capacity to lead a complex organization such as the OSCE and to actively
participate in the processes of security and cooperation in Europe.
The role of chair of the OSCE in 2023 entails responsibilities in the year before and after, and after
the adoption of the budget for next year, on 16 August 2021, a political agenda with proposed
priorities is to be prepared. The harmonized possible priorities with relevance to the OSCE and
in consultation with other international actors will be proposed in May 2022, as priorities for the
2023 presidency.
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The cooperation with the OSCE Mission in the period from 2017 to 2021 is marked by significant
dynamics. In 2017, the project for reducing the risk of proliferation of weapons and ammunition
was launched, which provides for strengthening confidence and security through appropriate
measures for increasing the security of existing reserves of conventional ammunition, which
reduces the risk of proliferation. The OSCE Office in Skopje provided a donation of technical
equipment for the needs of OITK, IAD Ohrid, IAD Kumanovo, Bit-Pazar Police Station and the
Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Unit, as well as IT telephones for the needs of the
Ministry of Interior, and computer equipment for the needs of RC for East Border Passing.
Within the project for small arms and light weapons “Reduction of the risk for proliferation
of weapons and ammunition”, an off-road vehicle worth EUR 30 thousand and information
and telecommunication equipment worth about EUR 19 thousand was provided, as well as
information equipment for Border Affairs and Migration Department, worth of EUR 47 thousand
and software donation to the National Coordination Centre for Combating Organized and
Serious Crime - worth EUR 8.5 thousand.
With appropriate equipment donation agreements, equipment was provided for the Public
Relations and Strategic Affairs Department, the Informatics and Telecommunications
Department, the Training Centre and the Public Security Bureau with a total estimated value
(EUR 11.5 thousand), the activity “Public Opinion Survey on Democratic Police Operation – 2019”
was carried out, equipment worth about EUR 9.5 thousand was procured for the needs of the
Department for Combating Organized and Serious Crime/National Unit for Combating Migrant
Smuggling and Human Trafficking (Task Force).
In 2019, the Training Centre of the Ministry of Interior and the OSCE Secretariat signed an
agreement on a copyright license within the Regional Project for Supporting Practitioners in

Criminal Matters in the Fight against Cybercrime and Internet Crime in Southeast Europe, which
refers to prepared training materials for two topics of cybercrime, in Macedonian language,
which are in accordance with European standards and the Convention on Cybercrime and are
adjusted to the current needs and trends of the Ministry of Interior.
In 2020, support was provided to the National Coordination Centre for Suppression of Organized
and Serious Crime for secure data integration and creation of qualitative analytical and
intelligence products through donation of licensed software worth EUR 16.6 thousand, and the
OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre in Vienna, through donation of equipment, directly confirmed
the readiness of the Arms Control Service for technical assistance in the implementation of the
National Action Plan for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540. Donation
of computer equipment was also received by the Combat Unit against Illicit Drug Trafficking
in the Gazi Baba Police Station and the Ministry of Interior - PSB - Department for Combating
Organized and Serious Crime - Unit for Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking, as well as the National
Unit for Combating Migrant Smuggling and Human Trafficking, in order to support its work and
the activities of its mobile team throughout the country.
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In the course of 2021, joint activities were carried out in building a hybrid professional education
system in the Ministry of Interior, and within several joint projects, donations of equipment
worth about EUR 700 thousand were realized, as well as donations of equipment for the
Weapons, Explosives and Dangerous Substances Department, security agencies and detective
activity in the Civil Affairs Department, worth EUR 30 thousand, and a public opinion survey was
conducted for democratic police work in 2021.
In addition to the mentioned cooperation in the daily work of the Ministry of Interior and the
OSCE, it is important to note that in 2023, the Republic of North Macedonia will chair the
OSCE. Namely, the changed international positioning of the Republic of North Macedonia with
NATO membership in 2020 and the great twist of 2017 in the rule of law, democracy, human
rights, development of the model of multi-ethnic relations, complemented by the contribution
to regional cooperation and good neighbourliness, contributed Republic North Macedonia to
assume the role of Chair of the OSCE in 2023.

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EU IPA PROJECTS
The support that the Ministry of Interior receives from the European Union is significant and
extensive and we are very grateful for it. The large number of implemented projects through
the European partners leads to the conclusion that our Ministry has built a clear structure
and vision for the implementation of European practices in the operation which, of course, is
recognized by our partners, and without their support it would not be possible to maintain a
high level of quality in both reforms and day-to-day police activities. We cannot cover all the
projects that have been implemented through the OSCE, EU, NATO programs, but some of the
most important are an integral part of this monograph.
With the financial support of the EU and through the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance
(IPA), several capital projects of significant importance for the regular actions of the members
of the Ministry in performing the activities related to the realization of the state and public
security system have been completed in the past few years security, including the TETRA
system as well.
TETRA is a digital European standard for mobile radio, developed to meet the needs of traditional
professional mobile radio user organizations, such as: state institutions, emergency services
(police, fire services, ambulance) for public safety nets, transport services and the army.
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DISASTER RECOVERY AND
BUSINESS CONTINUITY CENTRE
The construction of the Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Centre in Prilep, the first
of its kind in the region which is especially important for the Ministry of Interior and the other
state institutions, ensures the functioning of vital information systems in case of any possible
non-functioning of the primary information system due to natural disasters or catastrophes
caused by the human factor. The implementation of the contract on construction works for
the establishment of this Centre, worth almost EUR 3.4 million, of which EUR 3.25 million are
funded by the EU Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) for 2013 and EUR 150,000 from
the Ministry of Interior, as the end user of this capital facility, started in March 2018 and ended
in December 2019.

FACILITY FOR FORENSIC AND
TECHNICAL EXAMINATIONS (FORENSICS)
In the series of essential, reform and program interventions within the Ministry of Interior, the
efforts for qualitative improvement of the segment of forensic operations are quite important
as well. At the end of 2019, the construction works for building the new facility for forensic
and technical examinations began, with a modern forensic laboratory of the Ministry of Interior,
which will be complete in the course of 2022.
This is a facility that will be equipped in accordance with all of the latest European police
standards in the field of forensics, which will significantly raise to an even higher level not only
the professional standards, but also the specific effects of operational police work.
In the total investment of approximately EUR 10 million, the EU and the Ministry of Interior show
that security can be built together within the country and in the region as well.
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CEASEFIRE
Advanced artificial intelligence technologies and fully interconnected operational national

focal points for the fight against illicit trafficking in firearms. MoI in cooperation with the Centre
for Research and Technology of the Hellenic Republic in a consortium of 21 organizations
from several European countries. The aim of this project is to develop an innovative, holistic,
multidisciplinary and high-tech approach to significantly increase the operational capacities of
law enforcement agencies in their fight to detect, analyze and monitor cross-border activities
related to illicit trafficking in firearms. Beneficiaries are the Department for Border Affairs and
Migration and the Department for Criminal Police.
NESTOR
Improving the cross-border image of securing European borders. MoI in cooperation with the
Greek Ministry of Citizen Protection in a consortium of 22 organizations from several countries.
The main goal of the project is demonstration of applied solutions for automated surveillance and
long-range protection across maritime and land borders by detecting, classifying and tracking
moving targets (e.g. persons, cars, drones, etc.) using finest techniques of artificial intelligence
in order to ensure comprehensiveness in surveillance, timely cross-border information in
order to protect and preserve the European borders. Project activities started commenced in
November 2021 and the implementation of the project is in progress. The Ministry of Interior
in accordance with the project budget has funds available in the amount of 47,562.50€. The
beneficiary is the Department for Border Affairs and Migration.
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DCAF
DCAF - The Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance is committed to improving the
security of states and their citizens within the framework of democratic governance, the rule of
law, respecting human rights and gender equality.
The Republic of North Macedonia is a member of this Swiss foundation since its establishment.
The Ministry of Interior, on the other hand, is an active beneficiary of DCAF programmes and
projects, through which in the past period they worked on:
The Border Security Programme contributes to raising the efficiency of border management
bodies in Southeast Europe and encourages mutual cooperation for successful mitigation of
current and regular security threats to regional and European border integrity. The aim is to
strengthen the security of citizens and to support the free movement of people, goods and
ideas. By building regional capacities, transposing European standards, good practices and
meeting the real needs in the field of regional border management,
The Programme is composed of four main components:
1. Police education and training
2. Introduction of European/ Schengen legislation and practical standards in border police
3. Operational cooperation for the management of irregular migration and the fight
against organized and cross-border crime
4. Strengthening the capacities for recognizing and dealing with illicit trafficking of
cultural goods.
As a member of OSCE, the Republic of North Macedonia is supported through:

The Security Sector Governance Support Project on Border Management and Security
implemented by DCAF and OSCE. Medium – to high-level officials from the border police,
customs and migration agencies of countries are involved in the project through OSCE. They
contributed to the implementation of the OSCE Border Security and Management Concept as a
framework for effective cross-border cooperation in accordance with international law, norms,
standards and good practice.
DCAF also supports the Ministry of Interior within the framework of Intelligence and Security
Sector Reform Programme in North Macedonia through its Office in Skopje. Specifically, the
support refers to three components:
1. More efficient and more accountable chain of criminal justice for practicing special
investigative measures (SIM). Enhancing the rule of law through more efficient
investigations and improve respecting human rights through increased capacity and
expertise in the implementation of special investigative measures (SIM).
2. Preparation of the Police Cooperation Convention (PCC) and EU Prum for regional / EU
automated exchange of DNA data, dactyloscopic data and vehicle registration data.
Establishment of legal, organizational and technical capacities in North Macedonia to
enable automated data exchange in accordance with PCC and EU Prum in practice, in
at least one data field (DNA and / or fingerprints and / or vehicle registration data).
3. Capacity to support the implementation of the Action Plan for Police Integrity in the
Ministry of Interior. Support for implementing strategic and operational measures for
dealing with corruption effectively in order to help strengthen police integrity in line
with European standards.
The implemented Police Integrity Building Programme works with countries seeking to develop,
implement and evaluate projects that establish and maintain high levels of integrity and
professionalism in police services. It has provided guidance to a wide range of actors (including
government officials, decision-makers and senior and middle-level police managers) on how
best to promote integrity in the police service. In order to ensure a comprehensive and effective
approach towards reforms, the Programme coordinated and collaborated with partners in the
region to strengthen judicial, parliamentary, and civil society oversight.
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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
Pursuant to 2018 Donation Agreement, 16 off-road vehicles were donated by the Federal Ministry
of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Germany for the needs of Border Affairs and Migration
Department, in order to support the Border Police in the fight against the current situation
with the migrant crisis. In the following year, a donation was provided to OSOSK - Unit for illicit
drug trafficking in the form of computer equipment in a total value of approximately EUR 20
thousand and a vehicle “Skoda Octavia” worth EUR 19,500. In the course of the same year 2019,
the German Ministry handed over a donation of another 20 vehicles to the Macedonian Police,
of which 8 vehicles were for the needs of the Border Police, as well as six vans, 344 pieces of
REINER D53 stamps for the needs of border control, with a total value of EUR 416,700.
In 2021, this partner of ours repeatedly donated equipment for material and technical support
to several departments in the Ministry of Interior, including the Department for Combating
Organized and Serious Crime, the Computer Crime and Digital Forensics Department and the
International Search Unit at the International Police Cooperation Department, with a total value
of about EUR 37,500, and three passenger vehicles were provided to the Counter-Terrorism,
Violent Extremism and Radicalism Department for the Corruption Unit and the International
Search Unit, totalling EUR 67,500. In the course of 2021, the Border Affairs and Migration
Department at the Public Security Bureau received donations of 7 special vans worth more than
EUR 205 thousand, laptops and projectors worth approximately EUR 14 thousand, night and
day binoculars worth EUR 41,384, endoscopes worth approximately EUR 3,000, stamps worth
approximately EUR 40,000, tactical vests worth approximately EUR 18,000, forced-stopping
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devices worth approximately EUR 36,000, thermal imaging cameras and 10 off-road vehicles
worth more than EUR 170,000. In addition, the Covert Operations Department and the Criminal
Investigation Department received donation of 3 passenger vehicles worth approximately EUR
59 thousand, and material and technical support was provided to OSOSK in the amount of
approximately EUR 7,000.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
In the course of 2017, the United States of America, as a proven friend and partner of the
Republic of North Macedonia, at Blace Border Crossing point handed over the donated technical
equipment from EXBS (Export Control and Related Border Security Program) and ICITAP
(International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program) programs, intended for the
Border Police, which included: 5 off-road ATVs, a set of equipment intended for inspection and
control of certain hidden spaces in vehicles and cargo, radiation pagers and one vehicle. As part
of the cooperation, in 2019 at the Training Centre in Idrizovo was donated equipment in the form
of a donation by the Counter-Terrorism Program of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the US
Department of State, and the following year equipment was provided for Cybercrime and Digital
Forensics Department, while through the ICITAP program, equipment was donated - assistance
designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.
With a donation worth about $ 475 thousand through the ICITAP program, the special police units
in “Gjorche Petrov” Police Centre received a renovated modern facility for accommodation of
police officers from our country, but also from the entire region who participate in trainings and
exercises for organized combat against illicit drug trafficking. With this project, “Gjorche Petrov”
Police Centre, which is also the Operational Headquarters of the Rapid Deployment Unit at the
PSB, will have additional input in increasing police interoperability in the region, because these
professionals from several countries (Albania, Serbia, Croatia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Greece) work together in the fight against international criminal groups involved in
drug trafficking.
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Another important project of the Ministry of Interior is the project “Mobile Camera Recording
System”, set up for police officers who control and regulate traffic. This is another important and
valuable donation of $1,061,000, a project of the ICITAP program of the Department of Justice
of the Government of the United States of America, intended for the traffic units and the Border
Affairs Department.
The application of this system started in the Mobile Unit for Road Traffic Safety in Petrovec,
where 17 cameras were initially procured by ICITAP, after which the equipping of the traffic
units in other sectors for internal affairs throughout the country continued. In the course of
2020, a total of 148 sets of cameras and equipment were procured from ICITAP, as follows:
46 body cameras for the organizational units for BPS at SIA Tetovo, 40 body cameras for the
organizational units for BPS at SIA Kumanovo and 62 body cameras for organizational units for
BPS at SIA Ohrid, after which the implementation of the project in these organizational units
began.
The mobile recording system means full equipping with a total of 593 cameras in all internal
affairs departments, i.e., the units for traffic safety and the Border Affairs Department, which
is based on the already established information and software infrastructure for their smooth
and qualitative operation through numerous trainings and professional education of the police
officers.

THE CZECH REPUBLIC
In 2017, the Government of the Czech Republic donated 1,500 pairs of special boots intended
for the organizational units of the Ministry of Interior, in charge of protecting the state border.
The Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic also provided support of 28 million Czech korunas
for the purchase of passenger vehicles for the needs of reinforcing the protection of the state
border, as well as technical equipment in the area of asylum, within the project implemented
together with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and additional 25
million Czech korunas for upgrade of the capacity of the Macedonian Police, while the Police of
the Czech Republic in 2021 gave a donation of equipment in the form of headphones, intended
for the needs of SATU “Tiger”.
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REPUBLIC OF POLAND
Pursuant to 2021 Donation Agreement concluded between: Solidarity Fund PL from the Republic
of Poland and the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of North Macedonia, funds were provided
for protection against COVID-19.

REPUBLIC OF FRANCE
In 2021, the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of France, pursuant to the
agreement signed in Paris, donated the “EVOFINDER” system to the Police of the Republic of
North Macedonia.
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SOUTH EASTERN AND EASTERN EUROPE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR
THE CONTROL OF SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS (SEESAC)
The Criminal Intelligence and Analysis Department, with a donation from the South Eastern
and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC),
acquired the right to ownership of software from the United Nations Development Program
(UNDP) for the purpose to establish a firearms contact point, while the Forensic-Technical
Examinations and Expertise Department received equipment for double casting of shell casings,
an activity that is implemented as part of the project of the South Eastern and Eastern Europe
Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC) and the European
Union. The equipment was installed in 2019 and training on its use was conducted.

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM)
Commencing as of 2017, IOM provided several donations for the needs of Border Affairs and
Migration Department at the Ministry of Interior, as support for more successful management
of the southern border in the context of the migrant crisis. Equipment including hand-held
thermal surveillance cameras with additional tools, hand-held police batons with led lights
STOP POLICE, document checking systems, IT equipment was delivered in the amount of EUR
85,500, as well as installation and training for them worth EUR 95 thousand, 8 special vehicles
for transport of smugglers worth more than EUR 206 thousand, as well as 8 civilian vehicles for
fight against smuggling of migrants worth EUR 128 thousand.
In the course of 2018, IOM donations provided handheld cargo and vehicle scanning systems
worth $188,300, long-range handheld thermal cameras ($90,000), and short-range handheld
thermal cameras ($39,600), 8 off-road vehicles (EUR 95,000), telecommunication equipment
(EUR 288,000), heart rate scanners (EUR 106,000), local coordination and communication
centre and mobile surveillance systems, equipped with cameras and radar (EUR 2.1 million),
as well as vehicles for the Mobile Teams for identification of vulnerable categories of persons,
including victims of human trafficking from Tetovo and Bitola (EUR 21,000), and donation of IT
equipment from IOM was also given to the Asylum Department at the Ministry of Interior.
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UNITED NATIONS
As part of the project “Improving National Practices for Small Arms and Light Weapons
Management and Building Resistant Communities”, more than EUR 20,000 worth of equipment
was donated by the United Nations to enhance the opportunities for information exchange,
analysis and reporting, through the development and use of digital tools, and equipment worth
$6,600 was awarded to the National Small Arms and Light Weapons Commission.
In the field of small arms and light weapons, the cooperation with UNDP takes place within the
following projects: “Improving National Practices for Small Arms and Light Weapons Management
and Building Resistant Communities” which is implemented in two components, i.e. upgrading
the existing software - Registry for weapons and donation of hardware equipment, as well as
laying the foundation for a new integrated police information system, with which the Registry
should be connected, as well as the project “Cross-border integrated institutional approach in
the fight against illicit trade in arms and small arms and light weapons” through which our country
and Kosovo, as signatories of the Roadmap for sustainable solution for illegal possession, abuse
and trade in small arms and light weapons and ammunition of the Western Balkan countries
until 2024, have the opportunity for mutual cooperation and capacity building.

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MOI AND THE MINISTER

SPASOVSKI AMONG
THE YOUNG PEOPLE
T he modern social systems worldwide, in the interest of their own prosperity, insist on
following and practically implementing new, modern, scientific research knowledge,
through maximum cooperation between the theoretical and practical knowledge.
In that regard, Minister Spasovski develops exceptional cooperation with the Faculty of Security
as one of the main creators of staff in all areas of security who continue their career and gain
professional knowledge in the Ministry of Interior.
Every year, Minister Spasovski attends and addresses the beginning of the academic year, the
promotions of graduates and, of course, the beginning of each training and the final promotions
of the cadets from the Training Centre of the Ministry of Interior. For several years, through the
established practice of “academic coffee”, live or online due to the pandemic, he talks directly
with the students and professors about any issues they have of academic, security, career and
professional nature. In 2021, the promotion of the cadets who completed the training - trainees
from the Training Centre of the Ministry of Interior was hosted by the former Prime Minister
Zoran Zaev who had his address at the event.

“I am convinced that our institutions are already clearly and unequivocally
detecting the need of innovative, young and promising potential of every
young person eager to progress and prove themselves. In fact, for several
years this position is one of the strategic commitments of the Ministry of
Interior. And I assure you that we will not stop with this policy in the part
of personnel and professional upgrading of the Ministry of Interior, but we
are determined to make it an integral part of the selection process and
professional upgrading of our employees,” stated Minister Spasovski in one
of his addresses in front of the students.
“There is no country whose foundations do not include the lives of its best
sons. What we owe to our heroes can be given only with deeds, with humane,
professional and noble deeds, with all that is good, pure and honourable
and for which they gave their lives. This obliges me as a Minister, the
leadership of the Ministry of Interior, but also all other institutions to always
be here for you, as your closest, and do everything within our power, when
a legal basis exists, to respond positively to your requests”, said Minister
Spasovski at one of the regular meetings with the youngest, the children of
the killed members of the Ministry of Interior. Every year, several meetings
are organized at the Resort in Ponikva, the Police Centre in Gjorche Petrov
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where through friendship and conversation the memory of their fathers is nurtured and support
is given to the young people, the sons and daughters of the heroes, those who gave their best.

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OUR PRIDE
– JUBILEES,
CELEBRATIONS,
CEREMONIES…
W e carefully and devotedly remember and celebrate every important event in the Macedonian
history that is related to the work of the police. We pay tribute and see the real achievements
of the most important segments of the police units, the pillars of our independence, integrity
and sovereignty. The Ministry of Interior appropriately celebrates all the dates and activities
that are strongly embedded in our statehood.

7TH OF MAY – POLICE DAY
Police Day is celebrated every year on the 7th of May with a special ceremony. Police officers,
with an appropriate program and demonstration exercises celebrate their holiday in front of
their friends and guests, to remind them of the sacrifice, responsibility, courage, morality - as
characteristics of the police profession, which should be developed by every individual sworn
before the blue uniform.
Sacrifice, because the police officers are committed to putting the safety and well-being of
others before their own, because they should always be at the forefront of a better, safer and
more secure life for all citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia, as guardians of the public
order and peace and building of the state.
Responsibility, because their task is the non-selective fight against crime and corruption and
the uncompromising rule of law.
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Courage, because from the moment they put on the uniform, with the first risky situations they
face, they become aware that they will do nothing without this virtue, just as they know that
courage, in addition to honesty, is the greatest quality of the mind.
And finally, morality, because the police profession is a highly moral profession in its core.
The police officers are aware that they are the first friend who is most wanted in an accident
or difficult situation, they create a sense of trust and security in the citizen, they are expected
to protect their rights, interests and freedoms. Hence, the high demands of the work of each
individual police officer, on maintaining discipline and readiness at the highest level.
The 7th of May is also a day to pay tribute to the colleagues, the dead and deceased members
of the police, those brave hearts whose sacrifice will never be forgotten. Eternal glory to them!
Every year on Police Day, awards are given to the most successful professionals who have
shown above-average results in the performance of their duties over the past year, regardless
of whether they fight crime and corruption, terrorism, maintain public order, and security in
traffic and border security, as well as for meeting the daily needs of the citizens.
And such results affect the increase of trust by the citizens who have always known to appreciate
honest, selfless work and flawless performance of duties, which builds the image of the police
in general. Police Day is another opportunity to see what their goal is, what has been achieved,
in which direction things should move, in which segments additional work should be done... In
the last five years, every 7th of May is a step closer to achieving the common goal - establishing
the concept of partnership between citizens and the police.

7TH OF MAY 2018 –
25 YEARS OF EXISTENCE OF THE MACEDONIAN POLICE
The Day of the Macedonian Police was established on 20 April 1993, and in 2018 the jubilee of
25 years of existence of the Macedonian Police was celebrated.
The central jubilee celebration of the Day of the Macedonian Police – 7th of May was held at
the City Stadium in Shtip, where the members of the Ministry of Interior presented their skills
through a series of demonstration exercises.
In Gjorche Petrov Barracks, as part of the celebration of 7th of May - the Day of the Macedonian
Police, members of the Special Task Force, the K-9 Unit and the Rapid Deployment Unit
demonstrated tactical and technical capabilities in three different operational situations, but
also a high degree of necessary coordination and professional standards for fast and efficient
handling in the simulated crisis operations.
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As part of the celebration of the Police Day, at the port in Ohrid, the members of the Special
Task Force, the Lake Police and the Helicopter Squadron presented to the public some of their
professional skills, effectively dealing with a complex exercise scenario in the waters of Lake
Ohrid. In the presence of a large number of citizens, the members of the Ministry of Interior
performed a tactical demonstration exercise by attacking a vessel for overcoming and depriving
dangerous persons of their liberty.
Eight heads of states, one prime minister and three foreign affairs ministers attended the
celebration in the capital, and for their security appropriate measures and activities had to be
taken.

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30 YEARS OF STATEHOOD, THREE DECADES OF
INDEPENDENCE, COURAGE AND EUROPEAN VISION
8th of September - Independence Day of the Republic of North Macedonia.
In 2021, the 30th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of North Macedonia,
its determination and European vision for progress was marked with a special honour. As a
celebration of perseverance and democratic maturity, we celebrated the date when the
Macedonian citizens realized the never ceasing aspiration of the generations for an independent
and sovereign state.
Celebrating this day, as a continuation of Ilinden and ASNOM, a product and motive for making
wise and courageous decisions - is a confirmation of independence as an equal member of
the most powerful military-political alliance NATO and as a future negotiator with the EU - as
Macedonians who speak Macedonian with recognized Macedonian identity.
In the name of fulfilling that vow, with the utmost respect and gratitude to all statesmen
involved in the realization of independence, and for the generations that participate in building
our country - a message was sent to continue to nurture the modern democratic values and
methods in securing a bright future.
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The Macedonian Police marked the 30th anniversary of independence with a solemn parade of
echelons of special police units in front of the Parliament of the Republic of North Macedonia.
That thunderous step of the police units conveyed unanimous message - the Ministry of Interior
remains an institution that protects the freedoms and rights of all citizens, their safety and
security, as well as the safety and security of the society as a whole.

50 YEARS AIR FORCE UNIT - HELICOPTER SQUADRON OF MOI
On 26 November 2019, the Air Force Unit -

Helicopter Squadron marked an extraordinary
important jubilee - five decades of existence
as an organizational unit that in its importance,
role and function is a pillar in the police
action, especially when it comes to complex
and extremely specific police activities and
operations. In the five decades of development
and operation of the Helicopter Squadron,
together with all of its members, has marked
a continuous progress, both technically and
in terms of personnel, growing into the most
respectable factor necessary for the daily
functioning of the Ministry, meeting the high
police standards in accordance with the
strategic needs of our Ministry, and at the
same time fully complying with the similar
police units in EU Member States.
All of the aforementioned is witnessed by the

numerous engagements of the Unit, including
the missions with an extremely noble, rescue
character. Renovating the old hangar for the
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first time since it was built and providing overhaul for two aircraft, namely: “white 212” and
“206”, the modernization of the instruments and installation of special equipment for working
with ropes, “white 212” is capable of life-saving actions, which has doubled the capacity to
carry out these noble missions. Both “M-171” aircrafts were overhauled, and as part of the
comprehensive activities for material security and equipping of the police officers, flying
uniforms for the personnel and parts of equipment for the members of the Helicopter Squadron
were procured, which had not been done for a long time. All of this was done not only because of
the proven value of the Helicopter Squadron, but also because of all previous generations of its
members who have invested their professional knowledge and aspiration in the development
and transformation of the Helicopter Squadron into what it represents today.

The Helicopter Squadron for police purposes, alone or in cooperation with members of the
special units, through its highly trained members in the period 2017-2021, in addition to
participating in over 20 successful rescue operations in which nationals and foreigners were
rescued in life-threatening situations, actively participated in several operational actions: “Divo
Naselje”, “Reflex”, “Galichnik Wedding”, “Ilinden 2017”, “Super Cup” (2017), “Pilot”, “Info 2018”,
“Brdo Brioni”, “Ilinden 2018”,”Referendum 2018”, the joint exercise with the ARM - “Autumn
Storm”,”Prespa Agreement” (2018),”Loot”, “Vatican 2019”, “Pursuit”, “Ohrid Summit”, “Ilinden
2019”, “Western Balkan Flesh”, “Milo” (2019), “Reflex”, “Triglav”, “Ilinden 2020”, “SAR”, “Popova
Shapka”, “Strumica” (2020), “Ilinden 2021”, “Action with OKP”, “Ohrid-Prespa Summit” (2021),
air security during visits of numerous VIPs, delegations and events, tactical demonstration
exercises with SATU “Tiger”, sniper shooting from the air - Penush, simulated rescue mission
with EBR, for the needs of OSPO-ESZ in May 2019 flights were performed for the needs of the
Ministry of Interior - “Police Day in Debar” (demonstration exercise), “Police Day in Shtip”, “Police
Day in Ohrid Demonstration exercise on the occasion of 50 years Helicopter Squadron for police
purposes, Joint response - SSO, “Debar 2019” and “Vodno 2019”, both with SATU “Tiger”, Fire
reconnaissance with SSO, “8 September 2021”, “Demonstration exercise Struga - Fast Rope”,
“Demonstration exercise Ohrid - SATU”, “NATO 2021”, “EBR Day”, QBE building - PPZ, “Lazaropole
- SATU - EBR”, SATU Day “Tiger”, Fire Reconnaissance DSZ. In short, the Air Force Unit took an
active part in 23 exercises in the period 2017-2021, directly cooperating with the Fire Brigade of
the City of Skopje, the Fire Brigade of Kavadarci, other units of the Ministry of Interior, Army of
Republic of Macedonia (ARM), Crisis Management Centre (CMC), State Statistical Office (SSO),
Civil Aviation Agency (CAA), MNAV, NATO, the Prison Police, as well as in the International Civilian
NATO Exercise that assessed the readiness of our country, for which we were evaluated with
the highest grade.
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40 YEARS SPECIAL ANTI-TERRORIST UNIT “TIGER”
In 2021, the most renowned police formation - the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit “Tiger” at the
Public Security Bureau of the Ministry of Interior on the day of the establishment of this Unit
– 13 March, celebrated its jubilee - 40 years of its existence, when it was promoted from the
Special Tasks Unit into Special Anti-Terrorist Unit “Tiger”, with a new emblem and flag.
At the beginning of its fifth decade, the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit “Tiger” is a true pride
in terms of the professionalism and expertise of its members, not only of the Ministry of
Interior, but of the Republic of North Macedonia in general, because according to the police
and security practice in our country, in the region and in the world, the field of special
operational police action is one of the essential segments in the police work.
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In the many stages of its development from 1981 onwards, the Unit gradually and thoroughly
grew, matured, upgraded, profiled in what it represents today: a highly specialized team
of trained and skilled police officers who do not lag behind in terms of standards, as well as
technical, professional and human performance compared to similar police units in Europe and
worldwide. In many segments, the members of the SATU “Tiger” have shown that they are at the
very top of what it means to act upon and perform special police tasks.

Hence, in the last five years, the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit “Tiger” has been at the top of the
priority plans and concepts regarding the development and promotion of the police security
service. In the period 2017-2021, ultimate trainings in the country and abroad were conducted,
within international and European projects: in the Federal Republic of Germany with the
European Command of the US Army - Green Berets, with the special forces unit of the Italian
Carabinieri, with the Rapid Response Unit “URNA” in the Czech Republic, with the Austrian
“COBRA”, with the French “RAID”, and a special imprint is always left by the participation of the
members of this Unit in numerous tactical-operational exercises with national and international
significance. It is worth to mention: exercises with members of the Army of the Republic of
North Macedonia “Autumn Storm”, international police exercise “WESTERN BALKAN FLASH”,
international exercise for finding and rescuing in crisis situations and natural disasters,
international exercise for exchanging information on the protection of critical infrastructure in
real time, tactical demonstration exercise in Struga on the occasion of the visit of the Director
of the Austrian Police, international exercise “NATO-EADRCC” - “North Macedonia 2021”,
demonstration exercise in Ponikva region, Kochani to demonstrate tactics and techniques
for securing VIPs, as well as the way and procedure of reaction to a secured person finding
themselves in dangerous situation, in front of a high delegation led by the Minister of Interior of
Montenegro, numerous rescue and operational actions with other departments in the Ministry
and active participation in the extinguishing of fires and assistance to the local population.
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On the occasion of marking the four decades of existence of this Special Police Unit, the first
impression, as an assessment of the existence and functioning of SATU “Tiger”, is the fact that
it is a structure composed of people who have rightly proved that they deserve the epithet “elite
unit” with their readiness, sacrifice, and with other professional qualities.
Furthermore, there is also the indisputable fact that in all plans and projections of the Ministry,
its functionality and efficiency were and are at the very top of priorities - investment with its
own continuity - which will constantly provide the necessary high standards in the daily work
of this Unit. In addition, the activities will be aimed at all segments of development – human i.e.,
equally psychophysical, professional, technical, operational, educational, material. This Unit will
continue to adhere to such an agenda in the future as well.
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20 YEARS RAPID DEPLOYMENT UNIT – ANYTIME AND
ANYWHERE!
On 23 August, 2021, the Rapid Deployment Unit marked the significant jubilee - 20 years since
the establishment of this police organizational unit, which in just two decades of existence has
grown into an essentially necessary police formation, primarily in terms of particular and special
police tasks and areas of action, as one of the essential police mechanisms of the concept of
security. The unit by its composition, role and professional specifics is a key link in achieving
the police security goals, which is protection of security, freedoms, rights, material goods of
citizens, as well as protection of legal order, public order and peace, by ensuring internal security
and stability of the state.
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All of its members since 2001, when the Unit was formed as a formation able to perform tasks
ranging from classical military to complex police operations, until today, through its activities,
transformations, hard work, ultimate trainings, professionalism and visible results achieved,
unequivocally proved the necessity of such police organizational unit. This especially refers to
the particular and special police tasks and areas of action in the overall concept of the European
police security system, which this leadership of the Ministry of Interior and the PSB aims at and
intensively builds in the past few years. Their tasks are of the highest priority, the members of
these units are selected according to the strictest medical, psychological and physical criteria.
Their training is quite complex and lasts longer than the training of the regular units. They are
always in constant combat readiness, ready for immediate action at any location and under any
conditions.

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Furthermore, this highly functional unit, which is able to perform complex tasks independently
or in coordination with other services, in addition to cultivating the multi-ethnic character it also
pays attention to gender equality in its ranks. The members of the Rapid Deployment Unit were
and are at the forefront of systemic prevention and protection - from the flawless performance
of tasks in relation to the current COVID-19 pandemic, to the full day and night participation of
literally all of its members in the prevention and protection from natural disasters, i.e., in the
firefighting actions that took place during the raging fires that posed a dangerous threat to the
state. It is an essential and necessary link, as part of the multitude of regional and international
initiatives, operations, projects, whose slogan does not read by chance: “Anytime and anywhere!”

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WOMEN IN THE POLICE
– GENDER EQUALITY
AND GENDER
REPRESENTATION
A chieving gender equality requires consistency and perseverance from all stakeholders. In
the past five years, the leadership of the Ministry of Interior has shown that the will is not
the subject of discussion, as well as the intent to openly discuss the topics of gender equality
and non-discrimination. Aware that the society is moving forward only with emancipated,
economically strong and independent women and girls, the findings of those open discussions
were turned into action, in response to the conservative, outdated principles about woman’s
role, their place in society or at the workplace.
That perseverance and commitment in the daily creation of better conditions, until achieving full
equitable representation and gender equality, appreciating the intuition, empathy, developed
sense of caution and responsibility of women in the police, as part of the unique features that
create the added value they have in the work environment and in the society as a whole, and
also contributed many things to move forward in the Ministry of Interior in the period 2017-2021.
As the years went by, the number of women in managerial positions increased, not only within
the Ministry of Interior, but also in the part of the operations of the Public Security Bureau,
where female police officers are heads of departments, assistant directors, chiefs, commanders
of police stations or police departments.

Today, we can be proud of the women involved in the Special Police Operations Department, i.e.,
in the Rapid Deployment Unit, “Tiger” Special Anti-Terrorist Unit and the Helicopter Squadron,
which was not the case before. With each generation, the number of women candidates for
police advertisements increases, who are referred to training after the selection, so if their
number in 2018 accounted for 13% of the total number, in the last generation it exceeds 18%
with a tendency to continue to grow.
All this is a result of the measures and activities related to the promotion of gender equality
that the leadership of the Ministry of Interior has been taking since 2018, which are also noted
in the Progress Report on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men. Namely, for the first time
the gender concept was implemented in the preparation of the officers in the Special Police
Operations Department by preparing, approving and applying the legal regulations for checking
the physical fitness of the police officers who are gender sensitive for the first time.
Now, we are talking about a gender-sensitive procedure of personnel selection through the
application of legal regulations for selection when admitting candidates for basic training as
police officers in the Ministry of Interior, especially in the area of meeting the criteria for motor
skills. A system of equal opportunities for women and men in vocational training has been
implemented, which includes gender-disaggregated data for recording the vocational training
of employees and students of basic police training, as well as encouraging the nomination of
female participants in various types of vocational training conducted in the country and abroad
- gender-disaggregated records.
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We also worked on raising the gender awareness through continuous implementation of
a mentoring program for gender equality - a practice that proved to be very successful and
began to be implemented in other bodies of the state administration as well. The purpose of
this mentoring program, which has been implemented on several occasions with the support of
OSCE, is to enable the creation of a concept of mutual support for women by sharing knowledge
and experiences, strengthening the solidarity, promoting good practices, networking and
empowering women in the Ministry of Interior.
As for the increase in the number of women in managerial positions, considering that pursuant to
the law the distribution of employees is done by means of a transparent procedure by publishing
an internal announcement to which all employees can apply, a competent commission decides
on their selection. In this way, women are regularly encouraged to show even greater interest in
managerial positions, whose role is extremely important in police matters.

Furthermore, in the context of increasing expertise in the gender-sensitive conduct - in
cooperation with UN Women, a Manual for the provisioning of gender-sensitive services for
support of victims of domestic violence was prepared, while the National Commission for
Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and Illegal Migration with the support of IOM published
the Manual for Standard Operating Procedures for dealing with victims of human trafficking.
In the curriculum for the Basic training for a police officer in the chapter Ethical conduct and
respect for human rights in police action, topics were incorporated that aim to increase the
expertise in acting from a gender-sensitive aspect. These topics, depending on the needs, are
adapted for continuous training of the employees in the Ministry.
The gender perspective is integrated in the laws, bylaws and internal acts of the Ministry of
Interior, and the new Collective Agreement that entered into force at the beginning of 2022 is
the first collective agreement in our state administration, which uses gender vocabulary and
terminology, which is another indicator of the MoI’s efforts to raise the level of gender equality.
It envisages a series of novelties adopted together with the representative Macedonian Police
Union, and since they come from the police officers themselves, members of the Union, they
contribute to improving the material and social conditions of all employees.
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In addition to the awards worth EUR 150 for mentors for a successfully implemented mentoring
program, the jubilee award in the amount of half the average salary for 10 years of service in the
Ministry of Interior, the payment of funds in the amount of 20% intended for food for those who
work the night shift and payment in the amount of 5% per hour for home duty, was a measure
for which the payment for January 2022, for 1,008 colleagues in the Ministry of Interior, was
effectuated together with the salary for February. All these measures and awards apply to
everyone, and particularly for women employees in the Ministry of Interior who are mothers,
there is a monetary compensation in the amount of EUR 100 in MKD equivalence for each new
born child.

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TRANSPARENCY – THE
MEDIA, PARTNER OF
MOI
T he media are a serious partner of the Ministry of Interior. According to their role and
importance, they constitute one of the fundamental segments on which the democratic
standards and values of the community are based. Without them, the necessary social openness,
accountability and responsibility as key links of the system, necessary for its maximum
functionality, are impossible. In general, this means that without the objective positioning of
the media, one of the basic human rights is denied - the right to be informed, and thus the right
of the citizen to participate in public affairs, but also the right to vote, to make decisions, which
pursuant to the laws and the Constitution belong to every human. In addition, the media are an
important promoter and have a responsibility in raising public awareness and education.
The police, in the domain of their competencies, in the last five years demonstrates readiness to
build and intensify the partnership with all professional media associations, especially in terms
of providing the best possible conditions for their work. The process of transformation of the
Ministry of Interior from an extremely closed institution, into an institution whose transparency
gradually makes huge progress both in proactive and reactive transparency, took place together
with the reform processes in the Ministry.

In cooperation with the OSCE Mission and the Association of Journalists of Macedonia, a “Manual
for the Safety of Journalists during High-Risk Events” was drafted, in order to drastically and
qualitatively improve the situation in the area of smooth and safe performance of the journalist
profession. The Manual was primarily focused on identifying risks and avoiding attacks on
journalists, especially when reporting on high-risk events, as well as clarifying the procedures
and legal competencies of the Ministry of Interior and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, all in order
to ensure better protection of journalists and smooth work thereof. The preparation of this
Manual was preceded by six workshops on “Safety of journalists when reporting on high-risk
events, freedom of expression and improving communication between the journalists and the
police.” Journalists, photo reporters, as well as members of the Ministry of Interior attended
these workshops, experiences were shared and the points where cooperation needs to be
improved were established. These workshops have greatly contributed to getting to know each
other and overcoming barriers between journalists and the police.
The Ministry of Interior and the Association of Journalists with joint efforts and cooperation
focused on improving the situation before 2017, when journalists were not only a frequent
target of thugs, but also the police, whereby the attacks were often unresolved, i.e., without
punishment for the perpetrators. In that regard, on 29 December, 2017, a Memorandum of
Cooperation was signed for taking activities to improve the situation, and the Assistant Minister
of Public Relations was appointed as the person in charge of immediate response to any
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problem that journalists have, from overcoming the problems where and when media workers
can record, to any physical assault, intimidation or arbitrary action.
In the past years, the active transparency reports prepared by the Centre for Civil Communications,
based on a previously developed methodology with the support of the United States Agency
for International Development (USAID), monitor the level of disclosure of information on the

institutions’ own initiative, without receiving any request for access to such information. The
Ministry of Interior, of all the ministries, including the Government, is positioned in the top three
institutions for its transparency and is ranked in the best group, with 80 to 100%, continuously
achieving progress in terms of transparency.
The Report of the body of the Council of Europe - GRECO especially emphasized the positive
transparency of the Ministry of Interior, with the Ministry succeeding in fully implementing
the Recommendation No. 11 of GRECO for public disclosure of documents (budget, activities,
decisions, administrative procedures and public procurement) of the Ministry of Interior and
the Public Security Bureau, as one of the “most secretive structures of government”, in the
words of GRECO. Now, these data of the Ministry of Interior are fully made public and easily
accessible to all citizens.
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The activities for improving the transparency and strengthening the partnership with the
media continue in 2022, and together with the Association of Journalists of Macedonia and
the Office of the Council of Europe a seminar was held on “Improving the cooperation between
journalists and police authorities for greater accountability and transparency”, which was
attended by journalists and representatives of the Ministry of Interior working in the field of
public relations. This seminar gave the opportunity to journalists, members of the Ministry
of Interior and other media actors to discuss topics aimed at deepening cooperation in the
exchange of public information, and stressed the importance of the police newsletter, which
contains the basic information needed to inform the public. In fact, the statistics from the period
2017-2021 show the progress of the Ministry of Interior in the area of transparency. Briefing with
the journalists and the daily telephone communication in all five years remains one of the most
frequently practiced tools, through which the public relations officers, MoI spokespersons and
spokespersons in the departments for internal affairs inform the media about everyday events
of their interest and about the police statistics. As for other communication tools, the statistics
show a continuous upward trend in the quantity of presented information.

2017-2018
In the course of 2017, on the website of the Ministry of Interior, where the continuity and the
principles of transparency, reliability and validity are maximally observed, 426 information were
processed, which were presented to the public in the form of announcements and, at the same
time, distributed to all media services. 365 newsletters have been published as an excerpt of
some of the daily events, 92 photo galleries available to the public with over 1,000 photos from
various events related to the activities in the Ministry. On the YouTube channel of the Ministry
of Interior, followed by 5,369 active followers, 142 videos of the activities of the Ministry were
published, which had about 700,000 views. In September 2017, the official Facebook profile of
the Ministry of Interior was opened, where newsletters, announcements, notifications and all
other activities of the Ministry are posted on a daily basis. 2,424 written inquiries from journalists
and media and about 1,200 inquiries from citizens and institutions were processed, which were
answered or forwarded to the competent response services as soon as possible, and more than
1,000 public announcements were attached for submission. Throughout the year, more than 100
press conferences were held at the highest level regarding events and realizations related to
the work of the Ministry of Interior. The local public relations offices issued 946 announcements,
for which 380 statements were made on various occasions in the field of police activities. Also,
343 requests for free access to public information were submitted to the Ministry of Interior,
and it was acted thereupon accordingly.
In the course of 2018, 2,548 information (notices, announcements, events related to police work
and traffic campaigns and similar police activities) were processed and placed on the website
of the Ministry of Interior and, at the same time, distributed to all media services, and 365 daily
newsletters were published with excerpts from some of the daily events.
On the YouTube channel, already followed by 20,000 active followers, 228 videos of the activities
of the Ministry of Interior were published, which had about 15,000,000 views. On the Facebook
page of the Ministry of Interior, followed by over 26,000 users in 2018, announcements,
newsletters, photos and videos from various events related to the activities of the Ministry of
Interior were posted on a daily basis. At the same time, 2,380 written inquiries from journalists
and media and about 1,100 electronic inquiries from citizens and institutions were processed,
which were answered as soon as possible, and more than 1,500 public announcements were
attached. More than 1,100 announcements were sent by the local public relations offices, for
which about 400 statements were made on various occasions in the field of police activities.
In 2018, 171 requests for free access to public information were submitted to the Ministry of
Interior, and it was acted thereupon accordingly.
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2019
In the course of 2019, more than 1,500 information (notices, announcements, events related
to police work and traffic campaigns, invitations and similar police activities) were processed
and placed on the website of the Ministry of Interior, which were simultaneously distributed
to all media services, and the daily bulletins are published with an excerpt of some of the daily
events on a daily basis (365). In 2019, a new YouTube channel was opened, which is started
to be followed by 53 active followers, 94 videos of the activities of the Ministry of Interior
were published, which had about 90,000 views. The official Facebook page of the Ministry of
Interior, which in 2019 was followed by over 34,000 users, posts announcements, newsletters,
photos and videos of various events related to the activities of the Ministry on a daily basis. In
addition, 2,895 written requests from journalists and media and 1,000 requests from citizens
and institutions were processed, and over 1,500 public announcements were submitted. Over
1,300 announcements and notifications were publicly posted from the local offices represented
by the public relations spokespersons, for which over 400 statements were made and television
appearances were realized on various occasions in the field of police activities. They have also
actively participated in more than 50 prevention campaigns and projects at both local and
national level. In 2019, 178 requests for free access to public information were submitted to the
Ministry of Interior, and it was acted thereupon accordingly.
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2020
In the course of 2020, more than 2,000 information (reports, announcements, daily analytical
information regarding the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as events related to
police work, traffic safety campaigns and public notices related to the work of the Ministry) were
processed and placed on the website of the Ministry of Interior and simultaneously distributed
to all media services. At the same time, 366 daily bulletins with excerpts from some of the daily
events were published on the website. On the YouTube channel, with 322 active followers in
2020, 211 videos of the activities of the Ministry of Interior, the Public Security Bureau and all
other organizational units in the Ministry of Interior were published, while the published videos
have about 415,000 views, and the most watched video was published on 1 September, 2020
with 52,960 views. On the Facebook page of the Ministry of Interior, with more than 50,000
users in 2020, announcements, bulletins, photos and videos of various events related to
the activities of the Ministry are posted on a daily basis. Also, 2,325 written inquiries from
journalists and media were processed and over 2,500 electronic inquiries from citizens and
institutions, and over 1,500 public announcements for submission were attached. More than
2,000 announcements and notices were sent to the public offices represented by the public
relations spokespersons, for which over 250 statements were give and television appearances
were realized. In the course of 2020, 165 requests for free access to public information were
submitted to the Ministry of Interior, and it was acted thereupon accordingly.

2021
In the course of 2021, more than 3,000 information were processed and placed (reports,
announcements, daily analytical information regarding the situation with the COVID-19
pandemic, as well as events related to police work, traffic safety campaigns and public notices)
on the website of the Ministry of Interior, which, at the same time, are distributed to all media
services. In the same period, 365 daily bulletins were published with an excerpt of some of the
daily events. On the YouTube channel of the Ministry of Interior, followed by over 600 active
followers, 561 videos of the activities of the Ministry of Interior and the Public Security Bureau
were published, with about 310,000 views in 2021. The most watched video was published on
10 January, 2021 with 22,000 views. On the official Facebook profile of the Ministry of Interior,
followed by 66,000 users, announcements, newsletters, photos and videos from various events
and activities of the Ministry are posted on a daily basis. 2,600 written inquiries from journalists
and the media and more than 4,000 electronic inquiries from citizens and institutions were
processed, and more than 2,000 public announcements were attached for submission.
More than 2,500 announcements were sent from local offices represented by public relations
spokespersons, for which more than 500 statements were made. 174 requests for free access
to public information were submitted to the Ministry of Interior, and it was acted thereupon
accordingly.
At the same unabated pace, we continue to build a qualitative relationship with the media and
the media workers in 2022, aware that this is the only way to ensure a consistent partnership
with the highest goal - inform citizens and ensure protection from poor quality, unverified,
unconfirmed or false news.
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SCIENCE AND MOI

In 2019, after a break of more than two decades, we started with the
publishing of the “Security” science magazine of the Ministry of Interior.
Thanks to the full commitment of the Editorial Board and the leadership of
the Ministry of Interior, all necessary international standards were met for
the magazine to be indexed as an international science magazine “Security”,
which kept the tradition of its predecessor and now has a history of more
than six decades.
The restoration of the International Science Magazine “Security” aims to
support the reform process and the development of the Ministry of Interior.
The progress of the society and the circumstances in which the modern
police service operates are closely linked to the development of the scientific
achievements and research conducted in the field of security. Therefore, in
the past period we have paid great attention to bring closer the scientific
research and results in the daily work of the police. The Ministry was open to
the scientific public and enabled the implementation of numerous scientific
research projects, from the reports and results of which the plans for the
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future police action are created. Encouraged by the good experience and the real needs, we
accepted the idea of re-publishing a magazine intended, above all, for the employees of the
Police and the Ministry of Interior. In the period from 1960 to 1998, the magazine “Security” was
published in the Ministry of Interior, which left its own imprint on the development of the police
science and police practice in the country. Aware of the need to encourage and promote the
research character of the profession, as well as to meet the modern global standards for the
police work, we decided to renew the scientific-professional magazine of the Ministry of Interior
“Security” after a period of two decades.
We emphasize the role of the new magazine “SECURITY” in the advancing of the science in the
field of security, which will define the problems and phenomena that need to be investigated
and develop the authors’ interest in the problems the police face with. The published papers
are based on phenomenological and etiological researches of the phenomena, and are based
on research results that provide a basis for scientific verification of the settings presented in
the paper. Thus, are directed the plans and priorities for the work of the police service in the
country.

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MOI, THE TRADE UNION
AND THE PROMOTION
OF THE RIGHTS OF
POLICE OFFICERS
Starting from the common imperative for improving the status and defence of the rights of all
employees in the Ministry, as well as for better organizational and operational functioning of
the Ministry in general, we realized intensive cooperation and negotiations in this period for
numerous important areas for the realization of our common interests.
The primary goal is the further qualitative upgrade of all social and professional normative and
other standards necessary for the improvement of the working conditions of our employees.
We ended the intensive communication with the signing of the new Collective Agreement of the
Ministry of Interior, the changes of which, both we as the leadership of the Ministry of Interior
and the representative Macedonian Police Union, believe that will positively reflect on trade
union, social and professional rights of employees in the institution.
In the negotiations, guided by the slogan “Real solutions can be reached only through dialogue”,
we proved that the workers ‘rights in these modern times can be realized only through
cooperation and dialogue between the employer and the workers’ representatives, in this case
the Ministry of Interior and the Macedonian Police Union.

Some of the new rights we agreed upon in the new Collective Agreement are as follows:
1. Use of gender vocabulary and terminology in the CA - FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENT IN THE COUNTRY.
2. A new provision is provided for the protection of workers who have three effective years
until the realization of the right to retirement by force of law upon completion of 40 years of
service, in such a way that they cannot be assigned to a job at levels lower than the level of
the job at which they work in accordance with the job classification.
3. Provided HOME DUTY of 5% per working hour, as a special working condition which implies
an obligation for a worker with the status of non-uniformed police officer who does not work
in shifts, outside working hours to be on standby at home or at a certain place.
4. The right to paid leave, in cases when the employee represents the Ministry or participates
as part of the state representation at sports, cultural and other events.
5. Revised provision for workers - voluntary blood donors, with the right to rest in duration of
three working days, including the day of blood donation, for each blood donation.
6. Planned provision for special protection during night work, with the right to adequate food
or compensation for food expenses in the amount of 20% of the average net salary.
7. A jubilee award in the amount of one half of the monthly average net salary paid in the
Republic of North Macedonia in the previous three months - for uninterrupted work for an
effective period of 10 years in the Ministry.
8. One-time monetary compensation in the amount of EUR 100 in MKD equivalence, to a
worker-mother, for each new born child.
9. One-time monetary compensation for the workers who are appointed as mentors by a
decision of the Minister, in the amount of EUR 150 in MKD equivalence.
The dialogue and this established way of close partnership cooperation will continue in the
future in the interest of achieving the goals we share and we strive for together.
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MOI IN SERVICE OF THE

CITIZENS
T he strategic goal of the current leadership of the Ministry of Interior is to build a strong
institution with efficient police, ready to implement the highest European and world
standards in policy matters, especially in maintaining the public order and increasing the
safety and security of citizens, decisive and non-selective fight against organized crime and
corruption. Through the established concept “Police – in service of the citizens” by the police
officers, quite logically it is expected from them to guarantee order, security and rule of law, to
guarantee protection of the legality, as a qualitative service in the interest of all our citizens,
i.e., to be thorough and efficient in protecting all that is entrusted to them by the Constitution
and the laws.
However, the daily bulletins of our police services abound with activities that are not part of
their job description and inventory, and exceed the entrusted responsibilities, as part of their
personal and professional qualities and characteristics, which further continue to justify and
strengthen the trust of the citizens.

In the corporate world all of this would fall into the category of socially responsible activities or
practices, but in the police, it becomes everyday work that justifies and upgrades the concept
of the police service to continue to develop as a real service to the citizens.
In August 2021, due to the situation with the fires, the police were at the forefront of dealing
with the fire. After the declared state of crisis, within the coordinated action of all state
institutions, in order to guarantee safety of the regions affected by fires and successfully deal
with them, in addition to undertaking regular activities to conduct inspections of burned sites
and investigative actions in cases when there were grounds for suspicion of causing fires, they
were also involved in the control of the compliance with the ban on movement in the forest,
which pursuant to the Law on Forests should be performed by the employees of PE “National
Forests” and the Forest Police. But, there is more!
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Every day we had 500 to 650 police officers on the field, approximately 250 motorcycle patrols
and 200 engaged vehicles that directly participated in extinguishing the fires. Some of the
police officers were deployed at approximately 200 checkpoints across the country. Members
of all special police units were on the site around the clock: the “Tiger” Special Anti-Terrorist
Unit, the Rapid Deployment Unit and the Training and Support Unit, who selflessly helped in
extinguishing the fires.
The environmental activities in which employees of the Ministry of Interior participate, as well
as the leadership of the Ministry of Interior personally, are not unknown either. Spasovski, the
Minister, together with members of the Government, in conditions of one of the biggest health
crises in the past few decades, joined the action for afforestation of 75 seedlings in the burned
areas around Lake Mladost, in honour of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, and a year
earlier, together with the employees of the Ministry of Interior, in the action for cleaning the
waste in the vicinity of MoI administrative building and the Clinical Centre in the Municipality of
Centar as well, which aimed to raise the public awareness of all citizens.

Furthermore, the police officers from all departments of the Interior have shown a high
awareness, through the annual plan of blood donation actions, by taking just a few minutes
of their time to donate blood and give the most precious gift of all – to save a life. There were
cases when the plan exceeded the expectations, and the proof for that were the members of
the Rapid Deployment Unit who donated blood in the course of 2021 in the following months:
March, June, August, September and December, and ended the year with five humanitarian
activities of this type which could save a life.
With regards to the special units within the Special Police Operations Department, in each of
the past five years, on their own initiative they traditionally hold a humanitarian New Year’s
event for the children from the small group homes at the Public Institution for Child Care.
The children are guests at “Gjorche Petrov” Police Centre and get acquainted with the work
of special units and receive New Year’s gifts consisting of food items, provided personally
by the members of the three units, who allocate funds from their own budget for these
children, so that they can feel mutual care, to feel that each and every one is important.
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The humane dimension of the police is also covered by the daily bulletins. In the period 2017-
2021, the Air Force Unit, namely the Helicopter Squadron, alone or in cooperation with the
members of the special units have participated in at least 20 successful rescue operations
with their highly trained members, where our nationals and foreigners, mountaineers, injured
motorcyclists, paragliders were rescued from life-threatening situations...
The media have noticed the case dating back to 2018, when a Croatian mountaineer on Korab,
from a place called Kobilino Pole, due to his deteriorating health, was evacuated with the help
of a helicopter of the Ministry of Interior. Also, there is the case from 2019, when a mountaineer
who was traveling with a group on the route Bozovce - Skakalichko Ezero, due to symptoms of
a heart attack was transferred by a police helicopter from Shar Mountain to the Clinic in Skopje.
In the same year, 2019, police officers from the Mazdraca Border Surveillance Police Station and
the Sector for Internal Afafirs Tetovo rescued two motorcyclists who got lost on Shar Mountain,
and a mountaineer who slipped off a cliff was successfully pulled out of Pelister. MoI helicopters
took an active part in the search for the crashed Cessna aircraft, then rescued two lost cyclists
in the Matka Canyon, as well as three Ukrainian paragliders on Galicica and rescued an injured
motorcyclist on top of Kozuf Mountain.
The public is especially pleased to hear news of children being found by police officers even
before they are reported missing. Thus, in December 2019, the Intervention Police Unit quickly
found a 12-year-old boy who had health problems and got lost, and in May 2020, police officers
from the SIA Skopje in the vicinity of Bit Pazar found a missing girl and returned it to its parents,
while a few months later police officers from Centar Police Station and the Intervention Police
rescued a nine-year-old child who fell into the Vardar River. Last year, a 67-year-old woman
was pulled out of the waters of the Vardar River by the rapid action of police officers from the
Intervention Police Unit at the SIA Skopje, and on several occasions members of the special
units rescued people who tried to take their lives.

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During the COVID crisis, in addition to preventing the spreading of the
pandemic, the police officers evacuated people from the crisis areas
as well. The Special Operations Department regulated the transfer to
and from Debar and Centar Zupa, and evacuated 64 people with 24
vehicles from the villages Tresonche, Lazaropole, Osoj, Manastirec in
just two days with the permission of an epidemiologist.
Snowfalls in the winter months are the reason for frequent calls
for help. In the winter of 2021, the Border Surveillance Police
Station Staravina at the Regional Border Affairs Centre - South, in
cooperation with a team of the Territorial Firefighting Unit, pulled out
six people from Kavadarci from the village of Veprcani in Prilep, who
could not leave the village due to heavy snowfall. The police officers
from the Stenje Border Crossing pulled out a man from Tetovo buried
with the vehicle in the snow drifts on Galicica, and afterwards three
people from Bitola who were stuck on the regional road Otesevo -
Sveti Naum. During the crisis with the fires in August 2021, police
officers from the Department for Internal Affairs Prilep evacuated two
immobile elderly people from Rakle village, who were in danger due
to a fire in the area, and the media reminded of another interesting
activity, dating back to November 2019, when a puppy that fell into a
canal was rescued thanks to police officers from Butel Police Station.
In 2022, humanitarian activities also took place when in January
the police officers from Popova Sapka Police Department rescued
nine people, aged 15 to 45, from Tetovo, Skopje, Kumanovo and
neighbouring Kosovo, who got lost on Popova Sapka ski lifts. The
police officers are especially interested in such humane activities, so
the police officers of Sector for Internal Affairs Tetovo – Department
for Internal Affairs Gostivar started the year with an unusual meeting
with the youngest staying at the Centre of Gostivar Association for
People with Disabilities “Zaedno mozeme” (We can do everything
together). They socialized with them, gave them appropriate gifts,
and introduced the children to the nature and character of their daily
professional responsibilities and the equipment they use to carry out
their current tasks in a practical way.
THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR IS ALWAYS IN SERVICE OF THE

CITIZENS!

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THE MINISTRY OF

INTERIOR FOR THE

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER:

SECRETARY OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD:

TECHNICAL DESIGN AND EDITING:

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No reform or any major systemic undertaking, regardless of the accumulated or inherited

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INTEGRITY OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE MINISTRY

DEPOLITICIZATION OF THE MOI, BAN ON MEMBERSHIP IN A

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ENVISAGED QUALITATIVELY NEW CONDITIONS FOR ELECTION

REFORM CHANGE IN THE DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS FOR

INTRODUCTION OF AN OBLIGATION TO DECLARE ASSETS/

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THE MOI – OUR

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A meeting was held at the MoI between

The Minister of Interior of the Republic

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In May, a delegation of the Ministry of Interior

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Minister Oliver Spasovski also hosted

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The trend of qualitative improvement of the working conditions remains

The procured pieces include 6,452 men’s

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ONLY MOTIVATED AND

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Then, from September 2019, the salary of the MoI employees

At the beginning of 2020, 139,617,063 denars from the Budget of

In addition, in 2020 the salary supplement was increased from

In 2020 and 2021, thanks to the housekeeping and the savings in

In 2021, the payment of a bonus salary for MoI employees for

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• 5 % payment for on-call duty of non-

• payment of a jubilee award for 10 years

• payment of a one-time assistance of 100

• payment of a mentor fee for a

• payment of food allowance for night

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