ICMPD Western Balkans

09/08/2026

🔸 Clear information and accessible protection are essential for legal labour migration pathways that work.
Worker safeguards are a central part of the PSIMM Regional Roadmap.🔸

🔗Learn more:https://www.icmpd.org/file/download/68324/file/Roadmap%2520to%2520Improve%2520Labour%2520Migration%2520Management%2520in%2520the%2520Western%2520Balkans%2520and%2520Prevent%2520Secondary%2520Irregular%2520Migratory%2520Movements%2520to%2520the%2520EU.pdf

02/08/2026

🔸Six priority areas. One practical framework for stronger labour migration governance in the Western Balkans.

The PSIMM Regional Roadmap focuses on evidence, recruitment oversight, post-entry follow-up, information exchange, worker safeguards and cooperation with countries of origin.🔸

🔗Explore it here:https://www.icmpd.org/file/download/68324/file/Roadmap%2520to%2520Improve%2520Labour%2520Migration%2520Management%2520in%2520the%2520Western%2520Balkans%2520and%2520Prevent%2520Secondary%2520Irregular%2520Migratory%2520Movements%2520to%2520the%2520EU.pdf

28/07/2026

🚨Last call to apply!

🔸 The application deadline for our current vacancies is fast approaching.

🔗Apply here:

Project Management Assistant in : https://careers.icmpd.org/Home/JobOpeningDetails?jobOpeningId=1182

Project Management Assistant in : https://careers.icmpd.org/Home/JobOpeningDetails?jobOpeningId=1176

Project Officer in : https://careers.icmpd.org/Home/JobOpeningDetails?jobOpeningId=1175

Project Management Assistant in : https://careers.icmpd.org/Home/JobOpeningDetails?jobOpeningId=1188 🔸

28/07/2026

🔸”All stakeholders should be ready, and the process of readiness is very important.”

Eljo Mucaj, Albania 🇦🇱 🔸
Watch the PSIMM partner voices video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=KiM-oDZAo3iRc4SG&v=84ivw_PpwL8&feature=youtu.be

24/07/2026

🔸Regional challenges need regional responses.

Partners from across the Western Balkans share their perspectives on labour migration, institutional readiness and practical cooperation. 🔸

Watch the PSIMM video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84ivw_PpwL8

Preventing Secondary Irregular Migration Movements to the European ...

24/07/2026

🔸Delivering complex reforms requires strong partnerships.

Representatives of the Ministarstvo sigurnosti Bosne i Hercegovine, the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA), Federalno ministarstvo unutrašnjih/unutarnjih poslova, Ministarstvo unutrаšnjih poslova Republike Srpske (MUP RS) Evropska unija u Bosni i Hercegovini and met in Sarajevo for the 3rd Project Steering Committee meeting of the EU-funded Strengthening Law Enforcement Capacities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to Fight Organised Crime (TASLE) project.

📌 The Steering Committee reviewed progress achieved so far, confirmed priorities for the next implementation period and welcomed the results delivered to date. Project beneficiaries expressed their satisfaction with the progress made and reaffirmed their commitment to continuing this successful cooperation.

🌍 Through strengthened institutional capacities, technical expertise and inter-agency cooperation, TASLE supports Bosnia and Herzegovina in combating organised crime, particularly human trafficking, migrant smuggling and related money laundering.🔸

23/07/2026

🔸 Nearly 25% of Western Balkan citizens live abroad, while local employers are increasingly relying on foreign workers to fill labour shortages.
What does this mean for migration governance? 🔸

🔗Explore the PSIMM findings:https://www.icmpd.org/file/download/68348/file/BETWEEN%2520EMIGRATION%2520AND%2520ATTRACTION%2520Governance%252C%2520Challenges%252C%2520and%2520EU%2520Convergence.pdf

20/07/2026

🔸The new PSIMM report and Regional Roadmap are now available.

Together, they examine the changing labour migration landscape in the Western Balkans and propose practical steps for clearer legal pathways, stronger worker protection and better cooperation. 🔸

Read and download:

🔗: https://www.icmpd.org/publications

16/07/2026

🔸The Western Balkans is changing from a region shaped mainly by emigration into a region that is also recruiting more foreign workers. New PSIMM research and a practical Regional Roadmap are 🔸