Analytica's researchers attended an international conference on SOCTA publication

Magdalena Lembovska and Filip Stojkovski attended the international conference organized by The OSCE Mission in Serbia to promote the Regional Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA), which was developed jointly by the Interior Ministries of Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia. The event was held on 14 November 2016 in Belgrade.

The SOCTA publication is the result of a three-year project on enhancing the capacities for strategic analysis and strategic assessments in the criminal investigation directorates of the Ministries of interior in Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, which was funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation and implemented by the OSCE Mission to Serbia.

The opening remarks were given by the Ministers of Interior of the three countries involved in the initiative including the Macedonian Minister of Interior, Mr Oliver Spasovski. A delegation of the Macedonian Ministry of Interior also attended the event, while Analytica was the only organisation of the civil society in Macedonia to be invited.