Serbia IOM

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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Serbia carried out activities that went well beyond humanitarian support. Part of its work indeed focused on building and maintaining reception infrastructure and delivering social protection services. This included programmes such as Improving reception capacity, social protection services and access to education, funded with €6,900,000 from the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA), as well as joint programmes with North Macedonia financed by the Madad Fund.

Still, IOM was actively involved in Serbia’s border management system. The project Supporting the Republic of Serbia to improve border management in the context of the European migration crisis ran in four phases between 2016 and 2020, with total IOM funding reaching €8,200,000. Out of this, €4.5 million was spent on procurements.

The diagram below shows how these €4.5 million were allocated.


Surveilance equipment

The category Surveillance Equipment includes a broad range of monitoring and detection technologies. Among the items purchased were 100 video-surveillance cameras, 100 handheld spotlights, 30 long-range night-observation devices, 48 stationary passport readers and 12 mobile passport readers, and 20 multifunction printers. It also includes 60 UPS devices, 10 density meters, 6 inspection systems, 2 digital video endoscopes, 2 heartbeat detectors, as well as various night-vision optics, handheld thermovision cameras, flashlights, binoculars, unmanned aerial devices, and digital endoscopes. The category also covered 100 sets of bulletproof vests and helmets, along with supporting items such as furniture for Border Police units.

Hotels and Meals for Border Police

For accommodation and meals, IOM spent ≈2.7 million € across four hotels and one catering service. Hotel Ponte Bianco in Vranje (≈800,000 €), located near the border with North Macedonia, while Ana Lux Spa in Pirot (≈650,000 €), Villa Delux in Negotin (≈500,000 €), Srbija TIS in Zaječar (≈350,000 €), and a catering service in Pirot (≈360,000 €) were all situated along the axis of the Bulgarian border.

Vehicles and Fuel

The cost of rented vehicles was ≈280,000 €, mainly through the company Visard d.o.o., while fuel expenses amounted to another ≈200,000 €.