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Delegation of EU to MK
Evropsko dvizenje
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Fifth session of Working group 4 – Strengthening of the integrity of the security institutions – Vetting

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2019-06-07 Цел ден
South East European University - Tetovo
Address: Ilindenska 335, Tetovo

The Macedonian society is passing through deep security sector reforms. Some of them are underway, but more structural steps should follow. The Ministry of Interior is playing the key role in the Chapter 24. However, MoI is in process of deep reform. Currently, the Counter Intelligence Department (DBK), which is part of the MoI, is subject of the new law: Agency for National Security (ANS), and starting from 2019 this Agency should be separated from the Ministry. The expected result is to exist as independent Legal person, to be more professional, to be more service oriented and to be properly over sighted through the democratic methods. The draft law clarifies that the employees of the ANS should be selected by the MoI/DBK, through the
process of vetting. Vetting is foreseen as a filtration process which should separate the professionals versus the deviation made by the law enforcement staff (and other state officials). The intention is the current employees in DBK who will pass the vetting, to be contracted in the ANS. For those, who’ll not pass the criteria, to face disconnection of their working contract. Vetting is also announced by the Minister of Interior for the employees in the MoI, as well. This is the challenging issue in the society. The process of vetting is very healthy for the MoI and other state institutions with Law Enforcement staff, which suffer with lack of confidence by the public. On the other side, the concept of vetting is some kind of mistery, even for the academic community in the country. More public debates on this issue are necessary. The MoI initiate the next WS of the WG 4 (7 th of Jun, 2019) to bring this issue in the focus of the National convent. The WG 4 and the project management will appreciate if the Slovak authorities could help in identifying the knowledgably person from Slovak MoI or other state institutions who will share Slovak experience regarding the similar selection process.