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Erik Høeg, Head of the EU Monitoring Mission, meets with the President of Georgia, H.E. Salome Zourabichvili

Today, the new President of Georgia H.E. Salome Zourabichvili received the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission (Georgia), Erik Høeg. Mr. Erik Høeg congratulated the President on her election. He outlined the present work of the Mission and achievements in its ten years of continuous presence in Georgia...

The 90th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti

On 18 December 2018, the 90th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting took place in Ergneti. Mr. Erik Høeg, Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia, and Ambassador Rudolf Michalka, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus, co-facilitated the meeting...

EUMM fights against Gender Based Violence

On the 10th of December, the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) marked the last day of the “16 Days of Activism campaign”. The EUMM staff showed their support for the campaign by wearing white ribbons, signifying a commitment to never commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women and girls...

EUMM awards Gori area schoolchildren in 16 Days of Activism drawing contest

In connection with the campaign, the Mission organised a child drawing competition themed “Family: the way I see it”, involving several public schools located in the Gori area. Following a vote by EUMM staff, eleven children won prizes for their drawing and were invited...

Let’s mark Human Rights Day!

The EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) marks the important Human Rights Day 2018, which is also the last of the Mission 16 Days of Activism campaign. Every year, the 10th of December reminds us of the day when in 1948 representatives of the newly created United Nations...

EU Monitoring Mission mandate extended to 2020

On Monday 3 December, the 28 EU member states formally extended the mandate of the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia for a further two years, until 14 December 2020. The basic mandate, organisation and staffing levels remain unchanged, while some concrete adjustments of the Mission will be undertaken...

The EU Monitoring Mission hosts a Medical Security Course in Tbilisi

The EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) Georgia hosted a Medical Security Course in the Mission Headquarters, Tbilisi, between 22 and 27 November 2018.
The course is conducted for civilian Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) Missions by the Swedish Contingencies Agency (MSB)...

EU Monitoring Mission statement on additional borderisation activities in Atotsi along the Administrative Boundary Line with South Ossetia

The European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) can confirm that significant borderisation activities have been taking place in the area of Atotsi (Balta) since early November 2018. A total of nearly 400 meters of new fencing works, running alongside the Administrative Boundary Line with South Ossetia, has been observed by EUMM patrols in the area.

Meet Our Monitors

EUMM - Just a monitoring mission!

Zuzana Brunnerova, Slovakia

Stabilisation, normalisation, confidence building and reporting – the four cornerstones of the EUMM mandate and, at the same time, the first four words which I remembered when receiving information about my upcoming deployment to Georgia. Honestly, it did not mean much to me in those early days. This was my first mission, and I was primarily focused on adapting to my new life. However, there is much more to those four key words of our mandate than meets they eye!

We share our experiences and professional backgrounds and this assists in carrying out our overall Mission in Georgia

Razvan-Claudiu ILICA, Romania
In 1978, I was the first child of a normal military family living in the beautiful University City of Iasi, in the Northeast part of Romania. I graduated in 2001 from the Police Academy Al.I.Cuza in Bucharest. Ever since that time, I have been part of the Romanian Border Police and mainly involved in daily criminal investigations...

EUMM makes a difference

Georgina Magnussen, Denmark

My name is Georgina Magnussen and I am 39 years old and from Denmark. For the past 14 years I’ve worked as a police officer in different fields, for example, patrolling, community policing, riot police and investigations. My job has given me the opportunity to work abroad in Kosovo and Palestine, and the EU Monitoring Mission is now my third mission...

When the local population tells our patrols they feel safer due to our presence, it gives me hope that EUMM can help the conflict parties

Daniela Bulgaru, Romania
I have been a part of the Romanian National Police for 12 years. I started out in the capital Bucharest and have been working as a Criminal Investigator for the last 8 years in Constanta, in Southeast Romania. Since I arrived in Georgia in October 2017, I have been working in one of the two Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) teams in Field Office Gori...

Being part of the Mission, which helps people live more safely, is the most rewarding experience of all

Lubica Hirkova, Slovakia

Before coming to the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia, I was involved in Civilian Crisis Management at the Slovak Ministry of Interior. As an Advisor on International Affairs, I was primarily responsible for the deployment of Slovak Police Officers to the EU, UN and OSCE missions, which also gave me the opportunity...

One of EUMM’s great ‘added values’ as an international actor in Georgia is not only our unique ‘presence on the ground’ near the ABL, but also the diversity of perspectives we bring to the table

Robin Clapp, Sweden
I’ve been working with human rights, gender, development and peace for about 20 years now, first in academic settings in Sweden and Italy and later in non-governmental organizations in Belgium and Denmark. After the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, I served for a number of years as senior human rights officer/advisor with the OSCE Missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Kosovo...

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