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Border security and management is essential to the promotion of open and secure borders in a free, democratic and more integrated OSCE area. The OSCE seeks to enhance border security while facilitating legitimate travel and commerce, protecting human rights and promoting human contacts.

With the adoption of the OSCE Border Security and Management Concept (BSMC) at the 2005 Ministerial Council in Ljubljana, the participating Sates agreed on a political framework for their co-operation on border-related issues. The Concept provides objectives and principles for this co-operation and direction for OSCE activities in this area.

Since 2005, the OSCE has been assisting interested participating States in the implementation of the provisions of the BSMC.

In 2009, the OSCE Border Management Staff College was launched in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.  The College trains border officers from all OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation, including Afghanistan, and promotes cross-border co-operation in the Central Asian region.

OSCE Institutions active in border management and conflict prevention:

 

Features

OSCE Border Management Staff College off to a successful start

Television reporters film a session of the seminar on travel document security held at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe from 23-26 November 2009. (OSCE/Sergey Batyuk)

A series of intensive seminars for senior border officials from a total of 14 different OSCE participating States initiated the teaching activities of the OSCE Border Management Staff College, launched in May 2009 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
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Tough training in a rugged environment for Tajik special forces border patrols

The first graduates from the OSCE tactical training programme for Tajik special border forces prepare to receive their certificates in Gissar, Tajikistan, 18 September 2009. (Press Service of the Tajik Border Troops)

In a comprehensive training programme that is the first of its kind in Central Asia, the OSCE Office in Tajikistan is helping to prepare the Tajik Border Troops Special Forces Group for their challenging duties at the country's border with Afghanistan.
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Georgia Mission helps build regional co-operation in border management

Officers from Armenian and Georgian border security and management agencies discuss human trafficking and identifying illegal narcotics, Sadakhlo - Bagratashen land border crossing point, October 2008. (OSCE/David Khizanishvili)

Strengthening the capacity of Georgian border agencies and co-operation in the South Caucasus to reduce trans-border threats and allow free movement of people and goods is the focus of a series of OSCE workshops.
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Border monitoring plays a role in stabilizing potentially volatile areas and in fighting the trafficking of drugs, arms and human beings. (OSCE)

Border monitoring plays a role in stabilizing potentially volatile areas and in fighting the trafficking of drugs, arms and human beings. (OSCE)

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