Activities
Border management
Border security and management is essential to the promotion of open and secure borders in a free, democratic and more integrated OSCE area. The challenge is to find ways of enhancing border security to a level proportional to the threats of illegal cross-border activities, 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.
OSCE Institutions active in border management and conflict prevention:
Features
OSCE Presence helps Albania and Montenegro to enhance cross-border co-operation
With assistance from the OSCE Presence in Albania, senior police officials from Tirana, Podgorica and the region are working together to boost security on the border between the two countries.
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Cross-border co-operation in the southern Balkans
More effective border control and greater economic development are the goals of OSCE-supported cross-border co-operation between Kosovo, Albania and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
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Mission to Skopje supports management training for country's Border Police
Thanks to a series of management skills development courses supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Border Police Officers are now better prepared to lead their teams and ensure the smooth functioning of border stations.
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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)
Documents
Border security and management concept
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