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OSCE trains Mediterranean Points of Contact Network on gendered aspects of cross-border crimes
Publishing date: 25 October 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
Members of the OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact (PoC) Network on Border Security and Management completed a three-day intensive training course on 24 October 2019 on two gendered aspects of transnational threats: terrorism and trafficking in human beings. The course was held at the premises of the International Co-operation Division of the Spanish National Police in Madrid...
OSCE Secretariat and Frontex strengthen co-operation to combat cross-border crime
Publishing date: 21 October 2019
The OSCE Secretariat and Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, agreed to strengthen their co-operation in combating cross-border crime, trafficking in human beings and addressing migratory challenges, in a Working Arrangement document signed last week...
OSCE provides advanced training on forged travel documents to border guards in North Macedonia
Publishing date: 21 October 2019
An advanced training course aimed at increasing border guards’ operational awareness to detect forged documents concluded on 18 October 2019 in Skopje...
OSCE Mobile Training Team trains Georgian border officers in Batumi to enhance their capacities to identify foreign terrorist fighters
Publishing date: 10 October 2019
The OSCE Mobile Training Team delivered an interactive training course on the identification of foreign terrorist fighters at the borders for 25 first- and second-line border officers from 8 to 10 October 2019 in Batumi, Georgia.
OSCE trains border guards in North Macedonia on detecting forged travel documents
Publishing date: 20 September 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management
A five-day training course aimed at increasing the operational awareness of border guards in detecting forged documents, took place from 14 to 20 September, 2019 in Skopje, North Macedonia...
OSCE and Kosovo institutions discuss legal aspects of setting up an Advance Passenger Information system
Publishing date: 20 September 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
A three-day meeting between the OSCE and Kosovo institutions on the legal aspects of setting up an Advance Passenger Information (API) system was held in Pejë/Peć from 18 to 20 September 2019...
OSCE trains border management professionals in applying democratic security sector governance to border security management
Publishing date: 4 September 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
BRATISLAVA, 4 September 2019 –A three-day advanced training course exploring the connection between security sector governance and reform (SSG/R) and border security management, hosted by the Slovak OSCE Chairmanship, concluded today.