Events
Second regional stakeholders' meeting in preparation for a Handbook of Best Practices at Border Crossings
When
23 October 2008 (All day) - 24 October 2008 (All day)
Where
OSCE Academy, Botanichesky Pereulok 1 A, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
Organized by
Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic
The OCEEA, together with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), has started implementing a project on the development of a Handbook of Best Practices at Border Crossings.
The Regional Stakeholders' Meeting was an important preparatory step and follows a similar event held in Minsk, Belarus, on 8 and 9 October 2008. The meeting in Bishkek brought together the project's management board members as well as border guard and customs representatives from across the region.
The event's main objectives were:
- generating a better view of the level of inter-agency co-operation efforts along Central Asian and South Caucasus borders, both domestically as well as bilaterally;
- identifying the strengths and weaknesses of current border policies;
- discussing future initiatives and planned policy reforms; and
- compiling a list of best practices that can be described and explained in the Handbook.
The meeting was preceded by an assessment visit to the Ak-Jol/Korday border crossing point between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.