Second regional stakeholders' meeting in preparation for a Handbook of Best Practices at Border Crossings

Conference

Date:
Location:
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
Source:
OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
Fields of work:
Environmental activities, Economic activities

About

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.