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From 25 to 29 August 2025, the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, with support from the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek, organized a specialized training for 10 (ten) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) experts of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic based on

The OSCE Presence in Albania, with support from the OSCE Transnational Threats Department/Strategic Police Matters Unit and the United States Department of Justice’s International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP), organized a two-day regional workshop on the nexus between

An OSCE pilot ‘train-the-trainers’ initiative is helping freshly trained Ukrainian border guards test their skills as trainers in document security at border crossing points.

Border guards from Ukraine built their skills for training border guards on document fraud detection during a ‘train-the-trainers’ course organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the Main Forensic Center of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, from 4 to 8 August in Lviv.

With the financial support of the European Union (EU) the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Programme Office in Dushanbe (OSCE POiD) delivered a “Strengthening Medical Capacities” course from 14 July to 8 August 2025.

With the financial support of the European Union (EU), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Programme Office in Dushanbe concluded a “Tactical Field Capacity Building” course for 30 male officers of the Border Troops of the State Committee for National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan.

Facial comparison techniques at border crossings were the focus of a two-day online training course for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee — Identity Fraud and Documents Centre of Expertise (ECID) from 23 to 24 July.