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Tajik and Afghan border officers complete OSCE course on field operational capacities
Publishing date: 23 September 2019
On 20 September 2019, 15 Tajik and ten Afghan border officials successfully completed a four-week training course on field operational capacities in Dushanbe. It was conducted in the framework of the project Patrol Field Capacity Building of the Tajik Border Troops through Promotion of Regional Co-operation.
OSCE Border Management Staff College concludes third postgraduate Diploma in Border Security and Management for Senior Leadership
Publishing date: 20 September 2019
DUSHANBE, 20 September 2019 – The third Postgraduate Diploma in Border Security and Management for Senior Leadership course, a one-year blended learning programme, concluded today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe (BMSC), Tajikistan.
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...
Kyrgyz State Border Service conducts OSCE-supported simulation exercise “Barrier-2019”
Publishing date: 20 September 2019
On Tuesday, 17 September, the State Border Service (SBS) of the Kyrgyz Republic has conducted its annual simulation exercise “Barrier-2019” in Karakol, Issyk-Kul province...
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.
OSCE and UNECE join forces on strengthening security of inland freight routes
Publishing date: 4 September 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partners for Co-operation
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
GENEVA, Switzerland, 4 September 2019 –The wide array of regionally and internationally available security standards, instruments, technologies and methodologies at the disposal of governments to address the critical security risks faced by their inland transport systems was the focus of a joint OSCE-UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Inland Transport Security Discussion Forum on Strengthening Security on Inland Freight Routes that ended today in Geneva...