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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
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management
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
What we do: Border management, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
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...

Workshop on combating illicit cross-border trafficking in cultural property in the region of the OSCE Asian partners held in Mongolia

Publishing date: 2 September 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
A five-day awareness raising workshop on combating illicit cross-border trafficking in cultural property concluded on 30 August 2019 in Ulaanbaatar. More than 40 participants from the OSCE Asian Partners for Co-operation Mongolia, Japan, South Korea and Thailand took part in the event. They represented police, border and customs services, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports as well as other entities such as anti-corruption agencies and academia.

Mainstreaming gender in border security focus of OSCE-hosted training course in Vienna

Publishing date: 28 August 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
An interactive three-day Training-of-Trainers (ToT) course on mainstreaming gender in border security, organized by the OSCE’s Border Security and Management Unit of the Transnational Threats Department, concluded on 28 August 2019 in Vienna...

Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 13 August 2019

Publishing date: 13 August 2019
Content type: Weekly report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week.