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ELearning is a form of knowledge delivery that is being increasingly used in our societies for the efficient delivery of academic and professional training. From 5 to 8 September 2017, the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) in Dushanbe delivered a workshop on the design, development and implementation of eLearning courses, which aimed to assist national border security and management agencies to unlock the potential of digital learning technology...

The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions compared with the previous reporting period. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. Its access remained restricted there and elsewhere, including in Verkhnoshyrokivske.* The Mission saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines on both sides of the contact line. It facilitated and monitored mine and unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance, co-ordinated by the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC), enabling the SMM to pass along the M03 road between Svitlodarsk and Debaltseve. The Mission monitored and facilitated a transfer of funds from non-government to government-controlled areas in Luhansk region. It facilitated and monitored repairs and maintenance of essential infrastructure in Shchastia and to the Artema-Petrivske pumping station. The SMM visited one border area not under government control.

Twenty-one officers of the Tajik Border Troops and Afghan Border Police successfully completed a three-week training-of-trainers course on 6 September 2017 organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe...

Twenty four officers from the Tajik Border Troops completed a one-week workshop in Dushanbe on 1 September 2017 on the usage of technical equipment for authenticity verification of security documents. The workshop was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe...

Twenty-six women officials specialized in border security and management from Afghanistan and Tajikistan graduated from the Border Management Awareness Course at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) on 31 August 2017 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan...

DUSHANBE, 31 August 2017- Twenty-six women officials specialized in border security and management from Afghanistan and Tajikistan graduated today from the Border Management Awareness Course at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Increasing operational awareness to detect forged documents and imposters is the aim of a three-day advanced training course for border police officers organized by the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department with support from the OSCE Mission to Skopje, which started at the Police Training Centre in Idrizovo on 22 August 2017...