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Mongolian women border officials complete OSCE course on border security and management
Publishing date: 6 March 2015
Twenty-five women officials from the Mongolian border-related agencies completed a five-day training course in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on 6 March 2015 on border security and management. The course was organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department...
Spot report by OSCE Observer Mission: Seventeenth Russian convoy crossed into Ukraine and returned back through Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 5 March 2015
Content type: Spot report
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
On 04 March 2015 at 07:21hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 83 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 17:18hrs on 04 March.
OSCE trains Tajikistan law enforcement agencies on combatting organized crime
Publishing date: 20 February 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 20 February 2015 – Twenty-six officers from the Tajik border troops, the State Committee for National Security, the Ministry of Interior, Drug Control Agency and Customs Service completed a two-week training course today on combating organized crime, organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan.
OSCE Border Management Staff College hosts regional training course by World Customs Organization
Publishing date: 30 January 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 30 January 2015 – The OSCE Border Management Staff College hosted the World Customs Organization’s (WCO) Programme Global Shield (PGS) regional training course from 26 to 30 January 2015 in Dushanbe...
Tajik border law enforcement agencies complete risk analysis, profiling and management training course
Publishing date: 30 January 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 30 January 2015– Twenty-five officers from border, customs and interior agencies of Tajikistan completed today a one-week training course on risk analysis, profiling and management for combating transnational threats...
Weekly update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10:00 (Moscow time), 28 January 2015
Publishing date: 29 January 2015
Content type: Weekly report
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). Overall cross-border traffic flows slightly increased at both BCPs. The OM continued to observe a number of persons in military-style clothing crossing the border in both directions.
OSCE Border Management Staff College launches first educational event of 2015
Publishing date: 27 January 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 27 January 2015 – The first learning course of a six-month blended programme for instructors from the border academies of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan was held on 20-27 January 2015 at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) in Dushanbe...