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OSCE completes 13th EU-funded training course on sustained field operation capacity for Tajik border officers
Publishing date: 23 November 2021
A four-week training course on sustained field operation capacity for border officers of Tajikistan’s Border Troops was completed on 18 November 2021 in Dushanbe. The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in co-operation with Tajikistan’s Border Troops organized the course, which was funded by the European Union.
Roundtable discussion on Border Security and Management in the wake of the later developments in Afghanistan at OSCE Border Management Staff College
Publishing date: 22 November 2021
The OSCE’s Border Management Staff College (BMSC) held a roundtable discussion on 19 November 2021 to examine the security and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and the current and potential threats it poses to the Central Asian Region and beyond.
OSCE concludes a refresher course for document security instructors
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
A five-day OSCE-supported refresher course for 20 border service’s document security instructors concluded in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 12 November 2021.
Afghanistan and the new border security landscape in focus of Central Asian Border Management Initiative 2021
Publishing date: 9 November 2021
Recent developments in Afghanistan and related transnational threats in the Central Asian region were the focus of the 16th Central Asia Border Management Initiative (CABMI) Conference held on 8 and 9 November in Vienna.
Preventing and countering corruption at border in focus of OSCE-supported Regional Anti-corruption Platform annual meeting
Publishing date: 5 November 2021
Recent developments, challenges and achievements in preventing and countering corruption at the border were in focus of the two-day annual meeting of the OSCE-supported Regional Anti-corruption Platform, which concluded on 3 November 2021 in Vienna.
OSCE organizes training course on seaport security management in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 5 November 2021
Modernization of seaport control procedures following the COVID-19 pandemic was the focus of an OSCE-organized online training course that took place from 1 to 5 November 2021.
OSCE-supported Specialized Training Customs Office in Kyrgyzstan acquires new international status
Publishing date: 4 November 2021
The World Customs Organization (WCO) and the State Customs Service (SCS) of Kyrgyzstan signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 3 November 2021 in Bishkek. WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya and SCS Chairperson Adilet Kubanychbekov signed the document that grants the status of WCO regional training center to SCS training and specialized canine unit.