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Border delimitation and demarcation topic of OSCE meeting in Central Asia
Publishing date: 11 July 2013
A two-day seminar on delimitation and demarcation in Central Asia was organized by the OSCE in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan on 4 and 5 July...
Tajik customs officials learn from Finnish experience in OSCE-organized study visit
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities, Border management
A five-day study visit to Finland for senior customs and trade officials from Tajikistan ended in Helsinki on 31 May 2013...
OSCE-supported workshop in Armenia focuses on use of biometric passports to curb the movement of terrorists
Publishing date: 22 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
YEREVAN, 22 May 2013 – Participants at a workshop in Yerevan today discussed ways to prevent terrorists and other criminals from crossing borders with forged travel documents...
Officials from Central Asia, Afghanistan discuss cross-border co-operation with Lithuanian counterparts at OSCE-supported event
Publishing date: 12 November 2012
Twenty-one officials from the border guard, border police and customs agencies of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan took part in an OSCE-organized seminar at the State Border Guard School in Medininkai in south-eastern part of Lithuania, which concluded on 9 November 2012...
OSCE holds workshop for customs agencies on trusted trader programmes
Publishing date: 20 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities, Border management
DUSHANBE, 20 September 2012- A three-day regional training workshop on the implementation of an Authorized Economic Operator programme and the use of ICT and non-intrusive inspection methods by customs agencies started at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe today...
Ministers in Vienna adopt declaration on border security in Central Asia, agree to further enhance border management co-operation
Publishing date: 17 April 2012
Participants of the 10th Conference of the Central Asia Border Security Initiative (CABSI) held in Vienna adopted a Ministerial Declaration on 17 April 2012...
Open and secure borders in Central Asia essential for ensuring stability, combating transnational threats, say participants at OSCE-supported meeting
Publishing date: 16 April 2012
VIENNA, 16 April 2012 – Participants of a ministerial-level, OSCE-supported meeting of the Central Asia Border Security Initiative (CABSI) that started in Vienna today, stressed the need to join efforts to counter transnational threats while ensuring open and secure borders in the region...