From 11 to 13 October, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia, BOMCA 10, organised a short-term traineeship in Latvia for representatives of the Customs Institute of the State Customs Committee of Tajikistan.  

The objective of the traineeship was to upgrade the qualifications and competencies of the academic and training staff of the Customs Institute.

In the framework of this event, the participants visited the International Business and Customs Institute of Riga Technical University and the National Customs Board of the State Revenue Service of Latvia. Participants were introduced to the training system under the programme “Customs and Tax Administration” of the Riga Technical University and the system for improving the professional qualifications of employees of the State Revenue Service of Latvia. The participants also learned from the experience of developing customs areas relevant to the specialisation of the participants.

As part of the activity, participants and experts from Latvia drafted recommendations to improve the training and professional development of customs officers in Tajikistan and agreed to strengthen cooperation with the academic staff of Riga Technical University in research and development in customs areas relevant to the trainees' specialisations.

Similar workshops were implemented for Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.