From September 30 to October 1, the EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) held a national workshop in Kazakhstan for first line officers dealing with the profiling of potential traffickers of human beings and of smugglers.
On September 24, the closing ceremony of BOMCA #ToT course for dog handling instructors from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan (specializing in the search for explosives, ammunition, and weapons) took place at the Canine Center of the State Border Guard College of Latvia.
On September 23, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia completed its training of trainers (ToT) course for dog handling instructors specializing in the search for drugs. The 2nd round of ToT was organized within the framework of BOMCA Programme’s Component 2, “Improvement of detection capacities to counter cross-border crime”.
From September 16 to 17, the EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10), held a national workshop in Astana for officers from analytical units of border and law enforcement agencies of Kazakhstan responsible for risk analysis and crime identification.
On September 16, the EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia organised a regional online workshop on profiling at border checkpoints.
The EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) starts its National Steering Group meetings where jointly with the beneficiaries it reviews milestones reached in the past year as well as agrees on plans for the final year of implementation.
In Latvia, from September 3-5, the EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) organised a study visit on transit-related questions for the representatives of Customs Services in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, which are responsible for developing a national transit strategy/policy and have expertise in the field of application of the transit/TIR procedures in their countries.
Since 2011, under the BOMCA organized framework of the “Issyk-Kul Initiative”, Central Asian border agencies come together regularly in a regional forum for cooperation and information exchange in the field of border security in Central Asia.
On August 21, the EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) officially handed over two quadcopters to the Border Service of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan. The total value of the transferred equipment amounted to 59,950.00 EUR.
