From August 2 to 4, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia held a workshop in Bishkek for representatives of the border guard and law enforcement agencies of Kyrgyzstan on cooperation with INTERPOL. The participants familiarized themselves with legal, procedural and technical solutions for cooperation with and running of activities through INTERPOL.
On July 25, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia started a training of trainers (ToT) course for dog handling instructors specialising in drug searches in Latvia. H.E. Mr. Timur Primbetov, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Latvia, and Mr. Kristaps Eklons, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, took part at the opening of the event. The training course is a three-month event gathering five trainers, one from each country of Central Asia, and it aims to improve theoretical and practical knowledge during in-training of canine teams and service dogs used for daily border guarding tasks, including the detection of drugs.
From July 19 to 21 the Border Management Programme in Central Asia, in partnership with the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre for Combating the Illicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors (CARICC), held its second regional workshop for representatives of border guard services and law enforcement institutions of all five countries in Central Asia. The participants learned about modern methods and tools of crime analysis, information exchange and other forms of cooperation during investigation of cross-border organized crimes.
From 13 to 20 July 2022, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia held national workshops in Dushanbe and Bishkek on risk analysis for representatives of the border guard, customs and law enforcement agencies engaged in the border management of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The workshops introduced participants to the basic principles, applicable practices and regulations and joint border security risk analysis procedures based on the European experience and provided an overview of the national system, legal framework and approved activities necessary to develop the risk analysis systems.
From July 7-8, 2022 the Border Management Programme in Central Asia held a training on diaspora policies and reintegration for Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Migration and the Secretariat of the Migration Council, under the Speaker of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic. The training equipped the participants with the knowledge on the successful practices in the aforementioned areas, enabling them to apply the received information in further ameliorating their diaspora policies and the reintegration of returnees for the benefit of the local border regions’ development.
On July 4, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia has started a training of trainers (ToT) course for dog handling instructors specializing in explosive searches. Held in Lithuania, this three-month course gathers five trainers, one from each country of Central Asia. The ToT course aims to improve the theoretical and practical knowledge during in-training of canine teams and service dogs used for daily border guarding tasks, including detection of explosives.
From 4-5 July, 2022 the Border Management Programme in Central Asia organised a series of bilateral meetings with the Kyrgyz state authorities dealing with migration and border management, as well as local governance, followed by a Round Table “Roadmap for the Study on Cross-Border Circular Migration in Fergana Valley” in Bishkek to re-confirm the priority topics and the way forward for the Study.
From 20 till 24 June, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA) in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Programme for Central Asia (UNODC) and Law Enforcement in Central Asia Project (LEICA) held a training of trainers (ToT) on identification and profiling techniques for experts from law enforcement agencies of Kyrgyzstan. The training enhanced the knowledge and skills in the methodology of identification and profiling of foreign terrorist fighters, irregular migrants and drug traffickers.
From 20 to 23 June, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia organised a study visit to the Republic of Lithuania for senior level officers of the investigation units of the border guards, law enforcement agencies, prosecutors’ offices, national security agencies from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
