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• Thematic Component: 1. Institutional Development of Border Control Agencies
• Country: Tajikistan

On September 2, the EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) handed over a sets of distance learning equipment to the Institute of Advanced Studies of the State Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan. The total value of the handed over equipment amounted to 11,838.66 EUR.

• Thematic Component: 1. Institutional Development of Border Control Agencies
• Country: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan

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. 

• Thematic Component: 3. Facilitation of Trade
• Country: Tajikistan

In Dushanbe, on August 26-28, the EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) organised seminar on classification of goods in accordance with the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, developed by WCO.

• Thematic Component: 1. Institutional Development of Border Control Agencies
• Country: Tajikistan

On August 20, the EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) handed over a sets of distance learning equipment to the Border Institute of the Border Troops of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan. The total value of the handed over equipment amounted to 12, 093.00 EUR.

• Thematic Component: 4. Improvement of Cross-Border Cooperation
• Country: All region, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Following the established good practice of cooperation with the NGOs from Central Asia and based on the results of a highly competitive selection process, BOMCA selected and provided EU funding to 12 projects in the framework of its second Call for Proposals.

• Thematic Component: 2. Improvement of Detection Capacities
• Country: All region, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

On July 1, in Lithuania and Latvia, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) started the second round of the 12-weeks Train – the – Trainers (ToT) training course for K9 instructors of five Central Asian countries. It is important to recall that these programme activities are aimed at improving dog handling instructors’ theoretical knowledge and practical skills for the training of dog handling teams and service dogs, used for daily border guarding, customs control and law enforcement tasks.

• Thematic Component: 3. Facilitation of Trade
• Country: All region, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

From July 9 to 11, the EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA10) organised a study visit to the EU (Latvia) regarding implementation of border control procedures under EU requirements, including a demonstration of best practices of inter - agency cooperation mechanisms at various levels of command, as defined in the National IBM strategy of Latvia.

• Thematic Component: 1. Institutional Development of Border Control Agencies
• Country: Tajikistan

On July 9, the EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) officially handed over a specialised set of equipment for document examination to the “Poytakht" Training Centre of the Border Troops of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan.