From September 21 to 28, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA10) held national workshop followed by technical assistance on the improvement of customs processes and e-services, related to electronic submission and processing of customs documents, as well as the development of a “single window” in Central Asian countries.
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.
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 29 to 30 June, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia organised a technical assistance mission to Dushanbe on the development and implementation of a distance learning concept and equipping the training facilities of the Customs Administration of Tajikistan. The European expert team was represented by an expert on information technologies, the Head of the Information Technology Department of Riga Business School and an expert on organization of training, the Professor of the International Business and Customs Institute of Riga Technical University.
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.
As part of the Call for Proposals within Component 4 of the BOMCA Programme, a video recording of the 2nd Information Session, which took place on 13 June, was released. The meeting provided details on the technical and administrative aspects of the application process, as well as featured a question and answer session to answer questions from potential applicants. You can watch the video in Russian in the repository on the BOMCA 10 website.
From 15 to 17 June, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia organised a study visit to Latvia for the representatives of the Border Guard Training Institution and Centres from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The objective of the study visit was to take part in the international scientific and practical events and to study the European Union’s educational approaches, exchange experiences and strengthen the institutional partnership among Border Guard Training Institutions of Central Asia and Latvia.
