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Thematic Component: 1. Institutional Development of Border Control Agencies

Country: Turkmenistan

From July 26-28, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia held a national workshop in Ashgabat that enhanced the cooperation between border guard, migration and customs authorities of Turkmenistan. The workshop also optimised the border and customs controls at checkpoints across the state border. This is the fourth workshop of its kind conducted by the BOMCA Programme in the Central Asian region, following similar activities implemented this year in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Thematic Component: 3. Facilitation of Trade

From July 19 to 21, 2022, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia organised a technical assistance mission, in the form of a meeting on analysis of the current customs legislation in the transit area, gathering experts from the EU Member States and Tajik national experts on the development of a national transit declaration/control system. The mission assisted the Tajikistan Customs Administration with reviewing existing national transit systems, in applying the Transit Internationaux Routier (TIR) Convention, identifying gaps in legislation and relevant administrative instructions on transit regimes, and developing recommendations for further improvement. This mission continues a series of national activities in the region – similar workshops were implemented in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in 2021 and Kyrgyzstan in March 2022. 

Thematic Component: 2. Improvement of Detection Capacities

Country: All region, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

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.

Thematic Component: 1. Institutional Development of Border Control Agencies

Country: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

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.

Thematic Component: 1. Institutional Development of Border Control Agencies

Country: Uzbekistan

From 13 to 15 July 2022, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia held a workshop in Tashkent on strategic risk analysis for representatives of the border guard, customs and law enforcement agencies engaged in border management in Uzbekistan. The workshop aimed to familiarise participants with the principles and methodology of the Common Integrated Risk Analysis Model used in the European Union (EU) and to provide information on a systematic approach to data collection and analysis.

Thematic Component: 4. Improvement of Cross-Border Cooperation

Country: Kyrgyzstan

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.

Thematic Component: 2. Improvement of Detection Capacities

Country: All region, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

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. 

Thematic Component: 3. Facilitation of Trade

Country: Uzbekistan

From July 5-7, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia organised a technical assistance mission on inter-agency cooperation between Customs and Phytosanitary, Veterinary services involved in border control at border checking points. The assistance is targeted at the representatives of the Agency of Plant Protection and Quarantine, State Committee of Veterinary and Livestock Development and State Customs Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan.