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

From September 20 to 22, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA10) held a national workshop/technical assistance mission on trade promotion in the framework of the European Union’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP+) for representatives of the Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Agriculture, State Customs Service, National Investment Agency and other governmental agencies of Kyrgyzstan.

• Thematic Component: 2. Improvement of Detection Capacities
• Country: Turkmenistan

From September 20 to 22, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA10) held a workshop for representatives of border guard services and law enforcement institutions of Turkmenistan, investigators and crime intelligence officers, specialising in investigations of cross-border crimes in the field of trafficking of firearms, their parts, explosives, ammunition, currency and other goods.

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

From 20-22 September 2022, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia, in partnership with the Programme Office of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, held a workshop in Astana on strategic risk analysis for the personnel of the Border service of national Security Committee, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan. 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 provides information on a systematic approach to data collection and analysis.

• Thematic Component: 2. Improvement of Detection Capacities
• Country: Kazakhstan

From September 13-15, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia held a regional workshop for the heads of investigation units of the law enforcement agencies, representatives of the prosecutors’ offices from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. This workshop promoted a common understanding and approach to the operation of Joint Investigation Teams (JIT) investigating cross-border crimes.

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

From September 13-15, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia held a workshop in Tashkent for the personnel of border agencies and training institutions.

This workshop aimed to increase the effectiveness of the training programmes of the Border Agencies of Uzbekistan by integrating e-learning solutions, based on the European Union Member States’ (EU MS) practices in the fields of introducing e-learning systems and developing the IT competence of teachers to create their own online courses.

• Thematic Component: General
• Country: Uzbekistan

• Thematic Component: General
• Country: Uzbekistan

From September 8-9, the first National Steering Group (NSG) meeting was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The meeting was aimed at reviewing the Programme’s progress for the year and to define plans for the upcoming period. For this purpose, the Programme’s leadership, representatives of the European Union and implementing partners met with the key partners, such as state agencies and international organisations.

• Thematic Component: 2. Improvement of Detection Capacities
• Country: Kyrgyzstan

From September 6 to 8, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA) held a workshop in Bishkek for the personnel of Forensic institutions and Crime Scene Investigation units of border guards and law enforcement agencies in Kyrgyzstan.