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Thematic Component: 1. Institutional Development of Border Control Agencies

Country: Uzbekistan

From 14 to 16 June 2022, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia held a technical mission in form of a national workshop in Tashkent, on the development of Integrated Border Management Strategy and its implementation plan for representatives of Border Troops of the State Security Service, Border Faculty of the Armed Forces Academy, State Customs Committee, including the Customs Institute, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, including the Academy, State Committee of Veterinary and Livestock Development and other related agencies of Uzbekistan. The workshop familiarised participants with the advantages of an integrated approach to border security and developed recommendations on the strategy framework and key elements, including its implementation plan.

Thematic Component: 3. Facilitation of Trade

Country: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan

From 3 to 8 June, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia held national workshops in offline and hybrid formats in Nur-Sultan and Ashgabat on trade facilitation for veterinary and phytosanitary services of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.

Thematic Component: 4. Improvement of Cross-Border Cooperation

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

The Border Management Programme in Central Asia (Phase 10) kindly reminds of the announced Call for Proposals for civil society and non-governmental organisations working in the border regions of the Central Asian states. The combined value of the grants under this call will be up to 300 000 EUR.

The Programme will particularly support initiatives that are targeting more than one Central Asian country, submitted by organisations from two or more countries, and implemented in a cross-border context. Extra attention will also be paid to initiatives that are endorsed by or that are going to be implemented in close cooperation with relevant local authorities.

Thematic Component: 3. Facilitation of Trade

Country: Kyrgyzstan

From May 24 to 26, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia held a workshop in Bishkek for customs officers of the Kyrgyz Customs Service on different transit systems, their requirements and application. The activity improved customs transit efficiency through the introduction of relevant international legal instruments and good practices in this area.

Thematic Component: 2. Improvement of Detection Capacities

Country: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan

From May 18-25, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia organised national workshops for the law enforcement agencies of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on human rights and gender issues. The workshops promoted and fostered the assurance of legal guarantees and human rights protection in the law enforcement system, its democratisation and the implementation of preventive measures against gender-based violence.

Thematic Component: 3. Facilitation of Trade

Country: Tajikistan

From May 17-19, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia organised a technical assistance mission and a roundtable in Dushanbe to introduce cooperation models between government institutions and business associations in Tajikistan. The assistance targeted Tajik national professionals from the Custom Service under the Government, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Veterinary and Phyto-Sanitary Service and business and trade associations of the Republic of Tajikistan.

Thematic Component: 1. Institutional Development of Border Control Agencies

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

From 17 to 19 May 2022, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia held a regional workshop in Tashkent on strategic risk analysis for representatives of the law enforcement agencies engaged in the border management of Central Asian countries. The workshop developed a strategic approach to risk analysis as a key decision-making tool in identifying, assessing and minimising risks.

Thematic Component: 2. Improvement of Detection Capacities

Country: Kazakhstan

From 17-19 May, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia held a workshop in Nur-Sultan on the investigation of cross-border crimes such as trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants. The workshop targeted the representatives of the investigation and criminal intelligence units of the Committee of National Security, Border Service, Ministry of the Interior Affairs Border Guard Academy and Academy of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Kazakhstan, specialising in investigating trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants.  This is the second workshop of its kind conducted by the BOMCA Programme in the Central Asian region, following similar activity this year in Kyrgyzstan.