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

From June 20 to 22, the EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) held a national seminar in Bishkek for representatives of the customs/border departments and educational institutions on cargo scan image analysis in Kyrgyzstan.

• Thematic Component: 4. Improvement of Cross-Border Cooperation
• Country: Uzbekistan

From 20 to 21 June, the EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) organised a seminar for the central and local authorities from 14 regions of Uzbekistan involved in child protection processes.

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

From June 13 to 15, the EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) held a Regional workshop in Astana for the heads and key employees of the Customs agencies of the Central Asian countries.

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

From 12 to 14 June, the EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) in partnership with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) held a national training of trainers (ToT, basic level) on document security in Turkmenabad for the officers and teaching staff of the State Migration Service and the State Frontier Service of Turkmenistan.

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

From June 05 to 08, 2023 the EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) held a national workshop for crime intelligence officers in Kyrgyzstan.

• Thematic Component: 4. Improvement of Cross-Border Cooperation
• Country: Kazakhstan

From May 31 to June 01, 2023, in cooperation with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Programme Office in Astana, the EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) organised a training session on Countering Trafficking in Human Beings, applying modern digital tools for the operative officers from several border and central regions of Kazakhstan and teaching staff of the Karaganda Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, named after Barimbek Beisenov. The training session was organised in the framework of the Programme’s Component 4 aimed at improvement of cross-border cooperation, with the focus - on advancing human rights and support to vulnerable groups, such as victims of human trafficking, amongst other issues.

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

From May 30 to June 01, EU-funded Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) held a workshop on trade promotion in the framework of the EU Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) for representatives of the competent authorities of Tajikistan responsible for registration, control, and providing administrative cooperation with the EU by verifying documents of origin and preparing information for exporters.

• Thematic Component: General
• Country: Tajikistan

Deputy Project leader of BOMCA 10 Mr. Vladimirs Zaguzovs and BOMCA 10 Regional Manager Mr. Maris Domins have visited Tajikistan and met with the representatives of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, EU Delegation to Tajikistan as well as national programme counterparts and international partners to discuss the implementation process as well as priorities for the future cooperation within framework of BOMCA programme.