co-ordination of OSCE activities in the field of cross-border co-operation and countering
organized crime.
Border Management Staff College
Throughout 2012, the TNTD/BU consistently supported diverse capacity building training
events within the BMSC in Dushanbe by providing thematic input and serving as instructors.
Three four-week staff courses, addressing mid-level and senior management from border
security and management agencies, had priority and were successfully delivered. An
additional 24 courses were conducted for border officials on law enforcement-related border
activities and duties. During 2012, a total of 592 attendees, including officials from
participating States and Partners for Co-operation, were hosted by the BMSC.
Trafficking in Human Beings
Migration and readmission issues and trafficking/smuggling of human beings were
addressed during the Annual Meeting of the OSCE Border Security and Management
National Focal Point Network and through discussions by members of the Network. The
discussions resulted in the development of a formal working group on trafficking in human
beings that was planned to be facilitated by the TNTD/BU in 2013.
Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons
The TNTD/BU, in conjunction with the FSC Support Section (FSC/SS) in the OSCE
Secretariat, delivered a series of regional workshops that brought together officials from the
customs agencies and national export licensing authorities of participating States and
Partners for Co-operation. The workshops focused on the legal and illegal movement of
weapons and dual-use goods and compliance with UNSCR 1540, among other issues.
During the 2012 Annual NFP Network Meeting INTERPOL introduced its new database on
tracing illicit arms – iARMS – to the participants. Participants were provided with an
opportunity to exchange opinions on weapons tracing tools and present their national
experiences on INTERPOL and iARMS. The TNTD/BU and FSC/SS planned to follow up
with further activities on the tracing of illicit weapons during 2013.
Anti-Corruption
The TNTD/BU, in co-operation with experts from participating States, developed a course on
anti-corruption based on input from experts of the participating States during a workshop
under the NFP Network in 2011. A pilot course, hosted at the BMSC, was successfully
delivered in November 2012 by an OSCE expert. The BMSC has incorporated the course
into its standard offerings and planned to conduct it twice in 2013.
In co-ordination with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Mission to Moldova,
the TNTD/BU and the European Union Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) in Ukraine and
Moldova conducted meetings of the working group of selected representatives of the Border
Services of the two countries, including Customs Administrations, in order to develop a
curriculum on preventing and countering corruption. The TNTD/BU facilitated these meetings
with the provision of subject matter experts from participating States to assist with developing
the curriculum and tailoring the modules to the respective national structures.
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