2.4 TNTD/Borders Security and Management Unit Background The OSCE Secretariat, through its dedicated Border Security and Management Unit of the Transnational Threats Department, promotes a comprehensive and cross-dimensional approach to border security and management in accordance with the Border Security and Management Concept (BSMC) adopted in Ljubljana in 2005 (MC.DOC/2/05 of 6 December 2005). In 2014, the TNTD/BSMU further promoted the implementation of the 2005 OSCE Border Security and Management Concept. Key platforms such as the OSCE Border Security and Management National Focal Points (BSM NFP) Network and Border Management Staff College (BMSC), along with regional training and capacity development activities, helped to improve co-operation in border security and management between participating States. TNTD/BSMU interactions with field operations also helped to facilitate and improve cooperation between participating States and Partners for Co-operation in this area. Border Management Staff College Throughout 2014, the TNTD/BSMU consistently supported diverse capacity building training events within the Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe by providing thematic input and serving as instructors. On 8-9 May 2014, TNTD/BSMU participated and contributed to the first female BSMC Staff Course. A total of 25 women leaders from Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Mongolia completed their first week of study for the four-week course covering a wide range of subjects relating to border security and management. The TNTD led an interactive discussion with the participants regarding emerging transnational threats impacting border security and management. In September 2014, TNTD/BSMU, in co-operation with the BMSC, led efforts to launch the Training Support Network (TSN) initiative, which aimed to link specialized national border guard/police and customs training institutions with the TNTD/BSMU and BMSC. The OSCE/BMSC conducted three four-week staff courses, including one for women leaders, addressing mid-level and senior management from border security and management agencies. In September 2014, the BMSC, in co-operation with the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), launched its Pilot Border Security and Management for Senior Leadership (BSMSL) one-year distance-learning course for 22 participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Algeria and Tunisia. The comprehensive course curriculum covers three modules on Modern Security Challenges and Border Management, Leadership and Management, and Current and Emerging Trends in Border Security Management. Seventeen additional courses were conducted for border officials on a range of border security and management related issues, such as drug trafficking and all the other forms of trafficking; anti-corruption; cross-border interdiction; drug precursor identification; customs controls through risk management; and non-intrusive inspection technologies. During 2014, a total of 464 attendees, including officials from participating States and Partners for Co-operation, were hosted by the BMSC. 43