Turkmenistan Holds National Workshop on Integrated Border Management Strategy

A national workshop on developing the Integrated Border Management Strategy and its Implementation Plan was held in Ashgabat, organized by the EU-funded BOMCA 10 Programme.

Participants from Turkmenistan state institutions ensuring border security such us border and migration control, criminal intelligence and investigation, customs and phyto-veto control were familiarised with the advantages of an integrated approach to border security, The Caspian Post reports citing foreign media.

In the result of workshop, recommendations on the elaboration of strategic framework such as a national Strategy and its implementation plan will be developed.

The Integrated Border Management Strategy identifies risks and threats, determine national agencies and their role in combating cross-border crime, set efficient cooperation mechanisms, and areas of development for agencies to address security challenges such as illegal migration and trafficking in persons, terrorism, drugs, smuggling and other cross - border threats.

The workshop is implemented in the framework of EU-funded BOMCA 10 Programme in cooperation with UNOCT and UNCCT.