News and press releases

VIENNA, 12 April 2018 – Current trends and challenges in securing and managing borders were highlighted at the two-day 12th Annual Meeting of the OSCE Border Security and Management National Focal Points Network, which opened today in Vienna, gathering more than 60 participants from across the OSCE region...

An OSCE-supported five-day cross-border training seminar on risk profiling at border checkpoints, which began in Karasu, Kazakhstan on 26 March 2018, is nearing conclusion.

The OSCE’s Mobile Training Team delivered an interactive training course on identifying foreign terrorist fighters to 20 female and male border and security officers from Tajikistan from 13 to 15 March 2018 in Dushanbe...

A two-day Border Security and Management Workshop concluded in in Dushanbe, on 14 March 2018. Its aim was to enhance Tajikistan’s capability to effectively manage its borders, disrupting illicit trafficking and terrorism threats, while also allowing for growth and development of commerce.

The OSCE Border Management Staff College marked a milestone in its work when it concluded the 20th Border Management Staff Course in Dushanbe on 9 March 2018. It was the first event to be conducted in the new phase of the OSCE BMSC project.

How to set up a national Advance Passenger Information (API) system to detect and deter the movement of foreign terrorist fighters was the focus of a four-day consultation between the OSCE and relevant Montenegrin authorities, which concluded in Podgorica on 8 March 2018...

A five-day training course for some 30 Tajik customs officers from all over the country on the detection of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials at border checkpoints concluded on 2 March 2018 in Dushanbe.