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

From December 14 to 16 the Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) held a national workshop in Ashgabat on risk analysis for representatives of the border guard, customs, law enforcement agencies and other state agencies engaged in the border management of Turkmenistan.

• Thematic Component: 4. Improvement of Cross-Border Cooperation
• Country: All region, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

From 13 to 15 December 2022, in Almaty the Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) held an advanced training on project management cycle for Central Asian non-governmental organization (NGOs).  

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

From 6 to 8 December 2022, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) held a workshop in Astana for representatives of the border guard and law enforcement agencies of Kazakhstan on cooperation with INTERPOL. The participants familiarized themselves with legal, procedural and technical solutions for cooperation with and running of activities through INTERPOL.

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

From December 5 till 8, 2022, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) held a national training of trainers (ToT, basic level) on document security in Ashgabat.

• Thematic Component: General
• Country: Kyrgyzstan

On 7^th December the Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA10) officially handed over various assets to the Department of Chemicalization and Plant Quarantine and Veterinary Service under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Kyrgyzstan.

• Thematic Component: 2. Improvement of Detection Capacities
• Country: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

From December 5 to 7, 2022, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) held a bilateral workshop for representatives of investigation units of the law enforcement agencies and prosecutor's offices from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. This activity aimed to analyse the current practices of information and evidence exchange in cross-border crime investigations in Central Asian countries with a major focus on Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, and evaluate problematic aspects of information and evidence exchange in the investigation of cross-border crimes.

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

From November 29 till December 2, 2022, the 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 Termez. The training session aimed at enhancing the capacity of trainers and instructors with the expertise in document authenticity verification and advancing their skills in detection of forged documents.

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

From November 29 to December 1 the Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) organised a technical assistance mission to Ashgabat, in the form of a national workshop for the representatives and “single window” coordinators of the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan. The workshop was devoted to enhancing of customs processes and e-services, related to the electronic submission and processing of customs documents, as well as the development of the “single window”.