June 25, 2010 INTEGRATED BORDER MANAGEMENT TRAINING IN UZBEKISTAN TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, 25 June 2010 – Over the course of five days, twenty-two representatives of the Uzbek border management agencies (the State Border Guards Committee under the National Security Service, the Military Customs Institute, the Phyto-Sanitary, the Veterinary and the Quarantine Control Services) participated in an Integrated Border Management (IBM) skills training workshop. It was organised with the support of the EU-UNDP BOMCA assistance programme together with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD).

June 5, 2010 FIRST DOG HANDLERS COMPETITIONS HELD IN ALMATY Almaty, 5 June 2010 – Today fourteen Border Guard dog handlers from Central Asia, Russian Federation and Azerbaijan were awarded prizes and certificates upon completion of their training.

June 2, 2010 NATIONAL TRAINING ON DRUG TRAFFICKING FOR DRUG PROFILING UNITS IN TAJIKISTAN Khudjant, Tajikistan, 2 June 2010 – The EU-UNDP Border Management in Central Asia (BOMCA) Programme organized a national training on intelligence gathering and risk analysis in the area of drug trafficking.

May 28, 2010 CENTRAL ASIAN BORDER GUARDS STUDY EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE IN BORDER MANAGEMENT Warsaw (Poland), 28 May 2010 – A study tour for eighteen senior representatives of Central Asian border guard agencies, organised by the EU-UNDP Border Management in Central Asia (BOMCA) assistance programme in partnership with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), ended today.

April 30, 2010 INTEGRATED BORDER MANAGEMENT TRAINING HELD IN KAZAKHSTAN Merke Train Station, Kazakhstan, 30 April 2010 – Over the course of five days, thirty four representatives of border management agencies (Border Service- and Customs Service) from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan participated in an Integrated Border Management (IBM) skills and Drug and Precursors Detection at border crossing points (BCP) training sessions, organised with the support of the EU-UNDP BOMCA assistance programme in partnership with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD).

April 16, 2010 CENTRAL ASIAN BORDER GUARDS VISIT THE FEDERAL POLICE ACADEMY IN GERMANY Luebeck (the Federal Republic of Germany), 16 April 2010 – A study tour for 19 representatives of Central Asian border management agencies (border guards and customs officers), organised by the EU-UNDP Border Management in Central Asia (BOMCA) assistance programme in partnership with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), ended today

March 19, 2010 INTEGRATED BORDER MANAGEMENT TRAINING HELD IN KYRGYZSTAN Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 19 March 2010 – Over the course of five days, twenty-five representatives of the Kyrgyz border management agencies (the Border Service, the Phyto-sanitary, the Veterinary and the Customs Services) participated in an Integrated Border Management (IBM) skills training workshop, organised with the support of the EU-UNDP BOMCA assistance programme in partnership with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD).

March 12, 2010 NATIONAL TRAINING IN DRUG TRAFFICKING ISSUES HELD IN ALMATY Almaty, 12 March 2010 – The EU-UNDP Border Management in Central Asia (BOMCA) Programme hosted a national training on intelligence gathering and risk analysis in the area of drug trafficking.

March 3, 2010 A REHABILITATION CENTRE FOR DRUG ADDICTED CONVICTS INAUGURATED IN KYRGYZSTAN Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 3 March 2010 – Today the EU-UNDP Central Asia Drug Action Programme (CADAP) handed over to the State Sentence Execution Service a refurbished and equipped building of the Rehabilitation and Social Adaptation Centre located at the prison # 31 in Moldovanovka village.

February 26, 2010 REHABILITATION CENTRE FOR DRUG ADDICTED CONVICTS INAUGURATED IN TURKMENISTAN TEJEN (Turkmenistan), 26 February 2010 – The EU-UNDP Central Asia Drug Action Programme (CADAP) handed over a refurbished and equipped building of the rehabilitation centre at the Labour and Treatment Facility in the city of Tejen to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan.