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OSCE and UN Office of Counter-Terrorism discuss ways to responsibly use passenger data to prevent return of foreign terrorist fighters
Publishing date: 30 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Border Security and Management Unit and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) organized the fourth OSCE-wide Seminar on Passenger Data Exchange on 29 and 30 October 2020, bringing together more than 250 passenger data experts from OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation...
Crisis management focus of 14th Annual Meeting of OSCE Border Security and Management National Focal Points Network
Publishing date: 28 October 2020
The current global health crisis and associated challenges for border agencies, as well as transnational threats triggered by the pandemic, were the focus of the two-day Annual Meeting of the OSCE Border Security and Management National Focal Points Network, which concluded on 28 October 2020.
OSCE conducts online regional workshop on delimitation and demarcation practices for the South-East European region
Publishing date: 15 October 2020
A three-day online regional workshop on delimitation and demarcation practices for the South-East European OSCE participating States concluded on 15 October 2020. The event was organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and focused on maritime boundaries.
OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime sign 2020-2022 joint action plan
Publishing date: 17 July 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada Fathi Waly signed a plan of joint action for the period 2020-2022 today at UNODC in Vienna...
Verification of identity and identification of forged documents focus of OSCE-supported training course for Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 21 February 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
A five-day training course on the identification of forged documents and verification of persons’ identities for members of the Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) concluded on 21 February 2020 in Sarajevo. The event was organized jointly by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the OSCE Mission to BiH...
OSCE Secretariat and International Civil Aviation Organization strengthen co-operation to foster aviation security
Publishing date: 20 December 2019
The OSCE Secretariat and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), agreed to strengthen their co-operation on facilitating air transport and enhancing border security in a Memorandum of Understanding signed on 21 November 2019...
OSCE and INTERPOL discuss ways to strengthen co-operation in countering transnational threats
Publishing date: 5 December 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
BRATISLAVA, 5 December 2019 – A high-level side event on “Border Security and Counter-Terrorism” was held today on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Bratislava. The panel discussion focused on the long-standing co-operation between the OSCE and INTERPOL and was attended by high-level representatives of the two organizations.