OSCE holds workshop on border re-demarcation best practices in Dushanbe

The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organized a workshop on border re-demarcation best practices for 21 border officials from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan from 6 to10 August 2018 in Dushanbe.

International experts from Belarus, the European Union and a representative of the OSCE Secretariat conducted the workshop, presented and compared international experiences and best practices, and provided recommendations for improving joint activities.   

Border officials from border delimitation and demarcation commissions learned about the legal frameworks of international boundaries and specific national and bilateral experiences of co-operation related to practices from across the OSCE region.

“The OSCE is helping to build the capacity of Tajik and Uzbek border officials by providing high-quality training courses in a number of key areas,” said Vyacheslav Abramets, OSCE Border Management Officer. “This workshop provided essential human and technical skills for border officials for a conflict prevention and confidence building measures in disputed border areas.”

The event was organized as a follow-up to the OSCE-wide seminar on re-demarcation practices in the OSCE area that took place in November 2017 in Minsk, Belarus.