1. EuropeAid EUCAM Conference 2-3 March 2009 EC support to border management in Central Asia Patrick Doelle Governance, Security, Human Rights and Gender EuropeAid Cooperation Office European Commission

2. EuropeAid Why does the EC support border management reforms in Central Asia? Following the break up of the Soviet Union and the creation of 5 new states with thousands of kilometers of new borders: o Improve conditions for trade o Ensure Security (i.e. fight against drug trafficking) o Promote regional integration Border Management in Central Asia (BOMCA) Central Asia Drug Action Programme (CADAP)

3. EuropeAid Integrated Border Management (IBM) These 3 aspects (trade, regional cooperation, security) are covered by the concept of IBM developed by the EC: balance between trade facilitation and border control effective and integrated system for: intra-service cooperation (between border crossing points and with central level) inter-agency cooperation (between customs, border guards and other competent authorities) international cooperation (in particular between neighbouring countries)

4. EuropeAid BOMCA/CADAP activities (2001-today) BOMCA: >25MCADAP: >21M construction/rehabilitation of infrastructure (border crossing points along trade routes, training centres,…) equipment training/study tours (incl. to EU) reinforcement of dog training capacity creation of drug profiling units legal assistance institutional reform/support to the elaboration of border management strategies support to regional cooperation and coordination

5. EuropeAid Border crossing point road Almaty/Bishkek

6. EuropeAid Dog training centre Tashkent

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8. BOMCA/CADAP results and challenges In spite of many immediate BOMCA/CADAP outputs and outcomes (e.g. 7 BCP/BP constructed; 9 BCP/BP renovated; 10 training centres constructed; 13 DPU created), several challenges remain for the future: sustainability professionalisation of border guards security situation change in mentality towards IBM