ENPI EAST/ WORKSHOP IN BAKU BRINGS TOGETHER BORDER GUARDS FROM AZERBAIJAN AND GEORGIA

Cooperation at border crossing points was the focus of a workshop in Baku last month,
 organised by an EU-funded Eastern Partnership project on cooperation in the fight against
 illegal migration. The workshop on green borders brought together border guards and
 border police officers from Azerbaijan and Georgia, as well as representatives of the
 national training institutions and experts from the Hungarian Ministry of Interior and
 Polish Border Guard. The main objective of the workshop was to exchange experience of
 cooperation in border management and professional training.
 
 The workshop started with an exchange of current practices in cooperation with other
 agencies working at the border. International cooperation, mainly with neighboring
 countries, was also on the agenda, as well as the topic of human rights in border management,
 the press release said.
 
The workshop also tackled issues of basic education and in-service training of the border guard and police staff of the four represented countries, showcased by a visit to the Academy of the State Border Service of Azerbaijan. Following a presentation of the training systems in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Hungary and Poland, participants discussed possible modalities of cooperation with other training institutions in the Eastern Partnership region and with the project partners in EU member states.
 
On the last day, participants discussed the needs, challenges and opportunities of inter-agency/international cooperation and education...(link)