The aim of the conference is to assess the Police (and Customs) Co-operation Centres (P(C)CCs’) technical and operational capacity to identify the gaps to be addressed in order to provide for better co-ordination, co-operation and real time information exchange mechanism among the border security and management services in the region.
The Roundtable is specifically geared towards the Mediterranean region and will help showcase the important role that regional approaches and effective co-operation mechanisms can play in addressing cross-border challenges, to include those related to migration flows.
The objective of the meeting is to familiarize participants from OSCE participating States (Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine as well as Romania) with national and regional practices in joint operations, information sharing and needs in combating the phenomena of NPS.
The goal of the roundtable is to identify the required elements for the needs assessment to be conducted in Ukraine and for the potential technical assistance project/s.