Dushanbe, 18.03.2016. (NIAT “Khovar”). — Effective leadership and management techniques were the focus of a week-long training course, which concluded today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

According to OSCE Office, the course aimed at advancing leadership, management, communication, skills as well as at defining and promoting the role of leadership in the modernization of an organization.

Twenty mid- to senior-ranking border security managers from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Germany, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Portugal, Romania, Tajikistan and Ukraine as well as four national programme officers of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan participated in the training course.

Participants learned about the role of a manager in sustainable organizational development, instruments for effective communication and enhancing employees’ motivation, as well as conflict management techniques.

Participants gave presentations on specific subjects, showcasing their skills as leaders, while experts Robert Glöckl, Expert/ Deputy Head of the National Frontex point of contact in Austria and Petru-Iulian Valianu, rainer at School for Basic and for Further Training for Border Police Personnel in Iasi, Romania, evaluated their performance and provided feedbacks.