Dushanbe, 02.04.2016. (NIAT “Khovar”). Twenty-five officials from border security and management agencies of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on April 1 have completed a week-long workshop at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on the role of effective border delegates.

According to OSCE Office in Dushanbe, the course was organized by the Border Management Staff College and the Political-Military Department of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan highlighted that border delegates of national agencies are officials who are assigned according to international agreements for maintaining effective border management, cross border co-operation and resolving border-related incidents.

During the course, participants focused on analysing the existing types of delegated authority and international border delegate co-operation models, ways to identify problem-solving approaches, effective methods for the unilateral and bilateral investigations of incidents, organizing and conducting border representation meetings, as well as border representative apparatus along with its structure and responsibilities.

On the last day of the workshop OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier also addressed participants as part of his official tour of the region.