Project Overview This extra-budgetary project, implemented by the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department/Border Security Management Unit (TNTD/BSMU), aims to support OSCE participating States (pS) and Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation (PfC) in strengthening the capacity of their frontline officers to identify and prevent the movement of suspected Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) and high-risk individuals, as well as to identify and protect potential victims of cross-border crimes, while upholding the principles of international human rights and fundamental freedoms, and embracing gender- and age-sensitive approaches.
Project Background Terrorist groups, FTFs and perpetrators of cross-border crimes pose a significant threat to international peace and security. They use both legal I Identity Management and Travel Security
and illegal pathways to cross borders and to plan and execute not only terrorist acts, but also various types of serious and organized transnational
II crimes including, but not limited to, trafficking in human beings, small arms Behavioural Analysis and and light weapons (SALW) and conventional ammunition (CA), drugs, and Interviewing Techniques other illicit goods. Additionally, emergency situations, such as earthquakes, floods and human-made disasters, are often exploited as opportunities for cross-border criminal activities. Addressing these threats requires well-trained frontline officers who are equipped to detect, prevent and react to any situation arising at the border. III Crisis Management
As a response, in 2016, the OSCE established the multinational OSCE-Led Mobile Training Team which, alongside experts from other international
IV organizations such as Frontex, INTERPOL and UNOCT, deliver training Addressing Illicit courses aimed at strengthening the skills of law enforcement, border, Trafficking of SALW & CA migration, and customs officers to efficiently address these threats. In 2022, the MTT expanded its efforts with the development of a comprehensive, five-module training programme designed to conduct national and regional training initiatives at the request of interested pS, contributing to the efficient and effective management of borders and V Combating the Trafficking in Human Beings overall security of the OSCE area. OSCE-Led Mobile Training Team The OSCE-Led MTT consists of active law enforcement and border officers from OSCE pS and PfC, along with experts from Frontex, INTERPOL and UNOCT. The team can be rapidly deployed through the OSCE area, at the request of pS, to provide specialized courses for frontline officers on the above-mentioned threats, with a focus on: identity management and travel security, behavioural analysis and interviewing techniques, crisis management at borders, identifying and addressing trafficking in SALW and CA, and combating trafficking in human beings, with a strong emphasis on human rights principles and gender- and age-sensitive approaches in border control procedures.
Why choose the OSCE-Led Mobile Training Team? The MTT stands out for its multinational composition and ability to rapidly deploy across the OSCE area, delivering actionable and tailored training courses that meet the specific needs of the requesting country to prevent and counter terrorism and cross-border crime, while also fostering inter-agency and international co-operation. The modular structure of the MTT’s training programme enables countries to identify their training priorities based on the risk profiles and areas requiring enhancement, ensuring resource optimization while avoiding the duplication of efforts. Furthermore, the MTT provides training-of-trainers and mentoring activities, supporting law enforcement educational institutions in integrating segments of the MTT training material into their existing national education curricula. This approach fosters local ownership of the provided expertise, ensures the sustainability of results and creates a long-term impact on national law enforcement capabilities, while contributing to the overall security of the OSCE area.
We offer: Beneficiaries: • An interactive and engaging tailored State agencies responsible for border training approach security and transnational threat • Peer learning and exchange of real- prevention, including officers from: life cases and experience of the MTT • Law enforcement trainers • Border services • Knowledge of evolving threats and actionable tools, methodologies and • Customs administration resources that can be implemented • Counter-terrorism agencies and immediately at the borders representatives of accredited law • Strengthening of inter-agency and enforcement training institutions international co-operation
Geographic Focus: Partners: The project scope includes OSCE pS and Mediterranean The project is implemented in co-operation with the OSCE PfC, focusing on South Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe field operations, government entities in the beneficiary and Central Asia. pS and Mediterranean PfC, and partner organizations (INTERPOL, Frontex, UNOCT), to ensure the sustainability of results and ownership of the process by the beneficiaries, as well as increased synergies between stakeholders.
Donors: SDG Contribution:
https://www.osce.org/node/580567