POLICY REPORT ON IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM IN LATVIA ...

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of the project and within the framework of sub-module "Training in the field of
counterfeit documents" of project module "Increasing of training capacity", to provide
several trainings to officials of the countries. the proposals were submitted to the
Eastern Partnership Division of the European Commission and received positive
feedback in the project evaluation meetings. implementation of the project is planned
till the end of 2012;
• On 13-17 September 2010, within the framework of the Border Management
Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA) which is financed by the European Commission
and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the
International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), training visit was
organised in the State Border Guard in order to introduce to a model of integrated
border management developed in Latvia, as well as best practices of cooperation among
institutions involved in provision of border security and control of movement of goods
on the Latvian state border. The event was attended by the highest rank officials of
border control institutions from the countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), as well as representatives of UNDP,
ICMPD. With the aim to participate as a trainer at the regional cynologists' training for
Central Asia border guard staff working with dogs who detect narcotic drugs and
explosives, an inspector of the Professional Preparation Division of the Cynology
Service, the College of the State Border Guard, was delegated to a work mission to
Uzbekistan (Tashkent) in October 2010;
The State Border Guard has signed cooperation agreements with Georgia, Moldova,
Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Belarus, on the basis of which regular cooperation is held among
management and experts of institutions.
Within its competence in 2010, criminal investigation units of the State Border Guard
have cooperated with related departments of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, as the countries of
origin of immigrants, as well as with related departments of Lithuania, Estonia and Finland as
the countries of transit of immigrants. 136
In order to ensure success of the Visa Code implementation process, in 2010,
representatives of competent institutions continued regular participation in the visa working
parties of the Council of the European Union and meetings of the Visa Committee organised by
the European Commission in Brussels, and informed consular officials in diplomatic and
136 Information provided by officials of the State Border Guard.