ICMPD-Review-2015

ICMPD Annual Report 2015
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Capacity Building
Countries of ICMPD´s Border Management Activities
national experts in Lebanon preparing contingency
planning at border crossing points with Syria – in the
long term this will contribute to the effective management
of people returning to Syria when the situation
allows. With the raise of terrorist threats and
appearance of foreign terrorist fighters, ICPMD´s
Com petence Centre for Border Management & Visa
(BMV) has started cooperation with the United
Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) to address
new trends relevant to border management
and state security. The importance of border man agement
is reflected also in a number of border manage
ment related activities under migration dialogues
(Rabat Process and Budapest Process/The Silk Route)
and multi-thematic projects such as one in Armenia
where migration and border management are implemented
under the umbrella of the Migration and
Border Management in Armenia (MIBMA) project.
Border management is no longer only a matter of
one agency, as no single agency or country can deal
with contemporary security threats. Our approach
includes all relevant actors in border management,
including civil society and border communities. In the
Sahel region (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauretania,
and Niger), border communities and state border
agencies play a significant role. Traditionally, border
management was reserved exclusively for the latter,
however with the introduction of a concept that aims
to integrate several players at the borders where
also other – equally important – actors have found
their role and place in 2015.