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United Nations Development Programme / Armenia
14 Petros Adamyan St., Yerevan 0010
Contact: Mr. Hovhannes Sarajyan, Communications Associate
Tel: +374 60 53 00 00
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.undp.am
Enhancement of the border management capabilities at Bavra -
Ninotsminda Border Crossing Point between Armenia and Georgia
Yerevan, 06 February 2013 - Today, UNDP in Armenia, the EU Delegation
to Armenia, the RA National Security Council and the State Revenue
Committee jointly presented the objectives and perspectives of the EU
funded and UNDP implemented "Enhancement of the border management
capabilities at Bavra - Ninotsminda Border Crossing Point between
Armenia and Georgia" project at an opening conference held at Tigran
Mets Hall of Marriott Armenia Hotel.
Representatives of diplomatic missions accredited to the Republic of
Armenia, international organizations, as well as the responsible
authorities of the border management agencies from Armenia and Georgia
attended the event.
Panel speakers included Arthur Baghdasaryan, Secretary of the National
Security Council, Patrice Coeur-Bizot, UNDP Resident Representative
a.i., Ambassador Traian Hristea, Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia,
and Gagik Khachatryan, Chairman of the State Revenue Committee of the
RA Government.
The project, with an overall budget of EUR 1,403,000, will introduce
European standards of integrated border management at the
Bavra-Ninotsminda border crossing point on the Armenia-Georgia border
and facilitate trade, transit and enhanced movement of people across
the border.
As part of the initiative, capacities of Georgian and Armenian border
agencies' staff at Bavra-Ninotsminda border crossing point will be
developed through professional skills trainings in a range of
subjects, including document security, risk assessment and profiling,
search techniques, international property rights and identification of
counterfeit goods, refugee law and asylum rights, shift management,
etc.
***
UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build
nations that can withstand crisis, and drive and sustain the kind of
growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. On the ground
in 177 countries and territories, we offer global perspective and
local insight to help empower lives and build resilient nations. UNDP
in Armenia has been established in March 1993 and supports the
government to reach national development priorities and the Millennium
Development Goals by 2015.
***
The European Union is made up of 27 Member States who have decided to
gradually link together their know-how, resources and destinies.
Together, during a period of enlargement of 50 years, they have built
a zone of stability, democracy and sustainable development whilst
maintaining cultural diversity, tolerance and individual freedoms. The
European Union is committed to sharing its achievements and its values
with countries and peoples beyond its borders".
United Nations Development Programme / Armenia
14 Petros Adamyan St., Yerevan 0010
Contact: Mr. Hovhannes Sarajyan, Communications Associate
Tel: +374 60 53 00 00
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.undp.am
Enhancement of the border management capabilities at Bavra -
Ninotsminda Border Crossing Point between Armenia and Georgia
Yerevan, 06 February 2013 - Today, UNDP in Armenia, the EU Delegation
to Armenia, the RA National Security Council and the State Revenue
Committee jointly presented the objectives and perspectives of the EU
funded and UNDP implemented "Enhancement of the border management
capabilities at Bavra - Ninotsminda Border Crossing Point between
Armenia and Georgia" project at an opening conference held at Tigran
Mets Hall of Marriott Armenia Hotel.
Representatives of diplomatic missions accredited to the Republic of
Armenia, international organizations, as well as the responsible
authorities of the border management agencies from Armenia and Georgia
attended the event.
Panel speakers included Arthur Baghdasaryan, Secretary of the National
Security Council, Patrice Coeur-Bizot, UNDP Resident Representative
a.i., Ambassador Traian Hristea, Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia,
and Gagik Khachatryan, Chairman of the State Revenue Committee of the
RA Government.
The project, with an overall budget of EUR 1,403,000, will introduce
European standards of integrated border management at the
Bavra-Ninotsminda border crossing point on the Armenia-Georgia border
and facilitate trade, transit and enhanced movement of people across
the border.
As part of the initiative, capacities of Georgian and Armenian border
agencies' staff at Bavra-Ninotsminda border crossing point will be
developed through professional skills trainings in a range of
subjects, including document security, risk assessment and profiling,
search techniques, international property rights and identification of
counterfeit goods, refugee law and asylum rights, shift management,
etc.
***
UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build
nations that can withstand crisis, and drive and sustain the kind of
growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. On the ground
in 177 countries and territories, we offer global perspective and
local insight to help empower lives and build resilient nations. UNDP
in Armenia has been established in March 1993 and supports the
government to reach national development priorities and the Millennium
Development Goals by 2015.
***
The European Union is made up of 27 Member States who have decided to
gradually link together their know-how, resources and destinies.
Together, during a period of enlargement of 50 years, they have built
a zone of stability, democracy and sustainable development whilst
maintaining cultural diversity, tolerance and individual freedoms. The
European Union is committed to sharing its achievements and its values
with countries and peoples beyond its borders".