The
project consisted of four components and during the 2 years of its
implementation it covered 14 planned activities in total. These activities addressed
harmonisation of the relevant BiH IBM legislation with EU standards,
enhancement of the monitoring structure for the implementation of the IBM
Strategy, the harmonisation of the work of the border agencies, the development
of common risk analysis and the support of data and information exchange
between the border management agencies. In this
course, among other activities, practical trainings from different work domains
were conducted, such as “Processing of Common Risk Analysis, “Fight against
Urgent Incident Cases at Border Crossing Points”, “Specific Control Procedures”
and "Common Integrated Border Management”.
The project
was jointly funded by the European Union in amount of 1.425.000€ from the Instrument
for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA), and BiH Ministry of Security in amount of
75.000€. The Austrian Agency for European Integration and Economic Development
(AEI) in partnership with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development(ICMPD) ensured qualified and experienced
experts from Austria, Germany, Finland, Slovenia and Hungary for project's
implementation. The duration of the project was 24 months and main beneficiaries
were the agencies and institutions involved in Integrated Border Management in
BiH, namely BiH Ministry of Security, BiH Border Police, BiH Indirect Taxation
Authority, Service for Foreigners’ Affairs, State Veterinary Office, State
Plant Health Administration of BiH, and the three Border Inspectorates established
at the entities level and the Brcko District.
Both
twinning partners pointed out that
the project represents a significant step forward for BiH towards its road to
the European family. The project provided administrative assistance and brought
BiH into wider contact with the diversity of good practices inside the EU. In
this sense, the beneficiaries of the Project were given the opportunity at the
spot to be informed about the daily work of border
agencies within several EU Member States.
The
relationship and cooperation between all involved in the project, both from EU
and BiH, was very professional and productive.
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