Joint Virtual Workshop on Border Security Management (BSM): Best Practices and Effective Cross-Border Cooperation
15-16 December 2020
Wednesday 16 December 2020
The workshop has two objectives:
- Firstly, the current state of border security management and regional cooperation in East and West Africa will be profiled. This includes discussing international and regional responsibilities in the field of border security management, best practices and successful strategies, as well as factors detrimental to effective border security management in the two regions.
- Secondly, the workshop aims at discussing specific needs and measures to overcome identified obstacles to effective border security management in East and West Africa. Likewise, ways to promote identified best practices and successful approaches will debated. The results of the discussion are supposed to be translated into concrete actions that will define the way forward.
A short summary of the meeting to follow.