Georgia, EU sign agreement on cooperation in border management training

Using the European Union's experience, Georgia is going to establish effective, efficient and integrated border management systems in order to reach the goal of open but controlled and secure borders.

For this purpose, Georgia and other Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine) have signed an agreement with European Union (EU) member states in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on cooperation among border management training institutions.

The agreement aims to strengthen and facilitate cooperation in the field of education and basic/advanced training of border guards in all EaP countries and EU member states.

This agreement was a key achievement of the EU-funded EaP SIPPAP (supporting the implementation of the Prague Process Action Plan) project for cooperation in the fight against irregular migration, which held its final event in Tbilisi.

The EaP SIPPAP project contributes to strategic and operational cooperation in the EaP region in the area of cross-border crime prevention, with a special focus on irregular migration.