From 2 - 4 April 2025, national representatives from across East Africa gathered for the launch of the Regional Working Group on Advance Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Name Record (PNR) Data (EA RWG) in Nairobi, Kenya. The establishment of this new Regional Working Group aimed?to support Member States across the region to respond to fast-evolving terrorism-related threats.
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An OSCE-organized regional workshop on the management of border crossing points located along transit corridors in Central Asia, held in a blended format, took place from 4 to 6 March 2025 in Ashgabat. The workshop brought together, online and in-person, officials from the five Central Asian countries’ border security and customs management, migration, law-enforcement, veterinary, phytosanitary and sanitary epidemiological services and agencies.
Through the?flagship United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel (‘CT Travel’) Programme, the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM),?partnered with the Ministry of Interior of the State of Qatar to organize a regional workshop in Doha, Qatar from 27 to 29 January 2025.
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- Border Security and Traveler Screening workshop for Iraq
- Building National Capacities to Counter Terrorist Travel: A Side Event on the UN Countering Terrorist Travel Programme
- CT Travel Concludes Second Meeting of South-East Asia Regional Informal Working Group on API and PNR
- CT Travel Programme Donors Forum: Highlighting Achievements, Impact and Lessons Learned
- CTED resumes on-site assessment visits on behalf of the Counter-Terrorism Committee with first comprehensive visit to Bulgaria
- Consultation with Nigeria on the establishment of an Advance Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Name Record (PNR) System
- FOSTERING REGIONAL COOPERATION TO SUPPORT THE DETECTION OF TERRORISTS AND OTHER SERIOUS CRIMINALS USING PASSENGER DATA: SOUTH EAST ASIA REGIONAL INFORMAL WORKING GROUP (IWG)
- Fostering Regional Cooperation To Support The Detection Of Terrorists And Other Criminals Using Passenger Data: Western Africa Regional Informal Working Group (IWG) (IWG)
- Fostering Regional Cooperation to Support the Detection of Terrorists and other Criminals Using Passenger Data: First Meeting of the Southern Africa Regional Informal Working Group
- Fostering regional cooperation to support the detection of terrorists using passenger data: Meeting of the Western Africa Regional Informal Working Group (IWG)
- From Take-Off to Landing – UNOCT and UNODC AIRCOP partner under the UN Countering Terrorist Travel Programme to build Member States capacities
- IOM and UNOCT Hold Border Governance Workshop for Law Enforcement Agencies in Nigeria
- Launch of new Eastern African Regional Working Group to foster cooperation on the detection of terrorists and other serious criminals using passenger data
- Management of border crossing points located along transit corridors in Central Asia discussed at OSCE regional workshop in Turkmenistan
- Norway Launches Passenger Information Unit with the Support of the United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel Programme
- OSCE and UNOCT events support States in responsibly using passenger data to identify and detect terrorists and serious criminals
- OSCE and UNOCT host back-to-back conferences to discuss ways to responsibly use passenger data to prevent travel of foreign terrorist fighters
- Passenger data exchange to counter terrorist travel focus of OSCE-UN seminar (10 November 2023)
- Second in-person International User Community Meeting on goTravel
- Setting-up a passenger information unit and processing API and PNR: Regional Workshop for the Middle East and North Africa
- Strengthening national capacities to detect the travel of terrorists and other serious criminals using passenger data: First Meeting of the West Africa Regional Informal Working Group (IWG)
- The UN Countering Terrorist Travel Programme Strengthens Djibouti’s Border Security and Counter-Terrorism Capacities
- 麻豆传媒 Countering Terrorist Travel Programme to Support Samoa to Utilize Passenger Data Exchange Systems
- UNOCT CT Travel Programme-OSCE B2B Seminars (4th Meeting of the Eastern European Informal Working Group (EE IWG) on Passenger Data / 8th Passenger Data Seminar)
- UNOCT and IOM partner with Qatar to foster regional cooperation on the detection of terrorists and other serious criminals using passenger data
- UNOCT and the Philippines delivers a maritime pilot test on the establishment of API and PNR system in Palawan
- United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel Programme Delivers An Interactive Training For Togo On Advance Passenger Information (API), And Passenger Name Record (PNR) Data
- United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel Programme Delivers an Interactive Training for Namibia on Advance Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Name Record (PNR) Data
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