On July 11, 2017 at the Administration of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine the Third Steering Committee Meeting of the Twinning Project “Support to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in further development IBM approaches for travel document verification and stolen motor vehicles detection” was held.
The Project is implemented by the Administration of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in joint cooperation with the German Federal Police, State Border Guard Service at the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania and Polish Border Guard.
The Project is aimed at the strengthening capacity of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in combating illegal migration and countering corruption that will contribute to effective implementation of the Integrated Border Management System according to the best standards, models and practices of the European Union.
Deputy Director of the Department for the State Border Protection of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Anatolii Makhnyuk presented the main achievements of project implementation and stressed its relevance in the context of the introduction of a visa-free regime in Ukraine.
Head of Operations Section 1 “Good Governance and Democratisation” of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Martin Klaucke underlined the strategic significance of the project and expressed the hope that the effective implementation of the project would positively influence the acceleration of the process of integration of the State Border Service into a European law-enforcement field and increase its ability to counter current threats at the state border.
MS Project Leader Thomas Osterroth in his turn outlined main activities that were held during the reporting period. At the same time, there were discussed ways to create a strategic intergovernmental group on coordination of integrated border management activities and a draft Guide on the organization of appraisal of operational activities of the Border Guard Administration. The proposals of development of the integrated border management system in Ukraine were also agreed on.
During the meeting further steps for adaptation of the national legislation and departmental regulations to the models of the European integrated border management model were defined.
In addition, RTA Daniel Farrell thanked to the project partners for the harmonious and coordinated cooperation as well as identified plans for the next reporting period.
First Deputy Head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Vasyl Servatiuk in the final speech admitted that the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine highly appreciates the European Union experience in the area of integrated border management and it is ready to implement the best European practices taking into account national peculiarities and actual threats to the national security.
EU Member States experts for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, representatives of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine also attended the event.
On behalf of the Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to the Standards of the European Union Deputy Head of the Projects Management Unit Inna Bielobratova took part in the meeting.
For reference:according to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On Approval of the Procedure for Initiation, Preparation and Implementation of the Twinning projects” as of October 11, 2016 No 700 the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service coordinates the implementation of Institution Building Instrument Twinning in Ukraine.
In addition, according to the relevant regulatory acts the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service is the national coordinator of institutional building instrument TAIEX implementation in Ukraine.
In order to provide effective coordination of Twinning and TAIEX instruments the Twinning Programme Administration office in Ukraine was created, its functions are executed by the Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to Standards of the European Union.
The Project “Support to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in further development IBM approaches for travel document verification and stolen motor vehicles detection” consists of the following three components:
– Component 1 – Assistance in monitoring and evaluation of the new IBM Strategy and Action Plan implementation;
– Component 2 – Improvement of the border checks systems including IT solution in line with the EU models and best practices;
– Component 3 – Approximation of the national legislation and practice in the field of stolen motor vehicles detecting to the standards of the EU Acquis.
