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Capacity building of Border Police in field of dog handling

Theme: Cooperation in border management, identity and travel documents, fight against illegal/irregular migration and trafficking in human beings
Time-frame: From: December 2018 To: September 2019
Geographic scope: To support border management capacities of Moldova in the area of dog handling and approximate them with standards of the Member States of the EU
Objectives: To increase theoretical knowledge and practical skills of K-9 figurants regarding the service dog training methods and tools.
To support capacity building of dog handlers service.
Indicators/Outcomes: K-9 figurants acquired knowledge on the latest methods in the service dog training.
BP dog handling service received equipment for optimal K-9 figurants training conditions.
Main activities: 1. Three theoretical and practical workshops were conducted in the Republic of Moldova for K-9 figurants of the General Inspectorate of Border Police with the participation of two experts from the Dog Handling Service Centre of the State Border Guard College of Latvia. In total, 12 figurants (10 from Moldova and 2 from Georgia) were trained on the topics related to the EU training methodology of service dogs. Workshops were preceded by a kick-off meeting of the action manager with relevant stakeholders in the partner country;
2. Conducting of a training session for K-9 figurants of the General Inspectorate of Border Police of Moldova at the Dog Handling Centre of the State Border Guard College of Latvia. K-9 figurants of the General Inspectorate of Border Police of Moldova were introduced to the Latvian experience of training of figurants and service dogs, preparation of training modules, organization of evaluation.
3. Three practical workshop for K-9 figurants of the General Inspectorate of Border Police and Latvian State Border Guard College, carried out in Georgia;
4. Procurement of specialised equipment for ensuring training, including the following items: 4 laptops, protection suits, protection sleeves for arms and legs, motivation objects, biting pillows, whips with leather grip.
Beneficiaries: General Inspectorate of Border Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republic of Moldova.
Border Police of the Ministry of Interior of Georgia.
Project partners (implementing institution): International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), Latvia (LV)
Contact person: Uldis Barkans
Chief of the dog handler's service:
Tel: +37164603687, mob.:+37129237755
e-mail: uldis.barkans@rs.gov.lv
General Inspectorate of Border Police of the Ministry of Interior, Moldova:
Andrei Teut
Tel: 022-264-508
e-mail: andrei.teut@border.gov.md
Funding source, budget: European Union through Mobility Partnership Facility
Monitoring/Evaluation: If the Contracting Authority carries out an interim or ex post evaluation or a monitoring mission, the Coordinator shall undertake to provide it and/or the persons authorised by it with any document or information which will assist with the evaluation or monitoring mission, and grant them the access rights as they need it.
If either the Beneficiary(ies) or the Contracting Authority carries out or commissions an evaluation in the course of the Action, it shall provide the other with a copy of the evaluation report.

Project funded by the European Union

Project implemented by the International Organization for Migration, Mission to Moldova

The project is implemented in partnership with the Government of Republic of Moldova

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