Libya Eubam Participation Tender

From 25 until 27 April 2023 the Border Management Unit of EUBAM Libya together with a Libyan delegation Libyan border guard and Libyan customs officer attended the World Border Congress 2023 in SkopjeNorth Macedonia. The World Border Security Congress is the premier multi-jurisdictional global platform where the border protection policy-makers management and practitioners convene annually to discuss the international challenges faced in protecting and managing borders. The Congress programme included high level discussions and a series of workshops for promoting greater collaboration on the international challenges. In addition there were fruitful discussions on the use of electronic border assistance systems to enhance the security of the borders.The 2023 World Border Security Congress brought together the worlds senior policy makers practitioners and players to discuss and debate the current and future issues facing border management including migration management.Currently Libyan border guards struggle to fulfil their tasks related to border surveillance with responsibilities to tackling cross-border crimes states Luis Puig EUBAM Libyas Head of the Border Management Unit. Libyan border guards are lacking of operational capabilities including equipment and require smart border technology which is not set up yet. The Libyan land borders are currently not entirely secured by the national border guards due to the lack of appropriate equipment staffing and special operation procedures.Therefore the Libyan border management officers attendance to the World Border Security Congress assisted them to be up to date on the latest policies challenges and resolving strategies facing integrated border management. The congress enabled the Libyan border management agencies attendees to receive the latest information to adjust their own policies and programs to further enhance the security of the borders. They also gained insights in to what the future holds for the management of migration and refugee movement as well as systems and technologies employed in fighting illegal border activities including drug weapon and human being trafficking.OutcomeThe overall objective of the attendance was to strengthen the operational capacity of the Libyan border management agencies at border crossing points BCPs and the areas between them to establish the knowledge of the benefits of the use of smart technology in the border control tasks border checks and border surveillance and to implement a smart border surveillance technology.Therefore the congress attendance aimed at improving the understanding of use of smart technology on border control and increasing the capacities of Libyan border and customs officers in charge in particular on better border surveillance better border control as well as better inspection of goods.