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TunisiaEU assists Jordan in strengthening border management
The Integrated Border Management (IBM) project was launched on 18 November in Amman, Jordan. The event was attended by the Director of General Security, General Fadel Al-Homoud, Ms. Maria Hadjitheodosiou, EU Ambassador to Jordan, Ms. Cristina Albertin, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Representative for the Middle East and North Africa, Mr Julien Simon, Regional Coordinator for the Mediterranean at the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), representatives of the security services operating at the border posts, international partners, and NGOs.
The project comes within the framework of the EU program to support the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to develop an integrated approach in border management and to strengthen capacities to counter transnational crime and enhance trade traffic for Jordanian land, sea and air border centres.
In the four years of implementation period, IBM will contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and more specifically, it will contribute to a significant reduction of the illicit financial and arms flows, strengthen the recovery and return of stolen assets and combat all forms of organized crime while strengthening the relevant national institutions capacity, at all levels to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime.
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