ACBC attends the 2nd Intra-Regional Forum on Migration in Africa - Lusaka Zambia

ACBC is currently attending the 2nd Intra-Regional Forum on Migration in Africa.

Under the Theme: “Fostering Regional Integration: Facilitating Trade and Human Mobility through Enhanced Border Management.” the Government of Zambia, African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) hosted a three-day Conference to discuss and make recommendations to pave a way forward to facilitating trade and human mobility.

The overall objective of the Pan African Forum is to contribute to the implementation of the AU African Common Position on Migration and Development; adopted in Banjul, Gambia in 2006. The specific objective of this Pan African Forum to be held in Lusaka to contribute to enhancing capacities of the African governments and Institutions to facilitate intra-regional migration, human mobility and free movement of goods and services through improved integrated border management. The Lusaka meeting will provide a migration cooperation platform to share information, experiences, lessons, good practices and strategies on removing barriers to trade and human mobility in order to boost intra-Africa trade.

This Pan African Forum is a joint initiative of the African Union Commission (AUC), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in collaboration with Government of Zambia, the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), AU Member States and relevant partners.

Marcellino Ramkishun-MMS from IOM Tanzania(second from left), and the African Capacity Building Centre explaining the need for a robust Training and Capacity building initiative for One Stop Border Posts-OSBP and how this is vital to the successful daily operation of an OSBP

ACBC staff Marcellino Ramkishun on the site visit to the Chirundu One stop Border Post, this a jointly operated facility on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia

MIDAS Installation and User Training for Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso officials

En ce moment même, les informaticiens des autorités Maliennes, Nigériennes et Burkinabés sont formées à l'installation, la configuration et l'utilisation du système MIDAS, au sein du bureau IOM African Capacity Building Centre - ACBC en Tanzanie.

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IT experts from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are currently being trained for MIDAS system installation, configuration and use within IOM ACBC office facility in Tanzania.

ACBC Training in Djibouti and border assessment in Djibouti/Somali Border

December 2015 Midas Installation Training.

From 14 to 18 December, 2015, ACBC held a “MIDAS installation training”. Participants included immigration IT officers from: Tanzania, Egypt, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Chad, DRC and Senegal.

MIDAS (Migration Information and Data Analyses System) is IOM’s non-commercial border management information system, available for interested States globally

IBM (Identity Border Management) expert and trainer Niko Pepanashvili in session

Trainees paying a close attention

Certificate giving session with IBM (Integrated Border Management) Specialist Mr Marcellino Ramkishun

Proud holder of certificate

Proud holder of certificate

Participants Group Photo

Get together party at Marcellino's residence

IOM MIDAS Mobile Kit

MIDAS, the Migration Information and Data

Analysis System developed by IOM, is designed to

collect, process and store travellers’ information

at entry and exit border posts for the purpose

of identification, collection and analysis. MIDAS

aims to enhance border facilitation and boder

movement control through information gathering

and connection to national and international

alert lists, including Interpol’s I-24/7 Global

Communication System and its Stolen and Lost

Travel Documents (SLTD) database. MIDAS

provides high quality performances for States

that do not have or currently operate an

inadequate data capture system at their borders.

IOM has created a mobile version to be used in remote ares without reliable power supply or for quick temporary intervention without the need to install desktops and networks

Capturing data with MIDAS Mobile Kit

Data analysis and processing with MIDAS Mobile KIT

ACBC Hosted CCCM/DTM Trainings

ACBC hosted the Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) and Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) trainings at the centre.  The six day trainings were held simultaneously, on 31/08- 05/09/2015. The centre hosted 70 participants from IOM headquarters in Geneva and IOM field offices, from all over the world. 

ACBC/ Nairobi Airline Immigration Liaison Training

At the request of the Kilimanjaro Regional Immigration office, ACBC in collaboration with the Nairobi Airline Immigration Liaison Office(NAIL), conducted training for Immigration and Customs Officers working at the borders. The three day training was held from, 07/09 to 09/09/2015, at the Tanzania Regional Immigration Training Academy, in Moshi. The training was for building capacity on Security Document and Fraud Detection, for border officials from Kilimanjaro International Airport, Holili One Stop Border Post and Taveta Border. 

Kunt Balazs Colleague from NAIL leading a sesstion

ACBC Training Specialist Nelson Goncalves instructing on ID Management

Final remarks from NAIL instructor

Concluding remarks from Regional immigration officer Mr Mwanguku E K.

Participants were awarded certificates

Participants proudly displaying their certificates