Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ANKARA1794
2009-12-17 10:08:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING WORKSHOP,
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UNCLAS ANKARA 001794
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
JUSTICE FOR OPDAT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER SNAR AL BU GR MK TU
SUBJECT: EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING WORKSHOP,
FEBRUARY 10-12, 2010
UNCLAS ANKARA 001794
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
JUSTICE FOR OPDAT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER SNAR AL BU GR MK TU
SUBJECT: EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING WORKSHOP,
FEBRUARY 10-12, 2010
1. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Embassy Ankara will host a
three-day regional counterterrorism workshop for law enforcement
officials and prosecutors from Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania
and Greece, February 10-12, 2010. Embassy Ankara requests
assistance from addressee embassies to ensure appropriate
participation in the event. See para 6. END SUMMARY AND ACTION
REQUEST.
2. (SBU) The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of
Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training (OPDAT) and
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),the DOJ International Criminal
Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP),Department of
State S/CT, and the NATO Center of Excellence are sponsoring a
series of regional training workshops focusing on counterterrorism
and border security beginning in February 2010 for law enforcement
officials and prosecutors from Eastern Mediterranean countries. The
first three-day regional workshop is scheduled for February 10-12,
2010, in Ankara, Turkey. The countries invited to the February
event are: Turkey, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, and the
United States.
3. (SBU) The February session is expected to be the first in a
series of similar regional workshops for the same five Eastern
Mediterranean countries. Subsequent sessions will address related
issues. Ideally, the participants of the February session will also
attend subsequent sessions.
4. (SBU) Separately invited speakers will give presentations and
lead discussions on sub-topics related to: trends in terrorism,
cross-border cooperation, biometric crime-fighting tools, terrorist
financing, and document fraud. The conference will be designed so
that the participating countries can share their own best practices,
discuss how they share information with other countries, and offer
ideas on ways to improve cross-border cooperation and information
sharing, particularly in terrorism cases. The workshop is intended
to provide an opportunity for countries in attendance to develop
stronger crime-fighting relationships, build partnerships, and learn
from one another's best practices.
Logistics
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5. (SBU) Each invited country is asked to send up to ten
prosecutors and law enforcement officers (preferably in equal
numbers) with experience in the fields of counterterrorism and
border security. Participants will be expected to give short
presentations on the topics set forth in para 4, as relevant to
their country. English speakers are preferred, but interpretation
services will also be provided. Airfare and lodging will be
provided by conference sponsors. Participants will stay at the
Ankara Sheraton Hotel, which is also the workshop venue. POC for
the event is Embassy Ankara Resident Legal Advisor Mike Lang
langmj@state.gov. Tel: 90-312-457-7272.
6. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST. Embassy Ankara requests that embassies in
Sofia, Skopje, Tirana and Athens reach out to Justice Ministries and
law enforcement agencies in their host countries to convey the
invitation contained in this message. Please ask that the names and
CVs of candidates be provided to Ankara POC by January 10, 2010.
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
JUSTICE FOR OPDAT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER SNAR AL BU GR MK TU
SUBJECT: EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING WORKSHOP,
FEBRUARY 10-12, 2010
1. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Embassy Ankara will host a
three-day regional counterterrorism workshop for law enforcement
officials and prosecutors from Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania
and Greece, February 10-12, 2010. Embassy Ankara requests
assistance from addressee embassies to ensure appropriate
participation in the event. See para 6. END SUMMARY AND ACTION
REQUEST.
2. (SBU) The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of
Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training (OPDAT) and
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),the DOJ International Criminal
Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP),Department of
State S/CT, and the NATO Center of Excellence are sponsoring a
series of regional training workshops focusing on counterterrorism
and border security beginning in February 2010 for law enforcement
officials and prosecutors from Eastern Mediterranean countries. The
first three-day regional workshop is scheduled for February 10-12,
2010, in Ankara, Turkey. The countries invited to the February
event are: Turkey, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, and the
United States.
3. (SBU) The February session is expected to be the first in a
series of similar regional workshops for the same five Eastern
Mediterranean countries. Subsequent sessions will address related
issues. Ideally, the participants of the February session will also
attend subsequent sessions.
4. (SBU) Separately invited speakers will give presentations and
lead discussions on sub-topics related to: trends in terrorism,
cross-border cooperation, biometric crime-fighting tools, terrorist
financing, and document fraud. The conference will be designed so
that the participating countries can share their own best practices,
discuss how they share information with other countries, and offer
ideas on ways to improve cross-border cooperation and information
sharing, particularly in terrorism cases. The workshop is intended
to provide an opportunity for countries in attendance to develop
stronger crime-fighting relationships, build partnerships, and learn
from one another's best practices.
Logistics
--------------
5. (SBU) Each invited country is asked to send up to ten
prosecutors and law enforcement officers (preferably in equal
numbers) with experience in the fields of counterterrorism and
border security. Participants will be expected to give short
presentations on the topics set forth in para 4, as relevant to
their country. English speakers are preferred, but interpretation
services will also be provided. Airfare and lodging will be
provided by conference sponsors. Participants will stay at the
Ankara Sheraton Hotel, which is also the workshop venue. POC for
the event is Embassy Ankara Resident Legal Advisor Mike Lang
langmj@state.gov. Tel: 90-312-457-7272.
6. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST. Embassy Ankara requests that embassies in
Sofia, Skopje, Tirana and Athens reach out to Justice Ministries and
law enforcement agencies in their host countries to convey the
invitation contained in this message. Please ask that the names and
CVs of candidates be provided to Ankara POC by January 10, 2010.