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Working for regional security and economic development
The EU Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine (EUBAM) contributes to the delivery of good quality border and customs services to the citizens and companies of Moldova, Ukraine and the European Union. Together with border guard and customs services of Moldova and Ukraine the Mission facilitates people-to-people contacts, legitimate trade and security. Mission’s funding comes from the European Commission. Administrative and logistical support is provided by the United Nations Development Programme.
EUBAM observes what goes on at the border and helps the Moldovan and Ukrainian border guard and customs services to harmonise border management with European standards. In cooperation with Moldovan and Ukrainian partners EUBAM helps to tackle smuggling, illegal migration, and other criminal activity taking place across the common border, in particular involving the Transnistrian segment. The Mission’s role is technical and advisory.
Established in November 2005 at the joint request of the Presidents of Moldova and Ukraine, the Mission assists with the modernisation of management of the Moldovan-Ukrainian border and contributes towards the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict.
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What EUBAM does
Over 200 staff members of the Mission work along 1222 km of the Moldovan-Ukrainian border. This includes more than one hundred customs and border guard experts from 22 EU Member States; representatives of several CIS countries in the UNDP contingent, and staff from Moldova and Ukraine. The Mission’s experts are located in six field offices: Basarabeasca, Chisinau, and Otaci in Moldova and Kotovsk, Kuchurhan, and Odesa Port in Ukraine. The Mission has its headquarters in Odesa, southern Ukraine.
The Mission’s activities are:
- Day to day on the job advice and training
- Specific on the job training e.g. forged documents recognition, car searching etc.
- Development of risk analysis
- Analytical overview on border security
- Connecting Moldova and Ukraine to the best EU practice in border management through experts and study visits
An Advisory Board assess and guides the work of the Mission. Its members include senior representatives of the of the Border Guards and Customs Services and Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Moldova and Ukraine, UNDP, the EU Special Representative for Moldova, the EU Presidency and the OSCE. The Ministries of Justice and Internal Affairs, Prosecutor’s Offices and Security Services of Moldova and Ukraine and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) have the status of observers at the Advisory Board meetings.
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