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Workshop on Asset Recovery Offices Welcome. The TAIEX Instrument of the European Commission (Technical Assistance Information Exchange Instrument) Michel BEUNEN DG Enlargement. Mission Statement.
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Workshop on Asset Recovery Offices Welcome
The TAIEX Instrumentof the European Commission(Technical Assistance Information Exchange Instrument)Michel BEUNEN DG Enlargement
Mission Statement support beneficiary countries in understanding, transposing, implementing and applying EU policies, legislation, rules –the acquis European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit
Partners • Pre-accession assistance: Candidate countries (Croatia, Iceland, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Turkey) ; Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo UNSCR 1244, Serbia) • MEDA – TACIS and Russia European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit
Main forms of assistance • Seminars/Workshops • Expert Missions • Study Visits
Justice and Home Affairs • All acquis in the area of Justice, Liberty and Security • External borders, Schengen • Judicial cooperation in civil matters • Judicial cooperation in criminal matters • Fight against organised crime and terrorism • Police cooperation • Fight against trafficking in human beings, drugs and money laundering • Asylum and Migration
How much would it cost ? • TAIEX covers all the costs related to the provision of its assistance • TAIEX can consider the opportunity to co-organise events together with Institutional stakeholders and/or other donors • TAIEX can quickly deliver the requested assistance European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit
TAIEX in Turkey Requests from Turkey: = 141 requests received in 2011. Total events 2011: = 120 study-visits/expert missions and workshops for Turkey. Justice and Home Affairs: = 50 events: data protection, regional courts of appeal, human rights, border management, combating organised crime, etc…
TAIEX workshops: December Workshop on Strengthening Cooperation between Turkey and EU in combatingirregular migration - 60 participants Workshop on Intellectual property crime with Europol/Interpol - 60 participants Workshop on Status/Selection of personnel for prisons and Probation - 100 participants Workshop on ARO – 80 participants
Thank you. For further information please visit our web-site http://taiex.ec.europa.eu or write to elarg-taiex@ec.europa.eu European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit