GENERAL INFORMATION
 

Project title

Increasing Border Surveillance Capacity of Borders between Türkiye and EU – Phase II

Priority area

Democracy and Governance – Home Affairs

Beneficiary

Ministry of Interior Directorate General of Provincial Administration

Co-Beneficiary

Land Forces Command

Duration

18 months, 21December 2018–21 June 2020

EU contribution (Euro)

22.102.500

PROJECT SUMMARY

Brief description of the project and main objectives
 

Increasing border security and border surveillance by increasing the capacity of the Land Forces Command.

Location

Ankara, Kırklareli

Achievements / expected outputs

• Institutional capacity building
• Developing individual capacity
• Supply of surveillance towers for use in EU-Türkiye border
• Provision of 57 armored mobile surveillance vehicles
• Face-to-face training of 208 border personnel
• Training of 100 personnel through the distance education system