Local Venue Support Services and Event Management of TAIEX Workshop on the Set-Up of a Police and Customs Cooperation Centre in Jericho.

Project Overview

IBF International Consulting provides logistical support for seminars, workshops and other training events in East and Southeast Europe as well as in the European Neighborhood countries benefiting from the EU-financed TAIEX project. TAIEX stands for (Technical Assistance and Information Exchange), which is an instrument providing short-term technical assistance to the EU pre-accession process in the field of approximation, application and enforcement of the EU community acquis and related issues. TAIEX is demand driven and draws heavily on EU Member States’ administrations and institutions to make experts available for its activities. These include workshops, expert missions and study visits. The main objective of the workshop was to improve cooperation between Customs and Police acting under the Palestinian General Administration for Borders Crossing by sharing EU standards and best practice so as to reinforce its capacities to prevent and fight against border crimes and fraud.Based on the foregoing, IBF has contracted GCT to provide LVS services and manage the workshop during its duration in Jericho.The key responsibilities of the LVS expert is to coordinate all elements in the organization of the event such as technical support, coordination of journalists, speakers coordination, cooperation with TAIEX representatives from Belgium, venue organization with all the various requests, and coordination of all the participants and registration.