Tanzania's Vice President Dr. Ali Mohammed Shein will today
formally open the Tanzania Regional Immigration Training Academy
(TRITA) at a ceremony in Moshi attended by dignitaries including
representatives from the East African Community (EAC), government
ministers, ambassadors accredited to Tanzania and IOM Deputy
Director General Ndioro Ndiaye.

The IOM-backed facility, which can host several training courses
simultaneously, will enhance regional training capacity for
migration officials and harmonization of training practices among
EAC partner states. It comprises two training rooms, two fully
equipped computer labs, a conference hall for 150 delegates, a
language lab, a forensic lab, a library and residential
accommodation for up to 60 people.

IOM has deployed a Regional Migration Training Specialist to
work with the TRITA for the past year and the academy has already
drafted a five-year strategy to develop training materials and
build the capacity of regional training specialists. The plan aims
to harmonize immigration training and procedures across East Africa
to strengthen border management and facilitate the orderly movement
of people within and beyond the region.  

TRITA's 2009-2010 calendar of training courses already includes
a training of trainers programme in border management;
investigations and prosecution; profiling; passport fraud; policy
preparation in child trafficking, human trafficking and smuggling
as well as policy and procedures for the registration of
persons.  

Centrally located between Dodoma, Nairobi, Kampala, Kigali and
Bujumbura (the five capital cities of the EAC), the academy has
already gained national accreditation by the Tanzania National
Council for Technical Education and is supported regionally by the
EAC Secretariat and the East Africa Chiefs of Immigration.

IOM, in collaboration with the government of Tanzania,
facilitated the initial refurbishment of the academy and has
provided ongoing support with initial funding from the US State
Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
Affairs (INL), IOM's 1035 Facility and several other donors with
whom agreements are being finalized.

For further information please contact:

Pär Liljert

IOM Tanzania

Tel: +255 786 585853

E-mail: "mailto:pliljert@iom.int">pliljert@iom.int