Border Security and Illicit Trafficking

With support from, Strategic Capacity Group conducted a border management assessment in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia for the Department of State’s Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program.  Findings informed additional analysis of Libya’s border security training capacity for border guards and officials, a series of country-specific and regional trainings to address identified gaps, and programming recommendations to inform U.S. government efforts to assist border security institutions and units in the region advance security and border management. 

Project: With support from the Department of State’s Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program, Strategic Capacity Group (SCG) is conducting an analysis of existing border management capacity and capabilities in Egypt and Libya; identifying opportunities to address observed gaps; and developing strategic and operational level programmatic recommendations to inform future U.S. Government assistance in the region. Informed by SCG’s extensive field research and high-level engagement with border management stakeholders in Libya and Egypt, this assessment is designed to enhance the outcomes and impact of U.S. Government programming in the region. SCG is also conducting a comprehensive assessment of Libya’s border security training capacity for border guards and officials. Through a series of strategic workshops with Libyan stakeholders, SCG will identify opportunities to address training gaps and develop extensive strategic training recommendations to inform U.S Government efforts to assist Libyan officials in revising their current border security training curriculum and pedagogy.

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