Santo Domingo, 17 August 2022 – The National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) of the Dominican Republic and the European Union through the SEACOP and MCBS projects kicked off a regional seminar in Santo Domingo yesterday.
For the past months, SEACOP has established constant coordination with the MCBS project, in light of the their shared objective to support the fight against drug trafficking in the region.
“This has resulted in the implementation of a number of joint activities which created an excellent relationship of coordination and synergies, therefore avoiding duplication and combining efforts,” a joint press release stated.
Following the excellent outcome of the trans-regional meeting held on 28-29 June in Kingston, a second meeting was organised in Santo Domingo with the objective of initiating the exchange strategy discussed at the first meeting. This important meeting aims to strengthen relations between the Caribbean countries, which are beneficiary countries of both projects.
“In the three months that we have belonged to SEACOP, and the Dominican Republic MIU was created, the project has cooperated with us by providing information and training. We have learned to value the strengths we have and to dynamise and learn about the common threats we have in the region,” says Lieutenant Sandy Jiménez.
The event, titled “Maritime Intelligence Units of SEACOP and MCBS” is aimed at (15) people from the Maritime Intelligence Units of the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Haiti, at the Multipurpose Room of the Dominican Republic Drug Control Academy.
The Multi-Country Border Security Programme (MCBS) between Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic was coordinated by Mr. Fernando Herrero. On the part of the SEACOP Programme, the coordination was carried out by Mr. Alfredo Diaz Sanchez. International experts from France, Spain and Jamaica also participated, under the auspices of the FIIAPP and Expertise France.
The event aims to strengthen relations between Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic in maritime intelligence cooperation. It will also include presentations on SEACOP’s cross-cutting approaches: environment and gender.
