The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) has successfully completed the first phase of the groundbreaking CONTACT Southeast Asia project with a three-day workshop held in Boracay, Philippines, from 21 to 23 February 2024, that set the foundation for the next stage.
UNICRI successfully conducted the second round of train-the-trainer (TTT) sessions on trafficking of radiological and nuclear (RN) materials. These sessions were designed for selected trainees (ten per country) from the Philippines and Lao PDR. The first TTT session took place in Manila from July 24 to 27, 2023, followed by the second session in Vang Vieng from July 31 to August 3. These sessions marked the culmination of an extensive process that began last year and was further nurtured through dedicated online coaching.
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) held the first peer-to-peer workshop on regional cooperation mechanisms in Southeast Asia for intelligence and law enforcement officers from Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Philippines in Phnom Penh from 21 to 22 November 2022.
UNICRI held a virtual pre-course on Radiation and Nuclear (RN) Security Fundamentals for experts responsible for countering radiological and nuclear trafficking in the Republic of the Philippines, from 13 to 15 September 2022.
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) held a five-day train-the-trainers session on intelligence-led operations to prevent and combat radiological and nuclear (RN) trafficking in Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia, from 25 to 29 July 2022.
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) hosted a training activity on intelligence-led operations to prevent and combat radiological and nuclear (RN) trafficking in Vientiane, capital of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic from 1 to 5 August 2022.
Ten nuclear security practitioners who were nominated by the government to undergo the various phases of the CONTACT training process benefitted from the five-day national train-the-trainer session.
Pre-course on Radiation and Nuclear Security Fundamentals
On 17-19 May 2022, UNICRI held the first, hybrid “Pre-course on Radiation and Nuclear (RN) Security Fundamentals” with the participation of experts in charge of countering radiological and nuclear trafficking in the Kingdom of Cambodia and in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR).
