Representatives from the UN, the Interpol Secretary-General’s Office, the national bureaus of Interpol in Central Asian states and the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre (CARICC) attended the conference.

This project is the last phase of the TACIS-Central Asia project aimed at expanding ties between power-wielding agencies in 50 towns in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. The project is worth about 5m euros. Its main purpose is to widen opportunities to exchange operational data between Central Asian law-enforcement agencies and international organizations such as Interpol. One of the main goals is to ensure the access to the I-2/7 global electronic system of exchanging police information. This will allow member states to assist one another in conducting investigations and expanding inter-state cooperation. Information exchange with CARICC will also be developed. Another task of the project is to improve training of personnel who ensure people’s security in their countries.

Beside this, several more similar projects are planned to be implemented. In particular, a BOMCA [EU’s Border Management Programme in Central Asia] project with the budget worth 25m euros is planned to be implemented in all five Central Asian states. All projects are inter-regional because it is impossible today to counteract organized international crime separately.

"We are glad that the countries of the region have accepted our proposal and we are grateful to the Interpol for assistance in the implementation of the projects," a representative of the European Commission, Ulrich Reiner, said. "I hope that we will achieve the tasks, and I wish success to all participants in the project."

"We are already working with all the countries of the region which are taking part in the project," a representative of the Interpol, Aleksandr Gridchin, said. "Our main goal is to provide the law-enforcement agencies of the states with access to the Interpol services and databases. The countries are at the forefront of the struggle against terrorism, organized crime, drug trading, illegal migration and the like. In this regard, we are actively cooperating with the leading global organizations, including the European Union, the UN, the OSCE, the organization for fighting illegal migration and others." Gridchin added.

At the end of the conference, participants voiced hope that this project would be successfully implemented in the Central Asian region and that member states would get maximum assistance and support from the European Union, the European Commission and Interpol.