TORONTO, Canada -- Canada is among developed countries pitching in to help with border security training for the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
The Government of Canada has launched the training for Caricom forces through the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canada Border Services Agency. A total of 153 candidates from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago will complete this training. Each country will have two fully trained officers with the capacity to offer this training locally to a wider stream of officers, using the “train-the-trainer” model.Border security training is being provided to customs, immigration, police and defence officials belonging to nine Caribbean CWC host countries. Inspired by the Integrated Border Enforcement Team model used along the Canada-U.S. border, the Canadian initiative advises and engages these critical agencies on the importance of securing their borders through coordinated, intelligence-led enforcement.
The training is taking place in Barbados and is expected to be completed by the end of November 2006.
