International Development Grant
Preventing Sanctioned Individuals from Freely Moving through Southeast Asia
Project Number: CA-3-D002091001
Status: Terminating
Country/Region: Unknown
Regional Focus:
Maximum Contribution: $515,887.00
Start Date: January 23, 2015
End Date: June 30, 2016
Duration: 1.4 years
Project Description
This project seeks to enhance law enforcement capacity to prevent sanctioned individuals from moving freely throughout the region by equipping participants from law enforcement agencies to gather analyze and share essential information and intelligence. Project activities include: (1) facilitating three training sessions to raise awareness of the role of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) National Central Bureaus and law enforcement units on the work carried out as part of INTERPOL’s support to the United Nations Sanctions Committees in carrying out its sanctions mandate; and (2) conducting an INTERPOL coordinated regional operation that reaches out to all INTERPOL member states to obtain additional information adding value to the elaborated lists of sanctioned individuals.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) reinforced knowledge and information sharing on the national regional and international levels amongst law enforcement in Southeast Asia; (2) improved criminal intelligence analysis and counter-terrorism techniques and exchanges of best practices at the national regional and international levels; (3) increased criminal intelligence flow and effectiveness of operational procedures between involved officers in ASEAN countries ASEANPOL NCBs the INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation the INTERPOL Liaison Office in Bangkok and the rest of the INTERPOL community; (4) increased number of trained law enforcement personnel in target countries; and (5) improved skillset in autonomous operational activities under the mentorship of the INTERPOL Integrated Border Management Task Force.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of (September 2016) include: (1) through a theoretical training session on the United Nations Security Council’s Sanctions Regime and cooperation between INTERPOL and the United Nations 95% of participants rated the course content as “very good” or “excellent” while also identifying that the course content enable them to develop new professional skills; (2) having engaged in the Train the Trainer practical workshop 94% of respondents rated the course as either “very good” or “excellent” with the majority of participants having increased their knowledge related to the construction and delivery of instructional goals and objectives when training individuals on the implementation of United Nations Security Council sanctions; and (3) upon the completion of the regional operational exercise Operation SUNBIRD II post-exercise evaluations indicated an overall positive response in terms of the content structure and applicability to the daily work of participants with 22 out of 23 respondents replying that the Operation was either applicable very applicable or extremely applicable to their daily work. This exercise also saw 100% of respondents identify an increase in their knowledge relating to INTERPOL Policing Capabilities.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
INTERPOL-International Criminal Police Organization
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Foreign Affairs and Trade Gs&Cs