In a significant step forward for the ATLAS project, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) has successfully concluded the first train-the-trainers event held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 11 to 15 September 2023. The event, which was a key milestone of the ATLAS project, aimed to strengthen Tunisia's capacity to prevent chemical weapons attacks by non-state actors through enhanced intelligence-sharing and inter-agency cooperation mechanisms.
On 12 to 13 July 2023, 37 officers from over 15 Ukrainian state agencies, including the State Border Guard Service, the State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management, the National Security and Defense Council, the Ministry of Defense, the Security Service and the National Police, completed a two-day in-person training in Kyiv entitled “Stop the virus of disinformation.”
In May 2023, under the AI for Safer Children initiative, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), through its Centre for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics, in partnership with the Ministry of Interior of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), commenced its country-specific trainings.
ATLAS is a pilot project which aims to prevent non-state actors from planning and carrying out chemical weapons attacks by developing and implementing training programmes in Morocco and Tunisia. Designed within the framework of the European Union CBRN Centres of Excellence (CoE) Initiative, the ATLAS project is implemented by UNICRI in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and with the financial support of the United States Department of State.
On 20 June 2023, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) hosted its first online training session to reinforce and expand Tunisian officials’ knowledge of chemical weapons and chemical security.
Twelve trainees from eight state authorities with different mandates pertaining to preventing, countering, and responding to chemical risks participated in the training.
On 21 June 2023, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) conducted its first online training session to reinforce and expand Moroccan officials’ knowledge of chemical weapons and chemical security.
On June 6-7th, under the AI for Safer Children initiative, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), through its Centre for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics, in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), conducted a regional training in Singapore. The training brought together over 80 law enforcement participants from the Singapore Police Force, as well as India, Indonesia and Brunei.
21 apprenants de six pays africains ont reçu aujourd’hui à Rabat, leur diplôme de Mastère spécialisé «Gestion des risques et menaces Nucléaire, Radiologique, Biologique, Chimique, Explosif (NRBCE) mention Afrique».
On 24–25 May 2023, 25 officers from a range of Moldovan law enforcement agencies successfully completed a two-day in-person training entitled “Stop the virus of disinformation”. The training aimed to provide participants with techniques on how to detect and respond to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) disinformation, as well as communicate with the media following a CBRN event.
