Minister of Home Affairs Hon. Robeson Benn, M.P., and Deputy Commissioner ‘Operations’ Mr. Ravindradat Budhram are currently attending the 2023 Conference of the Global Public Security Cooperation Forum (Lianyungang) (GPSCFL), which began on September 19 in Lianyungang, East China’s Jiangsu Province.

The forum, themed “One World, Common Security,” attracted more than 500 senior law enforcement officials, experts, and scholars from over 50 countries, regions, and international organizations.

The GPSCFL is aimed at forging a network for cross-sector collaboration, building a mechanism for transnational, inter-departmental, and cross-industrial coordination, promoting partnerships for law enforcement capacity building, providing high-quality public goods and services for security, introducing a system for information exchange and sharing, establishing an internationally standardized think tank, and facilitating the supply and demand of services for overseas security protection so as to provide the international community with more security solutions.

Participants will carry out in-depth exchanges and discussions such as Forecasting the Global Security Outlook, Forecasting the Synergy on Public Security, Enhancing Governance Capacity Building, and Sharing Development Fruits Guaranteed by Security.

Moreover, a series of sub-forums are to be held during the 3-day conference, such as the Security and Development Forum and the Seminar on the Global Public Security Index, among other areas.

The GPSCFL is a non-government and not-for-profit international organization, a cooperative platform upgraded from the Lianyungang Forum launched by the Ministry of Public Security of China in 2015.