Why become a RILON Secondee?
Why become a RILON Secondee?
The RILON Secondment programme offers unique professional opportunities:
- Build your professional networks across the South and South-East Asia region; gaining firsthand regional exposure into how other countries’ agencies tackle complex border and immigration challenges.
- Access leadership and inter-agency taskforce training provided by the RSO, enhancing your ability to operate effectively in a multinational environment.
- Build your expertise in cross-border crime, and regional security while contributing to practical solutions that shape future cooperation.
- Strengthen your diplomacy, negotiation, and cross-cultural communication skills by engaging with international stakeholders and high-level officials.
- Develop lasting professional relationships with regional partners, open doors to future collaboration and enhance your network and influence.
- Feed into regional trend analysis and reporting, giving you unique insights and a strategic perspective on migration and border security challenges.
- Represent your agency in a multinational setting, demonstrating initiative and thought leadership while contributing to collective regional outcomes.
Application and Nomination to RILON
- Potential Secondees are invited to apply to the RILON initiative through an online application form.
- As part of the application process, nominations must be supported by the applicant’s supervisor. The supervisor should provide a brief statement highlighting the applicant’s professional fit and potential contribution to the initiative’s objectives.
- Submissions will be reviewed, assessing each applicant’s professional experience, demonstrated competencies, and interest in the RILON initiative’s mission.
What is the RSO Regional Information, Liaison and Outreach Network?
What is the RSO Regional Information, Liaison and Outreach Network?
The Regional Information, Liaison and Outreach Network Initiative (RILON Initiative) provides a framework to bring together focal points from relevant Bali Process Member State law enforcement, border and immigration and maritime agencies around a priority challenge or issue. Cross-border counterparts are supported in coordination and sharing of non-operationally sensitive information through time-limited RILON Secondment Groups.
