As part of the drafting process of the Report by the OSCE Secretary General on PoliceRelated Activities of the OSCE Executive Structures up to the End of 2009, the SPMU created an online forum that allowed all relevant staff from the OSCE executive structures to discuss the draft report and provide input online. Other SPMU key activities and accomplishments to promote POLIS in 2010 included: • A visit to four OSCE Field Operations to enhance cooperation with the POLIS focal points and to gather feedback on how to increase the usefulness and relevance of the system. These visits were also an opportunity to present and discuss the strategic plan for POLIS with all relevant stakeholders. 12 • The launch of a Twitter channel , which is accessible via the POLIS start page. Twitter allows interested users to subscribe and actively receive notifications about any new developments in relation to POLIS, without having to visit the website. • A signed letter of agreement with the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), establishing a framework for the cooperative efforts between SPMU and USIP through the International Network to Promote the Rule of Law (INPROL). • An online survey on the use of the policing expert database among focal points in the field. Based on the outcome and feedback received, SPMU prepared a business case on how to optimize the policing expert database. • The creation of a permanent online forum for POLIS focal points to comment on the strategic plan and to provide general feedback and comments on the system. • The preparation and circulation of regular statistics reports on POLIS to all focal points. • Contacting Delegations and OSCE Field Operations to ask for their assistance in updating/completing the country profiles. Co-operation with other Internal and External Partners Following up on Athens Ministerial Council Decision 02/09 and the Report 2010 by the OSCE Secretary General on the Implementation of MC.DEC/2/09 on Further OSCE Efforts to Adress Transnational Threats and Challenges to Security and Stability the thematic units of the Secretariat, including the SPMU, spared no efforts in ensuring maximum programmatic coordination of their activities, among the OSCE executive structures, and with international and regional organizations and NGOs in order to avoid duplications and to provide added value. In this context, the SPMU co-operated with other partners in organizing a number of needs assessments/fact finding missions, workshops, conferences, meetings and training events, described in this document. The preparation and implementation of activities related to organized crime, trafficking in human beings and drugs entailed co-ordination and co-operation with many partner organizations, including INTERPOL; the UNODC; the World Customs Organization (WCO); the EU Border Management (BOMCA) and Drug Action (CADAP) Programmes in Central Asia; the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA); the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO); the European Commission (EC); the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA); EUROJUST; EUROPOL; the Financial Action Task Force (FATF); the International Organisation for Migration (IOM); the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC); the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD); the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB); the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO); the Southeast Europe Cooperative Initiative (SECI) Center; the Southeast Europe Police Chief Association (SEPCA); the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); and the UK Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). 12 22 See http://twitter.com/oscepolis/

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