POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE meetings with relevant authorities from Skopje, and four meetings with agencies from Podogorica. Counter-Terrorism & P/C VERLT On 5 June, the Presence, in co-operation with the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Arts in Tirana, organized a Head of Presence Fund “Visual Arts Contest”, focusing on “Religious Radicalism” and on “Dealing with the Past”. Students from the faculty developed art work addressing these two topics, which were exhibited at the Fine Arts Gallery (Fakulteti i Arteve te Bukura) in Tirana during the opening exhibition. On 2 November, in co-operation with the University of Arts and the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, the Presence launched a 10 day exhibition in Pristina as a replication of the successful events in Tirana in June. The exhibition, together with local institutions and police representatives, activists and citizens, fostered dialogue among students and citizens through an open forum of discussion. Attending the event were the Heads of Missions of the Presence and the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, deans of Faculty of Fine Arts in Tirana and Pristina, representatives from civil society and youth as well as members of the public. Trafficking in Human Beings & Migration-related Crime with a specific focus on the identification and referral of unaccompanied minors and victims of trafficking. The assessment was done in five pre-selected regions of Korça, Gjirokastra, Shkodra, Kukës and Tirana. The findings and recommendations were presented on 7 December in a joint UNHCR/OSCE roundtable titled, ”Strengthening the identification and referral of migrants and refugees in Albania”, attended by senior officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, BMP and international organizations. Together with UNHCR, the Presence will continue supporting interinstitutional efforts for an effective irregular migrants prescreening system. Cybercrime On 26 and 27 April, TNTD, with the support of the Presence, organized a table-top simulation exercise in Tirana on strengthening protection and preparedness against terrorist attacks aimed at industrial control systems. Twenty eight experts from different national state authorities and private sector representatives tested the effectiveness of their existing protection and crisis management systems, including coordination with external crisis management mechanisms, to mitigate the impact of an attack. The simulation also aims to further improve partnerships between the public and private sectors to increase the security and resilience of the national energy infrastructure. In 2017, the Presence conducted a needs assessment of the Border Police capacities to properly treat irregular migrants, From 20 March to the beginning of the OSCE Presence, Ambassador not only for this election policing May, around 6,300 police officers Berndt Borchardt, said: “The OSCE/ training, but also in providing other from across Albania participated in a ODIHR final reports ever since technical assistance and support”, series of training courses in Tirana on have noted a positive police role concluded Ambassador Borchardt in their role in the electoral process. The trend during the entire election his opening address. training, organized by the Presence, process, which we all expect you in partnership with the Albanian will maintain”, adding that “although The training targeted more than State Police, and with the support the upcoming elections are a key 100 high and middle-level police of the Central Election Commission event for Albania, normal police managers, including deputy general and the General Prosecutor’s office, business, especially in the fight directors, regional police directors was delivered before the 18 June against transnational threats and and chief of commissariats, as well parliamentary elections. organized crime, will have to be as six groups of trainers, who will ensured. We would like to assure cascaded the training to over 6,000 Speaking at an event to mark the you that the OSCE Presence will police officers. start of the training, the Head of continue to be a strategic partner 45