POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE and addressed by representatives from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and TNTD/SPMU. This was the first such joint workshop undertaken by the police and prosecutors and is expected to further advance co-operation and co-ordination in the future. On 15 and 16 June, the Mission conducted a workshop for police Heads of Prevention on Hate Speech and Hate Crimes. The workshop was attended by 20 representatives from the Prevention Departments of all eight SIAs, including the Focal Point on Hate Crimes in the MoIA. The aim of the workshop was to increase capacities of prevention police officers on the identification, prevention and investigation of incidents of hate speech and hate crimes. On 21 December, the Mission together with the prevention section of SIA Tetovo participated in the opening ceremony of a painting exhibition in the technical high school in Gostivar. The event was the final segment of the “Hate Speech” project activities aimed at raising and maintaining awareness of hate speech, and its consequences at high school level. The event was preceded by a series of lectures attended by 840 first year high school students, which targeted hate speech and were delivered by prevention officers trained by the Mission. The event was co-ordinated with the Education Department of Gostivar Municipality as well as the Directorates of the respective high schools. Public Order and Crisis Management From 30 October to 3 November, the Mission organized a workshop on Critical Incident Management for Police, delivered by external experts specialised in training on incidents of a critical nature and the police response. The event was attended by 25 regional and central level crisis inspectors, heads of uniformed police from eight SIAs and MoIA senior management representatives. The workshop focused on the police response to critical incidents, including intelligence gathering, planning and co-ordination, decision making, recording information, command structures, and controlling. Threats Posed by Criminal Activity Financial Investigations, Anti-Money Laundering and Seizures of Criminal Proceeds On 29 and 30 November, the Mission organized two days regional seminar titled: “Enhancing South-Eastern Europe regional co-operation in combating financial crimes, with focus on money laundering and financing terrorism issues”. The event was widely attended by policymakers and practitioners from several SEE countries dealing with AML/ CFT. Nearly 50 participants from MoIA, Financial Police, FIU, the banking sector, Prosecutor’s Administration and academia attended this event sharing their views on the current trends in AML and CFT. Keynote experts from UNODC, the Italian Financial Guard and the OSCE Secretariat provided substantial support to this seminar. Participants shared their views on the current emerging trends in financial crimes, arising threats, identified administrative and operational shortages, presented several case studies with cross-border elements and examples of international co-operation. This event aimed at improving regional co-operation between different regional stakeholders in combating financial crimes. Cross-Border Co-operation in Criminal Matters From 12 to 15 June, the Mission organized a three-day workshop on real-time data exchange and best practices among the officials employed at the Common Contact Centres (CCC) in the Western Balkan (WB) region and EU countries. Participants discussed the challenges arising from performing real-time data exchange and shared their experiences, and problem-solving solutions. Co-ordinators of the CCCs in WB participated in the workshop, introduced their activities, challenges of data exchange, and shared best practices and successes. Participants from the Germany, Greece, Slovenia, Poland and Frontex actively contributed to the workshop. Participants were also introduced to a Frontex pilot project on “Focal Points and PCCCs information exchange”; the German Federal Police project stemming from Internal Security Fund; the Slovenian and Polish PCCC model and the EU SIENNA (Secure Information Exchange Network Application) data exchange process. On 7 November, the Mission participated and delivered an online presentation to participants of the annual Police Custom Cooperation Centres (PCCC) Conference organized by the EU at the Europol HQ, the Hague, the Netherlands. Participants from EU Member States, Europol and Frontex received information about activities of the Mission on the 95