April), Bratislava (12-13 September) and Belgrade (19-20 October). Based on recommendations listed in the OSCE’s Good Practices Guide on Non-Nuclear Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection, representatives from government agencies working in relation to energy infrastructure, law enforcement officials and energy companies participated in the events. The aim of the exercise was to test the effectiveness of existing protection and crisis management systems within energy companies, as well as the co-ordination with external crisis management in the case of a terror cyber-attack on industrial control systems. On 23 and 24 May, the 2017 OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism took place in Vienna, gathering more than 550 high-level participants, practitioners from law enforcement agencies, academics and civil society representatives. 67 participating States and Partners for Co-operation, 35 international and regional organizations, including various UN agencies, and more than 90 civil society organizations, academia and youth representatives attended the event. The conference was opened by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, H.E. Sebastian Kurz, then Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria. The event focused on three main topics highlighted in MC.DOC/1/16 on Strengthening OSCE Efforts to Prevent and CounterTerrorism as well as MC.DOC/4/15 on P/C VERLT, namely national experiences and international co-operation in countering terrorism, engaging and empowering youth in P/C VERLT, and the rehabilitation and reintegration of terrorist offenders. From 5 to 8 June, led by Spanish National Police experts, TNTD/ATU organized jointly with UNODC at the facilities of CARICC in Almaty, “Training for Russian-speaking Officers on Prevention and Investigation of Kidnapping for Ransom and Hostage Taking” for officers in charge of resolving and investigating kidnapping/hostage situations. The event formed part of the OSCE’s work on countering the financing of terrorism, as kidnapping for ransom is one of the sources through which terrorist groups raise funds. This was highlighted in UNSCR 2133 (2014) and a related OSCE MC Declaration from the same year. An earlier training course on this topic for NGO staff working in high-risk areas was organized in April 2017 at the Guardia Civil Training Centre in Logrono, Spain. In 2017, TNTD/ATU and UNODC’s Global Programme against Money Laundering developed a comprehensive exercise-based capacity-building programme on countering terrorist financing, focused on strengthening inter-agency co-operation, improving analysis and investigation skills and techniques in this field and using sanctions for terrorists, pursuant to relevant UN sanctions regimes. The training and related ToT courses were funded by the United States and the Russian Federation. The following modules were organized within the framework of this project: TNTD/ATU – Police-Related Activities 2017 8 Total 19 Information Exchange / Institution and Capacity-Building Training 11 ACTIVITIES ON: General Police Development and Reform 0% Threats posed by Criminal Activity 100% 28