practitioners that was held in Budapest in May 2016. Based
on the findings of the Finalization Workshop, DCAF will
develop programmatic activities to support international
organizations in the future.
On 25 May, upon invitation from the Police Education and
Training Centre of the Hungarian Police, TNTD/SPMU gave
a presentation at the Training on Civilian Crisis Management,
hosted at the National Police Headquarters in Budapest.
TNTD/SPMU provided an overview of the OSCE’s role in
civilian crisis management, with a focus on police-related
activities.
Other, including co-ordination and
co-operation
From January to June, TNTD/SPMU, upon request from
the UN DPKO, actively contributed to the development of
guidance material on operational planning, intelligenceled policing and community policing, with the aim of
operationalizing the UN Strategic Guidance Framework
for International Police Peacekeeping. TNTD/SPMU’s
contributions to these documents and to the discussions of
the three draft documents within the Doctrinal Development
Group established by UNDPKO, took place via Internet
forums.
On 12 and 13 July, TNTD/SPMU organized the Annual
Meeting of the Heads of Law Enforcement Departments of
OSCE field operations (HoLEDs) in Vienna to enhance the
exchange of information and the co-ordination of activities
between OSCE executive structures and with relevant
international partner organizations involved in police-related
activities. Other representatives from the OSCE institutions
and field operations, as well as guest speakers from
international organizations, including UNODC, INTERPOL,
the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), the
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), CSTO,
Europol and CEPOL, and the International Association of
Chiefs of Police (IACP) also participated in the meeting. This
meeting serves as an important co-ordination mechanism
of police-related activities throughout the OSCE executive
structures.
On 27 July, TNTD/SPMU disseminated the Annual Report
of the Secretary General on Police-Related activities in 2016
(SEC.DOC/1/17/Rev.1). The report, submitted in accordance
with Paragraph 6 of the 2001 Bucharest MC Decision,
provides an overview of all police-related programs, projects
and activities of all OSCE’s executive structures during 2016.
The OSCE executive structures facilitated, organized and
delivered a total of 1045 police-related activities in 2016
compared with 1153 in 2015.
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On 6 September, TNTD/SPMU, upon invitation from
UNODC, participated in the UNODC Law Enforcement
Advisors Meeting in Vienna. The meeting convened Law
Enforcement Advisers from UNODC’s various departments
and regional offices. TNTD/SPMU presented and discussed
potential projects for co-operation in line with the OSCEUNODC Joint Action Plan that cover various law enforcement
fields, including combating illicit drugs; fighting illicit firearms/
small arms and light weapons, and promoting the UNSCR
1540 (2004); preventing and combating terrorism; countering
transnational organized crime; combating corruption, money
laundering and financing of terrorism; combating THB;
combating smuggling of migrants; and providing support to
police development and reform.
On 18 October, TNTD/SPMU, together with the Mission to
Serbia, co-organized the Regional Meeting of Heads of Law
Enforcement Departments of the OSCE field operations in
SEE in Belgrade. The meeting was opened by the Head of
Mission to Serbia. The Assistant Minister of Interior of the
Serbian Republic and the OSCE Co-ordinator of Activities
to Address Transnational Threats gave opening remarks. The
Head of TNTD/SPMU gave a presentation on the strategic
vision of his unit with regard to police-related activities.
During a working session of the meeting, representatives
of all OSCE field operations in SEE presented ongoing
and planned projects and programmes, and discussed cooperation and co-ordination of police-related activities in the
SEE region.
From 19 to 21 October, upon invitation from the IACP,
TNTD/SPMU participated in two events at the IACP Annual
Conference in Philadelphia: 1) as a panellist in the thematic
workshop on “Partnering with Multi-Lateral Organizations
in Fighting Transnational Crime” along with representatives
from the World Customs Organization (WCO), INTERPOL,
Europol and the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and
2) at the International Policing Division Steering Committee,
where SPMU delivered a presentation on the “OSCE
Guidebook on Intelligence-Led Policing”. The 2017 annual
conference of the IACP gathered around 15,000 participants
from 130 countries and over 30 international organizations.
On 26 and 27 October, TNTD/SPMU assisted the OSCE
Chairmanship in organizing the 2017 OSCE Police Annual
Police Experts Meeting in Vienna titled: “Crime Should Not
Pay: Illicit Financial Flows and Confiscation of Criminal
Assets Countering Financial Proceeds of Criminal Networks”.
Over 140 participants discussed ways to strengthen law
enforcement approaches in identifying, tracing, seizing
and confiscating proceeds of crime. Experts from regional
and international organizations, research institutions,
relevant ministries and law enforcement agencies presented
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