Activities of the Transnational Threats Department In April, TNTD/BSMU, in co-operation with the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee organized the OSCE NFP Thematic Meeting “Emerging Technologies in Border Security and Management – Information Management Technologies” in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. More than 40 NFPs and subject matter experts from 20 participating States shared their experiences and learned about the latest developments in the use of information management technologies by border services. Special attention was paid to the implementation of national API systems and their connectivity with INTERPOL databases, national/regional watch-lists, and passenger information units for risk analysis. In April, TNTD/BSMU, in co-operation with the Spanish National Police, organized a roundtable meeting on Strengthening Co-operation between the OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation and participating States’ Border Security and Management Agencies, at the premises of the Spanish National Police in Madrid.  The event launched the Points of Contact Network for the Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, with more than 30 participants from the Partners for Co-operation (Algeria, Jordan, Israel, Morocco and Tunisia), the participating States in the Mediterranean region (Greece, Portugal and Spain), as well as representatives from Frontex, Europol and IOM. Throughout 2017, TNTD/BSMU encouraged participating States and Partners for Co-operation to harmonize and align their BSM policies and procedures with international and regional good practices. In this regard, in November, TNTD/BSMU conducted the “OSCE-wide Workshop on Demarcation and Delimitation Practices” in Minsk, Belarus. Some thirty officials and experts from thirteen participating States discussed past and ongoing border demarcation and delimitation good practices and exchanged views and lessons learned in this field. The participants also had an opportunity to visit the border between Lithuania and Belarus. The interactive seminar familiarized participants with co-operation procedures related to delimitation and demarcation practices from across the OSCE area. Notably, the seminar marked the launch of the Guidebook on Delimitation and Demarcation Practices in the OSCE Area. In October, TNTD/BSMU, in close co-operation with the Portuguese Immigration and Border Service conducted a familiarization visit for the Mediterranean Points of Contact on Border Security and Management to Lisbon, Portugal. Eight officially designated Points of Contacts from Jordan and Algeria were familiarized with the national approach to information exchange and risk analysis on border security and management, inter-agency and cross-border co-operation and also had an opportunity to visit the Police Co-operation Center, and the International Airport in Lisbon to examine its border control, as well as the latest document detection technology and the functioning of an API system in practice. TNTD/BSMU – Police-Related Activities 2017 25 Total 36 Training 11 Information Exchange / Institution and Capacity-Building ACTIVITIES ON: General Police Development and Reform 0% Threats posed by Criminal Activity 100% 31