Police-Related Activities of other Thematic Units The Gender Section started implementing the three year extrabudgetary funded project “OSCE Survey on the Wellbeing and Safety of Women” in 2016.  The year 2017 was dedicated to developing research materials and preparing the mainstage fieldwork. This survey will be implemented in seven participating States, and will provide information on the prevalence of different forms of violence against women by partners and non-partners. It will include a conflict dimension in order to examine the prevalence of violence against women in conflict-affected contexts and deepen understanding of how violence against women is related to conflict. Surveys are an important tool in providing a truer picture of the extent of violence against women, as cases reported to the police and other institutions are an underrepresentation of the prevalence of these experiences. The research will also analyse women’s reasons for not reporting incidents to the police, and victim and survivor satisfaction with the police response in case they did report their experiences. The project is still ongoing and the survey results will be published in early 2019. 3.2 Office of the Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities Introduction In 2017, the Economic Governance Unit of the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) continued to be involved in police-related activities while addressing a wide range of issues regarding good governance, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering. The Office co-operated closely with relevant thematic units at the Secretariat, OSCE field operations and partner organizations, such as the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (EAG), the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), UNODC, and the World Bank. Activities Related to Police Development and Reform Strategic Planning including Threat Assessments On 31 January, following an invitation from the Academy of Law Enforcement Agencies under the Prosecutor’s General Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the OCEEA delivered two lectures in Astana on preventing and combating corruption for members of the Presidential Reserve and representatives of law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Anti-Corruption On 20 October, in Chisinau, the OCEEA organized the launch of the Government of Moldova’s National Risk Assessment and Action Plan on combating money laundering and terrorist financing. The workshop gathered participants from the World Bank, the EU Delegation to Moldova, FIUs of Latvia , Moldova and Ukraine and a number of Moldovan governmental and non-governmental institutions. The aim of this workshop was to facilitate a final discussion and review of the National Risk Assessment results. On 17 February, following a request by the National AntiCorruption Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine, the OCEEA organized a bilateral working meeting in Vienna on co-operation in the field of combating corruption and investigation of corruption-related and money laundering cases for representatives of law enforcement agencies of Austria and Ukraine. Participants discussed different aspects and challenges in investigations of corruptionrelated cases, tracing the proceeds of corruption and possible ways to enhance bilateral co-operation in this field. On 23 March the OCEEA, following a request by the OSCE Presence in Albania, organized a bilateral working meeting in Vienna on co-operation in combating corruption and money laundering for representatives of law enforcement agencies of Austria and Albania. The participants discussed and shared best practices in investigation and prosecution of corruptionrelated crimes. The meeting was organized within the 35

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