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. 20 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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