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
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