meeting took place in Skadar, Albania, and focused on technical issues at the joint JBCP Murican – Sukobin with regard to the upcoming summer season. The parties agreed to speed up the process of drafting procedures for the implementation of the entrance-entrance access control. IT experts from both border police administrations elaborated on the possibilities of installing an information system on wanted persons, vehicles and documents as well as on the number of people and vehicles crossing the JBCP. The information system was planned to be available at the beginning of the tourist season. On 11 May, a follow-up meeting took place at the JBCP Murican – Sukobin. Both OSCE Missions facilitated the meeting. IT experts from the Albanian and Montenegrin police decided to set up a joint on-line information system, which was expected to allow implementation of the entrance-entrance control regime without neglecting security measures. Furthermore, the experts considered implementing this system at all Montenegrin border crossing points with its neighbouring countries. It was expected that the control procedures would speed up significantly while security measures would still be at a high level. On 7 June, the Mission facilitated a cross-border co-ordination meeting between the Montenegrin Border Police delegation and Serbian Border Police delegation. The meeting took place in Bjelo Polje, Montenegro, in line with the OSCE BSMC. At the meeting the delegations focused on: the implementation of existing agreements between Serbia and Montenegro; the analysis of joint patrols and operations conducted by the two border agencies during 2011; the analysis of the functioning of the BCPs; problems encountered and measures taken to solve them; bilateral co-operation at local level; co-operation regarding the exchange of information; and the management of the influx of people during the summer holiday season. Both sides underlined common difficulties they were facing in their work along the green border, particularly with regard to joint patrols, illegal migration and border crossing control. The following measures for improving the situation were proposed: Increasing and enhancing daily communication and information exchange at the local level, and bringing the issue to the regional and central level, if necessary; increasing the number of joint patrols in line with the conclusions of the joint risk analyses (four to eight patrols per month proposed); and taking all necessary measures to suppress illegal migrations. On 14 June, the Mission, in co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania, organized another regional level meeting between the border police authorities of Albania and Montenegro. The meeting took place in Shkoder. At the meeting the delegations focused on: the implementation of existing agreements between Albania and Montenegro; the analysis of joint patrols and operations conducted by the two border agencies in the first six months of 2012; the analysis of the functioning of the JBCP Muriqan-Sukobin; problems encountered and measures taken to solve them; bilateral co-operation at local level; co-operation regarding the exchange of information; and the management of the influx of people during the summer holiday season. In order to avoid long queues at the BCP the delegations proposed the following measures: 1) to assign more police officers during the tourist season; 2) to increase the number of police officers’ kiosks and computers in order to speed up the checking procedures; and 3) to check the passenger buses in advance through tourist agencies. The parties agreed to set up additional measures during the meeting of the Joint Experts Committee, which was due to take place the following week. On 17-21 September, the Mission organized a five-day training course on new mechanisms for detecting and investigating the smuggling of persons, goods and illegal substances by sea and land; as well as opportunities to discuss the relevance and applicability of these mechanisms in the everyday work of the Montenegrin border law enforcement services, such as Border Police and Customs Administration. Course participants included seven police officers from the Border Police and seven investigators from Customs Administration. 71