Experts from the Swedish Customs Administration designed the curriculum and delivered the training. On 17 December, the Mission, in co-operation with the PD, organized a meeting between the Montenegrin Border Police delegation and the Border Police delegation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The meeting took place in Pluzine, Montenegro, in line with the OSCE BSMC. At the meeting the delegations focused on: the implementation of existing agreements between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro; bilateral co-operation at local, regional and central level, how it was working and ways to improve it in line with the IBM of the countries; problems and good practices at border crossing points and the possible establishment of JBCPs; joint patrols, lessons learned; Green Border patrolling; joint incident investigations information exchange and ways to improve it; points of contact and their maintenance; improving communication across the border, especially in the case of emergencies; possible ways for making the passage of people and goods more efficient during the summer season; co-operation on illegal migrants and returnees (proper identification, handling and referral); and other questions related to border management. Counter-Terrorism On 11-12 April, the Mission, in co-operation with the TNTD/ATU and the Montenegrin PD, organized a two-day seminar on effective policies and measures to counter Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism (VELRT). 15 police officers from the Office for Crime Prevention and Community Policing and five representatives from civil society took part in the seminar. The discussion focused on: radicalization as a key issue of concern for communities in the context of community policing, leveraging community policing in preventing terrorism and countering VERLT; addressing the challenge of how the perception that community policing is a tool for intelligence-gathering operations can be avoided, how counter-terrorism work can be maximised without changing the nature of community policing, how to apply community policing in cases where (violent) radicalization is already widespread; and the way forward in Montenegro. ****** 4.4 The OSCE Mission to Serbia Background The OSCE Mission to Serbia and its Law Enforcement Department (LED) assist Serbia in the reform of the police service in order to strengthen effective and democratic policing. As Serbia further integrates into European structures, the police service has continued to advance, increasing its level of professionalism and accountability. The co-operation with Serbia’s Government is based on the strategic framework document – a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed between the Mission and the Ministry of Interior (MoI) in 2009. The MoU defines the following priority areas: Police Accountability; Police Training and Education; Fight against Organized Crime; Community Policing; Strategic Planning and Development; and Public Relations and Communication. In 2012, key areas of the Mission’s activities were in-line with the main MoI strategic areas defined in the overall MoI Development Strategy 2011-2016. Furthermore, the Mission assisted in developing the Community Policing Strategy, as well as in the implementation of 72

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