4. POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS∗ SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE 4.1 The OSCE Presence in Albania Background The OSCE Presence in Albania (PiA) assists the Albanian State Police and the Border and Migration Police with a broad range of activities within a co-ordinated framework with other international actors. The Presence actively participates in the International Consortium, the main forum for co-ordinating criminal justice and police assistance. The Presence provides technical support on relevant legislation and official strategies. In 2011, the PiA’s Security Co-operation Department (SCD) engaged two international and three national staff members to support police assistance activities. Training and other Capacity-building Activities Starting on 17 February, in conjunction with the Police Assistance Mission of the European Community to Albania (PAMECA), the US International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and the Police Development Centre, the Presence began providing assistance to the State Police Instructors who were to be deployed to Afghanistan to train Afghan police recruits in basic police techniques. The assistance began with a panel discussion on what is entailed in international police instruction. The panel discussion was followed by lessons on methodologies of instruction and assessments of the Albanian police instructors giving their instructions in English through an interpreter. 17 Albanian Police Instructors graduated on 25 February 2011 and subsequently travelled to France where they were provided pre-deployment training by NATO. On 1 July, five Albanian police officers were deployed to Afghanistan to start a rotation of Albanian Police Instructors on a six-month basis. On 25 February, the Presence completed its third iteration of Internal Control Service (ICS) training. 23 police officers were trained over a one-month period in the area of investigation. Of the 23 police officers, there were officers from the State Police Professional Standards Department as well as officers from the prisons’ ICS unit. The second iteration started in April 2011, when some 30 police officers were trained, thus culminating the training. In the end, some 90 police officers were trained in modern investigation techniques. On 17 March, SCD in conjunction with the Albanian State Police (ASP), started the first phase of the training for the ASP on elections issues. For two days, senior managers, such as Deputy General Directors, Regional Police Directors, Regional Border Directors, and Chiefs of Commissariats, received training on issues like planning, role and duties of the police, as well as police and media. Lecturers from the OSCE and the Prosecutor's Office delivered presentations regarding the legislation on elections, the role of police during elections, and criminal offences related to the election process, according to the Election Code and the Criminal Code. 37