their experience regarding methods and technical equipment for controlled delivery
operations.
Border Policing
On 20 January, the Mission, in co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania facilitated a
regular cross-border co-ordination meeting between the Montenegrin Border Police
delegation and the Albanian Border Police delegation (see also chapter 4.1). The meeting
took place in Shkoder, Albania and was organized in line with the OSCE BSMC. At the
meeting delegations focused on: the implementation of existing agreements between Albania
and Montenegro; the analysis of the joint operations conducted between the two border
agencies during 2010; the analysis on the functioning of the joint Border Crossing Point
Muriqan-Sukobin; problems encountered and measures taken to solve them; bilateral cooperation at local level; co-operation regarding the exchange of information; problems
encountered in the railway station of Bajze; the installation of the joint radar in Shkodra Lake;
and the possible solution of the flooding problem at the Vermosh (Gerçare) BCP caused by
water coming from Montenegro.
On 9 March, the Mission and a delegation of the Montenegrin Border Police attended a
meeting in Tirana, initiated by the OSCE Presence in Albania (see also chapter 4.1). The
purpose of the meeting was to bring together border police authorities from Albania,
Kosovo14 and Montenegro in order to discuss the establishment of a joint centre for the
exchange of information between border authorities of the three countries. In addition to the
OSCE, other international actors, such as ICITAP and PAMECA III attended the meeting as
potential donors for the establishment of the centre.
The bilateral agreement on cross border co-operation between Montenegro and Kosovo was
also a topic of the discussion. The Montenegrin Border Police offered assistance to their
colleagues from Kosovo in the preparation of the draft agreement and protocols in order to
speed up the process and of the signing of the cross-border co-operation agreement
between the Ministries of Interior of both countries.
On 4-8 April, the Mission organized a “Profiling Training Course” for 13 border police and
customs officers. The training allowed the participants to learn more about new mechanisms
for detecting and investigating drug smugglers, especially at international airports as well as
the opportunity to discuss the relevance and applicability of the mechanisms in the everyday
work of the Montenegrin Border Law Enforcement Services, such as the Border Police and
Customs Administration. The training was conducted by two international experts from
Sweden.
On 11-12 April, the Mission, in co-operation with the Turkish Development Agency (TIKA)
and the Police Academy, organized a “Forged Documents Training Course” for 20 border
passport control officers working at the border crossing points. The aim of the course was to
equip border police officers with adequate knowledge and skills needed to detect and
capture forged documents used on border crossings in Montenegro. The training was
prepared in close consultation with the international presences in the country and therefore
did not overlap with activities in this areas organized by others.
On 20 May, the Mission, in co-operation with the Police Directorate, organized a meeting
between delegations of the Montenegrin Border Police and the Border Police of Bosnia and
Herzegovina. At the meeting delegations focused on: information about the implementation
of existing agreements between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro; bilateral cooperation at local (BCP level) in terms of Integrated Border Management (IBM) between
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, how IBM was working and ways for improving it;
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