The PDD also regularly attended Regional Cross Border Co-ordination Meetings between the Border Police officials from the Host Country and the Border Police officials from Kosovo20. These meetings served as a forum for discussing a variety of relevant practical issues, including: the increasing tendency of illegal migration; the withdrawal of KFOR from the border; the introduction of joint patrols between the Host Country’s border officers and Kosovo Border Police; the decrease of the KFOR contingent in Kosovo and the impact of this on the overall security situation; incidents in the North of Kosovo on the border with Serbia; possible threats of violence as well as the potential of a spill-over at the border with the Host Country. Additionally, the PDD provided support to the OS/Borders Team in its research on the assessment of the Ohrid Border Process21 Historic Review. Co-operation with other Missions and Partner Organizations The PDD kept regular contacts with all other Departments of the Mission, with the Secretariat, as well as with OSCE partner organizations and foreign diplomatic representations in the Host Country. The Department also co-ordinated with other international partners to avoid the overlap of activities (EU-PDAP, US ICITAP, and foreign Embassies in the country). The Department facilitated the organization of a capacity-building study visit to Turkey in cooperation with the Turkish Police and TADOC. A number of cross-border co-ordination meetings were attended with representatives of the Kosovo Border and Boundary Police and the Host Country’s Border Police. At the decentralized level, co-operation was established with the Red Cross and UNICEF (Roma-safety project; and liaison on the school violence project and the National Strategy on School Violence). Co-operation with external partners was set to continue in 2012, especially with the Turkish MoIA. It was expected that the co-operation established in 2011 with the Austrian and French Embassies would lead to further fruitful projects. As always, the international community, especially the so-called group of “Principals” (which next to the OSCE includes the EU, NATO and the USA) was expected to continue to play an active role in the country and therefore, the PDD was going to continue to foster relationships and co-ordinate activities with them. 20 21 All references to Kosovo institutions/leaders refer to the Provisional Institutions of Self Government. The Ohrid Border Process on Border Security and Management is a joint effort by the five countries of the Western Balkan region, the EU, the OSCE, NATO and the Stability Pact to address the issues of border management and security, and has been ongoing since 2003. 77