On 28 September, a representative from the ATU participated in a city forum “Information and Intelligence Systems Work Stream Round Table” with the US Cyber Consequences Unit, held in London. The topic of discussions was “Strengthening Global Cyber Security”. High level representatives from the public and the private sectors shared their views on current and emerging threats emanating from cyberspace and outlined potential solutions. Particular focus was placed on collaborative approaches and international co-operation as well as public-private partnerships. On 6-7 October, the ATU supported the OSCE Office in Baku to organize the “National Expert Conference on Tackling Cybercrime - A Key Challenge to Comprehensive Cyber Security”. The ATU identified key international experts, delivered a keynote presentation on OSCE efforts related to cyber security and moderated a session. The workshop sessions reviewed cybercrime and responses, pertinent international legislation, Public-Private Partnerships and law enforcement co-operation issues. The conference followed a workshop in 2009 in Baku that focused on cyber security in a comprehensive manner - an approach that looks at different actors, targets, threats and responses in a less compartmentalized way. Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism (VERLT) On 11-12 May, the ATU supported the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in organizing a two-day course on “Security Policy of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Combating Terrorism”. The course was attended by ministry officials and experts from security agencies dealing with the prevention and fight against terrorism, as well as representatives of nongovernmental organizations and the media. The SPMU and ODIHR also took part in the course. On 4-5 October, the ATU and the SPMU, jointly with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, organized a National Workshop on “Community Policing Tools to Counter Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism” in Bishkek. The event, held in co-operation with the Ministry of the Interior of the Kyrgyz Republic, brought together 60 participants from state authorities, civil society, as well as representatives from Tajikistan, the CIS, the SCO and UNOHCHR. Participants exchanged views on their understanding of VERLT and their perceptions of the threat it posed in Kyrgyzstan. The workshop emphasized that a community policing approach, when effectively implemented, would benefit efforts to counter VERLT as one of the many possible risks to community safety, while protecting and promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms. On 9 December, the ATU organized a panel discussion on the role of community policing in preventing VERLT, within the framework of the Third International Terrorism and Transnational Crime Symposium organized by the International Center for Terrorism and Transnational Crime (UTSAM) of the Turkish National Police Academy in Antalya. Practitioners from both police and civil society shared their experience with regard to policepublic partnerships to counter VERLT at the community-level. On 12 December, the ATU and the Gender Section, together with ODIHR, organized an expert roundtable on preventing women terrorist radicalization. The roundtable brought together over 60 participants from civil society, academia and state authorities to discuss the dynamics of women’s terrorist radicalization and strategies for its prevention. The roundtable emphasized the need to develop an evidence-based and contextualized understanding of terrorist radicalization of women in order to develop counter measures that are gender sensitive and human rights compliant, a condition for their effectiveness. By the end of 2011, the ATU, jointly with the SPMU and ODIHR, embarked on elaborating a Guidebook on Preventing Terrorism and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism: a Community Policing Approach to be published by the end of 2012. 27