As a follow-up to its 2010 Report by the OSCE Secretary General on Police-Related Activities of the OSCE Executive Structures up to the End of 20093, the SPMU, in close cooperation with the participating States contributed considerably to the development of an OSCE strategic framework for police-related activities. The SPMU’s efforts in developing baseline police capacities of participating States and its support to policy development was underpinned by the publication of an English and Russian version of a guidebook on Trafficking in Human Beings: Identification of Potential and Presumed Victims. A Community Policing Approach.4 The Unit also provided extensive support to the Action against Terrorism Unit and ODIHR in developing guidebooks related to the work of the police in the fight against terrorism and the protection of human rights. Principles of democratic policing were also promoted through the continuing presentation and distribution of SPMU’s key publications to the OSCE field operations, Institutions, and national and international partner organizations. SPMU’s police training development activities focused on promoting E-learning, facilitating and providing training in investigating THB and cybercrime, and in combating illicit drugs and precursors, the latter including training courses for Afghan law enforcement officers which were organized in close co-operation with participating States, Afghan authorities, other OSCE executive structures and the international community. The SPMU was also very active in promoting regional co-operation in fighting transnational crime. Utilizing and further enhancing the Policing OnLine Information System (POLIS), the SPMU also continued serving as a main collection point and central repository for OSCE policerelated institutional knowledge, providing the platform for sharing information resulting from OSCE activities, from local initiatives and from development work of other international organizations and agencies. Enhanced Programmatic Co-ordination in Addressing Transnational Threats (TNT) Following up on the Athens Ministerial Council Decision No. 2/09 and the Report 2010 by the OSCE Secretary General on the Implementation of MC.DEC/2/09 on Further OSCE Efforts to Address Transnational Threats and Challenges to Security and Stability the thematic units in the Secretariat, including the SPMU, maintained and enhanced co-operation in jointly conducting events, such as trainings, workshops or conferences on TNT issues, many of which involved police-related activities. Co-operation was also strengthened with other OSCE executive structures and international partner organizations. Furthermore, the 2011 Vilnius Minister Council, in Decision No. 9/11 on Strengthening Co-ordination and Coherence in the OSCE’s Efforts to Address Transnational Threats welcomed “the proposals by the Secretary General included in the 2012 Unified Budget Proposal for the creation of a department to address transnational threats, consistent with the OSCE’s mandates and within available resources, with a view to ensuring better co-ordination, strengthened coherence and more efficient use of the OSCE’s resources in addressing transnational threats”. Specific attention was directed towards enhancing legal co-operation in the OSCE area in criminal matters related to terrorism; as well as on capacity-building of border police/guards and customs officials in the fields of travel document security, container supply chain security, and cyber security; and on countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism. 3 4 See OSCE, Report by the OSCE Secretary General on Police-Related Activities of the OSCE Executive Structures up to the End of 2009, SEC.GAL/62/10, Vienna, 31 March 2010. OSCE, Trafficking in Human Beings: Identification of Potential and Presumed Victims. A Community Policing Approach, SPMU Publication Series Vol. 10, Vienna, June 2011 at: http://polis.osce.org/library/details?doc_id=3803. 11