4.2 Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina Mission helped to define the agenda, identify the competent participants and co-chair the event. Sharing best practice from the field, participants expressed an interest in further training on the identification of potential trafficking victims within migrant communities. Throughout 2019, the Mission participated in police and rule of law co-ordination meetings with international partners, providing legal analysis, including on issues related to the proposed changes to the RS Law on Policing and Internal Affairs. In June and August, the Mission hosted several senior-level meetings in Mission offices, gathering the directors of SIPA, BiH Intelligence and Security Agency, BiH Prosecutors’ Office, and BiH Court, who discussed ways to strengthen co-operation. Throughout 2019, the Mission supported cantonal police in planning and delivering workshops and trainings on rule of law related topics. Based on this, the Mission and Tuzla Canton Police Administration both agreed to conduct seminars for newly recruited officers and investigators on investigating corruption, gender-based violence, and THB, with a focus on child begging. As result, some 120 police officers were familiarized with the key concepts, legal provisions, and practices of the judiciary in FBIH relating to processing specific crimes. Cybercrime During 2019, the Mission supported the implementation of the “Capacity-Building for Criminal Justice Practitioners Combating Cybercrime and Cyber-enabled Crime in SouthEastern Europe”, led by TNTD/SPMU and implemented in co-ordination with FOs in the region. From February to December, the Mission contributed to the organization of four training sessions in Banja Luka and Sarajevo, aimed at improving the capacities of some 100 law enforcement and criminal justice practitioners to counter cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime10. Each session was organized in co-operation with entity-level police authorities and police academies and facilitated by an expert who had undergone the project’s ToT programme. During each training session, participants acquired the necessary understanding, knowledge, and skills to counter criminal misuse of IT through the more effective prevention, investigation, prosecution, and application of contemporary techniques. All the training materials were translated into local languages and handed over to entity-level authorities to be incorporated into their respective training programmes. 10 The Mission monitored and assessed the quality of the training concept and presentation skills of trainers in accordance with an assessment methodology. 54 On 24 May, the Mission sponsored six representatives from the BiH MoS and entity MoI’s to participate in the project’s concluding conference on “Crime in the Digital Age” held in Vienna. The event gathered 130 participants, including trainers, MoI representatives, international cybercrime experts, members of the Project’s Co-ordination Board and FOs. Border Security and Management / Customs From 27 to 28 February, the Mission supported the work of the co-ordination body of the BiH CoM in drafting an action plan to implement the new BiH 2019-2023 IBM Strategy by co-organizing a workshop in Trebinje.  Experts from IOM and EU assisted in the drafting of the document, which was additionally subjected to consultations involving all relevant institutions. The strategy and its action plan have now been tabled for adoption by the BiH CoM. On 12 and 13 November, in co-operation with the Centre against Trafficking in Works of Art and the BiH MoS, Agency for Education and Professional Training and French Embassy, the Mission organized the second in a series of training courses in Sarajevo on countering illicit trafficking in cultural property. The participants were representatives of BiH Border Police, Indirect Taxation Authority, State Investigation and Protection Agency and the entities’ Centres for Judicial and Prosecutorial Training who all gained valuable insights on countering this criminal activity at first and second line of border checks, enhancing also the investigative and prosecutorial skills of participants. In addition, participants were faced with cases of art smuggling and gained knowledge from French Customs professionals and local art experts. The Agency for Education and Professional Training has formally certified the training, thereby confirming the significance of countering illicit trafficking in cultural property, and preventing transnational threats financed through it.