Criminal Investigation Directorate. This was the third cycle of the Training on the PEACE model of Investigative Interviewing Techniques. The curricula was expected to be revised and amended early in 2014 based on the inputs and comments given by participants and the trainers of all three pilot courses to fit the attributes of the current legal framework and police procedures on interviewing in Serbia. This revised curriculum was to be presented to the Minister of Interior for his formal approval after which it would be incorporated into the inservice professional development programme of the Ministry, ensuring sustainability of the Mission’s efforts. On 16 July, the Mission, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Skopje and police services of Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, facilitated a preparatory meeting in Skopje to prepare a cross-border law enforcement co-operation exercise between the two neighbouring countries in special investigative measures, to be conducted in September. The objective of the simulation exercise was to test the deployment of covert surveillance teams and equipment in a cross-border setting and to test cross-border police co-operation. The exercise also aimed to foster mutual trust between law enforcement officials of Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, since both services are signatories to the Police Cooperation Convention for Southeast Europe (PCC SEE). The Mission also used the visit to Skopje to pave the way for developing another regional project on “Enhancing Capacities for Strategic Analysis and Strategic Assessments in the Criminal Investigation Directorates of the Serbian, Macedonian and Montenegrin Ministries of Interior”, which was preliminary approved to be funded from the Swiss Regional Police Cooperation Programme in the Western Balkans (SPCP). On 3-4 September, the Mission organized a workshop for police professionals from Serbia, Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in Belgrade to agree on objectives of the future regional project that would enhance capacities of the criminal police to develop strategic threat assessments in line with Europol standards. The workshop was also used to share information among the representatives of the three countries in terms of strategic analysis of operational intelligence; production of strategic threat assessment reports; and the current level of expertise. Following-up to the preparatory meeting in July, the Police Affairs Department of the Mission to Skopje and the Mission’s LED co-organized the live simulation exercise from 25 to 27 September for law enforcement agencies from Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The objective of the exercise was to test the deployment of covert surveillance teams and equipment in a cross border setting with the aim to enhance the cross-border cooperation of law enforcement officers using a real life exercise. The exercise also contributed to the implementation of the PCC SEE, by introducing European best practices, exchange of expertise and harmonisation of practices in the identified priority areas of co-operation, including cross-border surveillance and hot pursuit, undercover investigations, exchange of information on forged and fake travel documents etc. On 17 December, the Mission facilitated the meeting of representatives of Operational Analytics Departments from the MoIs of Serbia, Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The objective of the meeting was to present the findings of the Project Manager`s visit to EUROPOL, which acts in advisory capacity to the project, and to agree on concrete further steps of project preparations. It was agreed that at a follow-up meeting in January 2014, focal points would give presentations on current intelligence gathering processes within their respective ministries. This would serve as a baseline for future capacity building to enable the three police services to produce a strategic analysis report on emerging and changing trends in transnational organized crime, i.e. regional SOCTA (Serious Organized Crime Threat Assessment). 93