conference participation significantly decreased, legislative and strategic support and assistance in training and capacity building were provided with nearly the same frequency as before. In Central Asia, support in strategic planning of police reform and in enhancing accountability increased in a number of field operations. Community policing remained high on the agenda in Kyrgyzstan and started to receive more attention from the Office in Tajikistan, while border security and management activities further increased in most of the field operations. The fight against illicit drugs and THB also continued to receive a great deal of attention by the field operations. Two field operations also continued to provide capacity building support in counter-terrorism. While support increased in all three areas of police assistance, training and capacity building accounted for the bulk of activities. Co-operation with International, Regional and National Partner Organizations Close consultation, co-ordination and co-operation of the OSCE executive structures with other international stakeholders involved in police assistance in the OSCE participating States is crucial in order to develop coherent, holistic and complementary reform goals and strategies, deliver coherent and joint statements of goals and expectations to the national counterparts, build synergies, delegate and divide tasks, and avoid duplication of activities. In 2013, the OSCE executive structures, on the basis of the Platform for Co-operative Security of 1999, continued to co-operate with the United Nations, its structures, and other relevant international and regional organizations on police-related activities. In the field of general police development and reform main international, regional and national partner organizations included, inter alia: the Association of European Police Colleges (AEPC); the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP); the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA); the European Police College (CEPOL); the Council of Europe (CoE); the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF); the European Commission (EC); the European Union (EU); the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI); the European Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL); the European Police Office (EUROPOL); the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX); the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); the International Training Centre (ICT); the International Association of Police Academies (INTERPA); the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL); the International Organization for Migration (IOM); the International Peace Institute (IPI); the Intelligent Traffic Management Centre (ITMC); the Kosovo Force (KFOR); the Polish Helsinki Federation for Human Rights; the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC); the Southeast European Law Enforcement Center (SELEC); the Southeast Europe Police Chief Association (SEPCA); the South Eastern Europe Small Arms Control (SEESAC); the Swiss Regional Police Cooperation Programme in the Western Balkans (SPCP); the Swiss Armed Forces International Command (SWISSINT); the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA); the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); the United Nations Department for Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO); the United Nations Habitat; the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW); the United Nations Women; the United States International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (US ICITAP); the Women Police Officers Network in Southeast Europe; the World Food Programme (WFP); and the World Health Organization (WHO). The preparation and implementation of activities related to organized crime in general, and THB, trafficking in drugs, and cybercrime in particular, entailed co-ordination and cooperation with various international, regional and national partner organizations, including, 14