Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the European Police College (CEPOL) along with members of academia. The TNTD/SPMU shared with participants the OSCE experience in training needs analysis and curriculum development. On 14-15 May, upon request of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the TNTD/SPMU gave a presentation on police-ethics at a seminar organized by the OSCE Mission at Vlasic Mountain in BiH. Participants included representatives of the Ministry of Security, as well as the Directorate for Co-ordination of Police Bodies and the Ministries of Interior of the Federation of BiH and the Republika Srpska. The presentation focused on the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security and its provisions on ethics and accountability in the police services in line with democratic policing principles. On 16 May, the TNTD/SPMU, in the framework of a week-long training course on “International Standards for Democratic Policing” organized by DCAF and the Serbian Ministry of Interior, and supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia, gave a presentation on ‘OSCE’s approach in developing and promoting democratic policing standards in the OSCE region’. The main part of the presentation was dedicated to the introduction of the new TNTD/SPMU Guidebook on Police Reform within the Framework of Criminal Justice System Reform. Following the TNTD presentation, participants discussed the need to improve cooperation between police and other actors of the criminal justice system, including prosecutors and judges, to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the entire criminal justice process. From 27 May to 1 June, the TNTD/SPMU participated in a “CiO Rapporteur Mission to Mongolia”. Meetings were held with the Chairperson of the Parliament and the Foreign Minister. In the margins of the mission, the TNTD/SPMU discussed possible OSCE engagement with the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs, the Border Guards and the National Security Service. The Mongolian side was very interested in the OSCE approach to police reform and in further discussions of a possible future support. The discussions of the TNTD/SPMU with the Mongolian counterparts were a follow-up to the high-level meeting in Geneva on 2 April 2013. On 1-2 July, the TNTD/SPMU, in co-operation with ODIHR, organized a roundtable discussion on “Policing Assemblies in Compliance with OSCE Commitments” in Vienna, at which some 30 police practitioners, academics and civil society representatives from ten participating States took part. Participants discussed findings and recommendations of the ODIHR report Monitoring of Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in Selected OSCE Participating States (May 2011– June 2012) and shared views and experiences on how to improve policing of assemblies based on lessons learned and good practices. The findings of the roundtable were going to be incorporated into the third edition of the Guidelines of Freedom of Peaceful Assembly to be published by ODIHR and the Council of Europe’s European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) in 2014, as well as into a new Human Rights Training Guide to Policing Assemblies and a related Training Manual currently being developed by ODIHR with TNTD. Experts identified new issues related to the use of social media and discussed the balance of privacy concerns versus public safety information needs. On 3 July, the TNTD/SPMU, during a conference visit to Tajikistan, used the occasion to discuss the envisaged Phase II of the Police Reform Programme in Tajikistan with the Tajik Minister of Interior, and visited the Police Academy in Dushanbe where training curricula as well as material needs were discussed with the Academy’s Director. On 26 July, the TNTD/SPMU published the new guidebook on Police Reform within the Framework of Criminal Justice System Reform. The TNTD/SPMU, in close co-operation with 25