International Policing/Police Peacekeeping On 19-20 March, the TNTD/SPMU participated in Kyiv at a conference on the development of a UN Strategic Police Peacekeeping Framework, addressing democratic policing principles and criminal justice reform activities to enhance the effectiveness of UN policing through creating consistency and standardization in approaches in the areas of police reform, public safety and support of national police authorities during peacekeeping missions. The TNTD/SPMU presented OSCE activities in this area based on the wide level of experience in police development, criminal justice reform and capacity building. On 1-2 October, upon invitation of the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), the TNTD/SPMU gave a lecture on OSCE's approach to police reform at the master class course “Senior Strategic Advisor’s Master Class on Police Reform in an International and Security Sector Reform Context”, held at the Swiss Armed Forces International Command (SWISSINT) facilities in Stans, Switzerland. The course was organized by police training institutions from Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and the UK and brought together some 20 high-ranking police officials from eight countries to prepare them for senior Police Adviser positions in international police missions. On 14-17 October, upon invitation of the UN DPKO Police Division, the TNTD/SPMU participated at the “Meeting of the Global Policy Community to Review the Strategic Framework for International Police Peacekeeping” at Cumberland Lodge, United Kingdom. The strategic framework is designed to assist police components of international field operations in furthering the rule of law and the provision of public safety and ensuring security of police officers deployed in such field operations. The meeting brought together police chiefs from different continents, academia from world leading universities and representatives of international organizations such as the EU, INTERPOL, the OSCE, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Confidence-Building Activities in the Transdniestria Conflict From 29-31 October, the TNTD/SPMU, upon invitation of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, participated in high-level consultations between the Government of Moldova and the de-facto Government of Transdnistria, in Landshut, Germany. The TNTD/SPMU moderated and led negotiations in the respective working group on law-enforcement which discussed new models and opportunities of law-enforcement co-operation within the security zone in Moldova. The TNTD/SPMU’s engagement in the working group was a continuation of efforts made since 2011. Assessment of Police-Related Projects In August and October, the TNTD/SPMU, in close co-operation with the host State government and the OSCE Mission to Serbia, conducted two OSCE internal assessment visits to Serbia to take stock of the achievements made by the Law Enforcement Development Programme of the OSCE Mission to Serbia since 2001, to analyse the lessons learned during the programme implementation, as well as to provide evidence-based input for adjusting the Mission’s law enforcement development programme to any changing needs of the host country. In the course of the two visits, some 60 representatives of the Ministry of Interior, the police, municipal authorities, NGOs, international partner organizations as well as representatives from the OSCE Mission to Serbia were interviewed. While some preliminary recommendations of the assessment were shared with the LED in November 2013, a detailed report of this comprehensive assessment was planned to be finalized in 2014. From 14-26 November, the TNTD/SPMU, jointly with the Conflict Prevention Centre (CPC), 23