countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism; encouraging public private partnerships; promoting law enforcement co-operation; and protecting human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law in the context of measures to prevent and counter terrorism. Participants also exchanged views on the implementation of the Consolidated Framework. Promoting the International Legal Framework and Co-operation in Criminal Matters related to Terrorism On 1 March, the TNTD/ATU and the OSCE CiB, supported by the Anti-Terrorism Centre (ATC) of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee of National Security (SCNS) and UNODC, organized a one-day roundtable on “Good Practices to Enhance Implementation of Preventive Aspects of the Terrorist Bombings Convention.” 35 representatives from the government and business community as well as international experts discussed ways to enhance cooperation between public and private entities to improve the control of explosive substances and its precursors and to prevent terrorists’ access. The roundtable provided information about initiatives aimed at strengthening the control of those substances. Participants agreed that there was much room for improvement in this field. As a follow-up, the ATC was going to put forward proposals and recommendations stemming from this roundtable to be analysed by an inter-ministerial working group, which would be supported by the OSCE upon request. On 13 March, the TNTD/ATU and the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, with support of UNODC, organized a one-day roundtable on “Good Practices to Enhance Implementation of Preventive Aspects of the Terrorist Bombings Convention” in Pristina. 28 experts from legislative bodies, law enforcement, the agriculture, trade, industry and mining sector as well as representatives of international organizations (UNODC and UNDP) participated. Discussions focused on the implementation of the Law on Civil Use of Explosives which had recently been adopted with the support of the international Kosovo Force (KFOR). Participants recognized that implementation of relevant regulations requires enhanced coordination and information sharing among and between official institutions and the private industry. On 8-9 May, upon invitation of the authorities of Montenegro, OSCE (TNTD/ATU, OCEEA) and UNODC conducted the second mission to Podgorica to finalize drafting the new Action Plan (2013-2014) for the Strategy for Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism, Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing. The team met with experts from the Police Directorate, the Ministry of Interior, the Agency for National Security, the High Court, the Ministry of Defence and the Administration for Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing Terrorism and discussed capacity building for better implementation of the new Action Plan. On 14-15 May, the TNTD/ATU organized an international conference on the “Use of Special Investigation Techniques (SIT) to Combat Terrorism and Other Forms of Serious Crime.” The conference took place in Strasbourg and was co-organized by the OSCE, the CoE, the United Nations Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (UN CTED) and the League of Arab States (LAS). The objective of the conference was to discuss new challenges related to the use of SIT, tentatively with the purpose of updating the Recommendation 10 (2005) of the CoE Committee of Ministers (SIT in Relation to Serious Crimes Including Acts of Terrorism). 114 experts from 46 countries, eight international and regional organizations, civil society, academia and the business community participated in the conference.10 On 5 June, the TNTD/ATU and the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), with the support of the OSCE Mission to BiH, and in co-operation with UNODC, organized a roundtable in Sarajevo on “Good Practices to Enhance Implementation of Preventive 10 The conclusions of the conference were published on the CoE website at: http://www.coe.int/t/dlapil/codexter/sitconference_en.asp. 35