of “The OSCE and its Asian Partners – Strengthening Cyber Security”. Participants from a number of OSCE participating States and Asian partners for Co-operation contributed with remarks and statements following the presentations. From 26 to 30 September, TNTD/SPMU organized regional cybercrime training on introductory open source digital forensics for 19 police investigators and digital forensics examiners from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro. The objective of this five-day training, held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was to build the capacity of newly appointed cybercrime investigators and digital forensics examiners by introducing them to the basics of computer forensics through the use of a range of open source digital forensics tools and techniques in investigating cybercrime. On 6 and 7 October, TNTD/SPMU attended the eCrime Cyber-Security Symposium in Bratislava, Slovakia, organized by the Anti-Phishing Working Group, a non-profit global coalition of academic researchers, security practitioners and law enforcement. From 18 to 21 October, TNTD/SPMU attended, as an observer, the first pilot run of a training course for police investigators on the Investigation on Darknet and Virtual Currencies. The pilot training held in Budapest, Hungary was organized by CEPOL within the framework of the European Commission’s European multidisciplinary platform against criminal threats (EMPACT) project. TNTD/SPMU provided feedback and recommendations to the course developers, with a view of incorporating it into the material for the second delivery of the course, which was organized by TNTD/SPMU from 21 to 25 November in Tbilisi, Georgia for police investigators from Georgia and Azerbaijan. On 16 December, TNTD/SPMU organized a co-ordinating meeting in Vienna with representatives from all OSCE field operations in South-Eastern Europe (SEE) to develop a common platform on which training schemes in the field of organized crime and cybercrime can lead to a more synchronized approach in achieving sustainable effects. Participants discussed TNTD/SPMU plans to develop a long-term training project on cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime, including the needs of law enforcement in SEE. 2.3 TNTD/Action against Terrorism Unit Introduction The Action against Terrorism Unit of the Transnational Threats Department (TNTD/ATU), established in 2002, is the OSCE’s focal point, information resource and implementation partner on counter-terrorism activities. The Unit’s work is guided by the OSCE Consolidated Framework for the Fight against Terrorism (PC.DEC/1063), adopted in December 2012. The Consolidated Framework outlines the strategic focus areas for counter-terrorism activities by the Organization, and provides a roadmap for further action. Importantly, the Consolidated Framework stipulates that the OSCE will further co-ordinate its efforts internally and cooperate externally with relevant regional and international organizations. The Secretary General will continue to ensure co-ordinated efforts among thematic structures within the Secretariat and other executive structures in the pursuit of activities related or relevant to counter-terrorism, in order to maximize the use of resources and available expertise. Furthermore, the Consolidated Framework mandates the OSCE Secretariat to continue ensuring the facilitation of cross-dimensional and cross-institutional co-ordination of all OSCE counter-terrorism activities, without prejudice to the mandates of other OSCE executive structures. To this end, other OSCE executive structures are tasked to proactively inform the Secretariat about planned and ongoing activities as they relate to anti-terrorism. The TNTD/ATU is staffed with a total of sixteen people. Its activities are addressed by a broad spectrum of professionals, including the Police, relevant for preventing and combating of terrorism. One of the highlights from 2016 was the OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Expert Conference on “Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism (VERLT)”, convened in Berlin, Germany by the 2016 German OSCE Chairmanship. Participants exchanged views on recent international trends and national developments with regards to VERLT, the role of youth, young women and the phenomenon of foreign terrorist 26