EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Activities of the OSCE Secretariat The Co-ordinator of Activities to address Transnational Threats, facilitated co-ordination and coherence for the Secretary General in organization-wide programmatic activities that relate to countering transnational threats, across all three OSCE dimensions and among all OSCE executive structures. The Co-ordination Cell of the Transnational Threats Department (TNTD/CC) continued enhancing the POLIS online information system and organized online forums and video conferences to assist activities related to addressing Transnational Threats (TNT). TNTD’s Cyber Security Officer supported participating States in the implementation of the initial set of OSCE confidence-building measures to reduce the risks of conflict stemming from the use of information and communication technologies, and co-organized a number of working groups and events promoting an OSCE crossdimensional approach to cyber/ICT security and effectively attributing cyber-attacks. The Strategic Police Matters Unit (TNTD/SPMU) provided police-related support to OSCE’s executive structures and the OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office. The Unit provided assistance to the participating States and field operations in the areas of police reform and development, as well as the fight against transnational crime, through capacity-building, training courses, conferences and workshops. With regard to thematic areas, nearly two-thirds of all TNTD/SPMU activities were devoted to addressing threats posed by criminal activity, while most attention was given to trafficking in human beings and migration-related crime while also introducing the concept of and promoting intelligence-led policing. Other topics which TNTD/SPMU focused on were, inter alia, police development and reform, illicit drugs and chemical precursors, and cybercrime. The Gender Section in the Office of the Secretary General provided assistance to the TNTD and field operations in their promotion of a gender perspective in police-related activities. This was achieved through a focus on promoting UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on Women, Peace and Security and the importance of women in police services. The Gender Section continued to raise awareness of OSCE staff and within participating States on gender issues by organizing side events during OSCE meetings. The Section also reviewed progress and shortcomings in meeting the commitments of the 2004 OSCE Gender Action Plan. Police-related activities of the Office of the Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) included organizing initiatives to combat corruption and money laundering, including events to promote financial institutions’ compliance to recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force. The Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (OSR/CTHB) focused on fostering the exchange of experiences between criminal justice institutions on the prosecution of trafficking offenders, as well as the investigation of sexual crimes and protection of victims. Additionally, the Office continued to organize capacity-building events for prosecutors, law enforcement officers, lawyers, military personnel and border guards. The OSR/CTHB also advanced co-operation with the TNTD in the area of combating human trafficking and migration-related crime. The TNTD/Action against Terrorism Unit (TNTD/ATU) continued its capacity-building activities on counterterrorism-related police work. The unit promoted the international legal framework and co-operation in criminal matters related to terrorism through a number of roundtables, workshops, trainings and conferences, and devoted significant attention to events on strengthening criminal justice responses which comply with the rule of law, travel document security, terrorist use of the Internet, terrorism financing and countering foreign terrorist fighters and violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT). 7