2.4 TNTD/Border Security and Management Unit Introduction The OSCE Secretariat, through the Border Security and Management Unit of the Transnational Threats Department (TNTD/BSMU), supports and assists the OSCE Chairmanship, executive structures, field operations and Institutions in their efforts to promote open and secure borders as elaborated in the OSCE Border Security and Management Concept (BSMC) (MC.DOC/2/05) adopted in Ljubljana in December 2005. In 2016, the OSCE Border Security and Management National Focal Points (BSM NFP) Network, along with training and capacity development activities, contributed to exchanges of information and cooperation between border security and management services of participating States and OSCE Partners for Co-operation (PfC). TNTD/BSMU interactions with a number of international and regional actors and OSCE field operations also contributed to dialogue and co-operation between participating States and OSCE PfC in the Mediterranean region. Activities Related to General Police Development and Reform Anti-Corruption TNTD/BSMU continued the implementation of an anticorruption interactive training programme for border guards, customs services and anti-corruption authorities of Moldova and Ukraine. In 2016, within the framework of the “Anti-Corruption Interactive Training for Border Guards, Customs Services and Anti-Corruption Authorities of the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine”, TNTD/BSMU organized three national workshops on integrity and anti-corruption in border security management (BSM). Sixteen officers from Moldova and Ukraine were trained on innovative teaching methodologies, participated in interactive table-top exercises and developed a training video. This project was launched in 2015, and aimed to address the unique challenges in the investigation and prosecution of grand corruption cases in the cross-border environment in Moldova and Ukraine. In November, TNTD/BSMU, in close co-operation with the Law Enforcement University of Mongolia, conducted a workshop on integrity and anti-corruption for 16 officers from the Border Protection Service, Anti-Corruption Agency, Police, and Customs Service in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 30 Gender and Ethnic Mainstreaming In May, TNTD/BSMU launched the OSCE Gender Equality Platform in Border Security and Management as the first activity of the OSCE Women Leadership and Empowerment Initiative for Border Security and Management Agencies. During a series of meetings and workshops organized in 2016, the officially appointed members of the Platform analysed the situation pertaining to gender equality in their services, established contacts with other initiatives designed to contribute to empowering women in the security sector, defined and discussed challenges, and shared lessons learned and best practices in integrating a gender perspective in BSM. Discussions were also devoted to exploring the gender factor in response to the current migration crisis. In May, TNTD/BSMU contributed to the Border Management Staff Course for Women Leaders held at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, by delivering lectures on Information Sharing and the Role of Risk Management in Border Security and Management, and participated in a series of meetings with national agencies and international stakeholders on evaluation of the National Border Management Strategy of Tajikistan.