On 26 November, TNTD participated in the Special Seventh Meeting of the Steering Committee of the UNODC Regional Programme for South-Eastern Europe in Vienna, upon invitation from the UNODC Executive Director. The main purpose of the meeting was to launch and introduce a new UNODC Regional Programme for South-Eastern Europe for 2016-2019, focusing on organized crime. The event brought together representatives from South-Eastern Europe and regional and international organizations. TNTD informed participants on current OSCE-UNODC activities in the region, on co-operation in training and capacity-building, and on future joint plans. On 15 December, TNTD participated in UNODC’s global programme “Building Effective Networks against Transnational Organized Crime (BENATOC)”, held at UNODC in Vienna. This new UNODC initiative is based on UN Security Council Resolution 2195 (2014) which, inter alia, stresses “…the importance of strengthening trans-regional and international cooperation on a basis of a common and shared responsibility…” and encourages “…relevant organizations, as appropriate, to enhance cooperation and strategies to prevent terrorists from benefiting from transnational organized crime”. Cross-Border Co-operation in Criminal Matters From 5-6 February, TNTD took part in the fifth annual Police Co-operation Convention for Southeast Europe (PCC SEE) Implementation Programme and gave a presentation on the OSCE’s police-related activities in South-Eastern Europe in 2014 as well as on its tentative schedule for 2015. The PCC SEE Secretariat and the convention’s participants shared information about the achievements of the implementation process of the PCC SEE, exchanged information regarding future activities to avoid overlap and duplication, and explored the possibilities of strengthening co-operation. From 24-25 March, TNTD participated in the Regional Meeting of OSCE Heads of Field Operations in Central Asia in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Focusing on “Strengthening the Co-operation Mechanisms”, the meeting was an opportunity for participants to contemplate ways to improve co-operation between OSCE field operations in the region. From 28-29 April, TNTD gave a presentation and participated in discussions at the Meeting on Networking of Law Enforcement Training Institutions “LE TrainNet” in Baku, Azerbaijan. “LE TrainNet” is a new initiative by UNODC, supported by the European Police College (CEPOL) and several other regional and international organizations, aiming at establishing a network of various law enforcement training/educational institutions on an inter-regional level. 20 On 5 May, TNTD participated in the 13th Meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Police Co-operation Convention for Southeast Europe (PCC SEE) in St. Pölten, Austria. The event gathered national authorities from PCC SEE Contracting Parties, including Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. CEPOL, DCAF, Eurojust, Europol, FRONTEX, IOM, the Migration, Asylum, Refugees Regional Initiative (MARRI), and the OSCE were present as observers. The aim of the meeting was to examine the 18-month work programme of the outgoing Trio Chairmanship and to endorse the upcoming one. From 15-16 June, TNTD, in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat and in co-ordination with UNODC, organized the Workshop on “International Co-operation in Criminal Matters for Turkmenistan and Afghanistan” in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The workshop, attended by some 40 criminal justice system experts from Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, as well as from France, Spain, and Turkey, EUROJUST, OSCE executive structures, and UNODC, aimed to enhance co-operation between Turkmenistan and Afghanistan in fighting terrorism and organized crime. On 8 October, upon UNODC’s invitation, TNTD participated in preparatory consultations for a high-level meeting between Afghanistan and its neighbouring countries that will review the status of co-operation and future strategic directives in relation to Afghanistan and the implementation of its new National Drug Control Action Plan. Participants discussed details, exchanged ideas and refined planning for the highlevel meeting that took place at UNODC on 15 December 2015, where the OSCE participated actively. From 4-5 November, TNTD organized the ”Regional Workshop on Strengthening Cross-border Co-operation in Addressing Irregular Migration-Related Crime in the Western Balkans” in Belgrade, Serbia, in co-operation with IOM and UNODC and in co-ordination with OSR/CTHB and the OSCE Mission to Serbia. The workshop was held within the framework of the joint commitment of the three organizations, signed in 2014, to continue partnership in the area of countering transnational organized crime, especially smuggling of migrants and trafficking in human beings in the Western Balkans. This workshop aimed at strengthening the co-operation between criminal justice actors and other relevant public and private parties in addressing irregular migration-related crime in the Western Balkans. Some 120 participants attended the workshop from 24 pS as well as from ODIHR and a number of IOs and NGOs.