POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE Activities Related to General Police Development and Reform Parliament, the police, the Council for Civil Control of the police, the Ombudsman of Montenegro, civil society, media, and other national and international institutions present in Montenegro attended the activity. Police Development and Reform within Security Sector Reform Police Monitoring and Confidence-Building The following activities are part of the joint efforts of OMiM and Geneva’s Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) organized within the framework of DCAF’s Police Integrity Building Programme (PIBP), aims to strengthen internal police capacities and to provide in-service training on police integrity. t
From 1-5 June, a five-day course, attended by 18 officials from the MoI’s Working Group for Police Integrity and the Police Academy (PA), was held at the Police Academy in Danilovgrad, Montenegro. Using DCAF’s Training Manual on Police Integrity, the participants learned how to deliver and evaluate training on police integrity, and adopted a plan for future training delivery as well as a training monitoring and review plan. t
From 16-18 June, Montenegrin police officials, trained by DCAF to facilitate and evaluate training on police integrity using PIBP’s methodology, delivered six training workshops on police integrity. During the three days of training, ninety police officers debated issues related to their work and integrity in Podgorica, Bar, and Niksic. t
On 30 September, a workshop was held on training management and planning for 15 MoI and PA officials in Podgorica. It provided an opportunity to analyse the implementation and results of training activities, and to debate the findings of the curriculum analysis. t
From 16-18 of November, 16 mid- and senior-level police managers completed two e-learning courses on Police Integrity developed by DCAF. Subsequently, on 19 November, a workshop for managers on police integrity was held for the same group in Podgorica. t
On 1 December, a seminar on the “Developments and Strategic Priorities in Fostering Police Integrity” was held in Podgorica, in close co-operation with the MoI and the Parliamentary Committee for Defence and Security. The seminar served as a platform for the continuation of a multi-stakeholder dialogue on police integrity, and focused on priorities, achievements, and current challenges in further strengthening police integrity, human resources, police management, and police professional development in Montenegro. Overall, 50 officials from the MoI, the From 12-13 February, the 3rd OSCE Regional Meeting of the Western Balkans Security Co-operation/Law Enforcement Programs was held in Podgorica. Heads and designated programme representatives from OSCE FOs in Albania, Kosovo1, Montenegro, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Serbia as well as directors of the OSCE TNTD and SPMU participated in the meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange information about current activities and actual trends within the Security Sector Reform in respective host countries. In addition, FOs were informed about the Secretariat’s approach and plans for addressing transnational threats and organized crime in 2015. From 17-20 March, 25-26 June, and 28 September-1 October, meetings were held in Belgrade, Podgorica, and Herceg Novi, Montenegro as part of the Regional Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP) Project of the Regular Working Group and Steering Committee, co-ordinated by the OSCE Mission to Serbia with assistance provided by the OMiM and the OSCE Mission to Skopje. The focus of the meetings was on re-setting benchmarks, assessing current achievements and challenges, and measuring progress and needed assistance. On 24 April, the Mission co-organized the donors’ coordination meeting with the MoI on the Ministry’s premises, which gathered representatives of international and diplomatic institutions that support ongoing reforms within the MoI/Police Directorate (PD). The meeting served to discuss and co-ordinate current plans and future objectives regarding areas of assistance identified by the MoI, including the issues of organized crime, cybercrime, illicit drug trafficking, visa fraud, and asylum requests. In May, the Mission facilitated meetings between the Police Academy and CEPOL, as well as an initial meeting with the Hungarian National University of Public Service in Budapest, to strengthen co-ordination with different regional training centres and universities. The signing of the Memorandum of co-operation with the Hungarian National University of Public Service has been scheduled for April 2016. From 18-20 May, the OMiM and the PA of Montenegro coorganized a three day course on handling weapons for two 1 All references to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, in this text should be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244. 65