Specifically, TNTD/CC provided online support for the permanent online forum of the Border Security and Management National Focal Point Network, the forum for the Expert Discussion on PC Decision 1106 and 1202 on CBMs, and the forum for the OSCE CounterTerrorism Network. Among the newly established online forums was the OSCE Border Security and Management Training Support Network and the forum for the OSCE Anti-Corruption Training for Border Security and Management. TNTD/CC continued using the forum “TNT Field Activities Repository”, which is available to TNTD as well as to all TNT Focal Points in field operations, as a collection point for TNT-related activities of OSCE field operations, relevant material to be published in the POLIS Digital Library, and for TNTD’s information-dissemination efforts through its “TNT Field Activity Quarterly Report”. In late 2015, TNTD/CC started the first stage of redevelopment of the platform, which will be based on a new, modern Content Management System. Re-development started with the core component of POLIS, which is its Digital Library, and is expected to be launched in 2016, along with some other newly developed components. Further re-development of legacy POLIS components will continue throughout 2016 and 2017. 2.2 TNTD/Strategic Police Matters Unit Introduction “The OSCE Secretariat ensures the co-ordination of all OSCE police-related activities and ensures that they are in line with the relevant mandates and do not overlap. The Transnational Threats Department’s Strategic Police Matters Unit (TNTD/SPMU), which was set up to improve the capacity of participating States to address threats posed by criminal activity and to assist them in upholding the rule of law, serves as the main focal point in this regard.” (PC.DEC/1049, article 22). The primary role of TNTD/SPMU is to provide support to law enforcement agencies of participating States in addressing threats posed by criminal activity through needs assessments, capacity-building, institution-building, training and evaluation. TNTD/SPMU’s long-term goals aim to provide a democratic vision of policing for the entire OSCE region, and to put that vision to work by assisting participating States in police capacity- and institution-building and improving police performance within the broader objective of strengthening national criminal justice systems. TNTD/SPMU had a number of visits throughout 2015 from individuals and groups from diverse academic institutions, national authorities, international organizations, OSCE delegations, field operations and OSCE institutions wishing to obtain information about the Unit’s structure and activities. TNTD/SPMU welcomes every opportunity to raise awareness and strengthen its network and to receive interested parties to discuss issues related to the Unit’s mandate and activities. Throughout the year, the Head of the Unit and his staff held high-level meetings with Ministers of Interior and their Deputies, Directors of Departments, and the Heads/ Directors of Police and Police Academies of numerous participating States, in order to strengthen TNTD/SPMU’s network of contacts and to discuss OSCE’s assistance to police reform and development and the fight against organized transnational crime. 16 On 27 July 2015, the Annual Report of the Secretary General on Police-Related Activities in 2014 was released. The report, prepared and edited by TNTD/SPMU, reveals the number of the OSCE’s police-related activities increased from previous years.