4.4 Mission to Montenegro a single window with one government authority designated to receive passenger data on behalf of all other national agencies, and another to establish a stakeholder consultation group for engagement with airlines. The authorities were encouraged to appoint a national API co-ordinator and establish a working group. Commercial service providers and experts from the United States also attended the event and shared their experience and best practices in working with API data, presenting specific solutions for Montenegro that are based on user requirements. This working session updated the roadmap based on the conclusions of the discussions, provided a forum for the experts to assess the country’s needs, and address challenges in the API implementation process. Participants in the South-Eastern Europe Workshop on Combating Illicit Cross-border Trafficking in Cultural Property visit the Doclea archaeological site in Podgorica, Montenegro, on 4 October 2018. (OSCE/Mission to Montenegro). From 27 February to 1 March, building upon an initial event in Podgorica in December 2017, the Mission supported TNTD/BSMU in conducting a Threat Assessment Mission to the international airports at Podgorica and Tivat. As a result of this assessment, it was agreed that TNTD/BSMU will draft the National Border Community Security Programme (BCSP), which will reflect the Schengen Action Plan priorities and other strategic documents provided by the Montenegrin Border Police. Agreement was reached for designated points of contact from the Podgorica and Tivat airports to review in Vienna the draft BCSP with international experts from Airpol, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and other relevant actors, and develop specific steps and a timeframe for its implementation. The BCSP was launched in May with capacity-building training courses held for Podgorica/Tivat airport law enforcement personnel. The BCSP will be the first of its kind in the SEE and will serve as a pilot programme for work by other OSCE field operations in the region. From 5 to 8 March 2018, the Mission provided support to a follow-up technical meeting organized by TNTD/BSMU for some 20 key experts from Montenegrin agencies who had participated in a similar workshop in 2017 and are tasked with implementing the API. Assisted by an independent consultant, participants identified ways to improve the national legislation to grant law enforcement officials the legal authority to collect and process passenger data while fully respecting citizens’ right to privacy. The participants reviewed the roadmap and discussed the recommendations developed at the first workshop, in particular one that proposed to create 82 On 5 June, the Mission, together with four national points of contact from the Civil Aviation Agency, Border Police and Customs Administration, travelled to the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna to revise the draft BCSP. This programme was developed as part of the OSCE TNTD pilot project on airport security for Montenegro, which was designed to improve information exchange and co-operation between law enforcement and private sector personnel to reduce criminal and terrorist threats and to identify FTFs at Montenegro’s international airports. From 20 to 22 June, TNTD, together with the Mission, organized a training course for 15 first and second-line border and customs officers from the airports at Podgorica and Tivat on how to detect forged documents and impostors. The training combined learning theory with practical exercises. Participants were exposed to available tools and services to identify FTF, techniques for printing travel documents, along with scanning devices for official travel documents and practices for gathering API. The TNTD donated eight specialized magnifiers to enhance the capacity of authorities to identify forged documents and impostors at Montenegro’s international airports. On 5 October, more than 50 participants from police, border and customs services, as well as from the Ministries of Justice and Culture from SEE and South Caucasus, completed a fiveday workshop in Podgorica on combating illicit cross-border trafficking in cultural property. The workshop was organized by the Italian OSCE Chairmanship in co-ordination with TNTD/BSMU, the Mission and the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro. The event highlighted the international legal framework and best practices in criminal justice responses to trafficking in cultural property. Experts presented available ICT systems and databases to support the fight against this phenomenon. They emphasized the importance of international co-operation and information exchange as efficient counter-measures, equally important to the monitoring and protection of archaeological sites, as well

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