PREFACE BY THE OSCE SECRETARY GENERAL Police-related activities are a key element in addressing threats to security and stability in the OSCE region and an integral part of the Organization’s efforts in conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation. In 2014, the OSCE carried out over 1,500 projects and activities for the benefit of participating States and Partners for Co-operation, a significant increase from previous years. These activities draw on the combined strength of the OSCE’s institutions and its network of field operations and often cut across the OSCE’s three security dimensions. Police-related activities are mainly delivered through institution and capacity building; advice and confidence-building; training of representatives from the criminal justice systems; facilitation of information sharing; and exchange of best practices. A wide range of activities aim to support law enforcement officials to develop specific competencies to counter transnational threats and organized crime. The most frequent activities in 2014 targeted trafficking in human beings, criminal investigations, criminal analysis, illicit drugs and cybercrime. In relation to general police development and reform, community policing remains a major focus. Building strong police-public partnerships and relations of trust between police and the people they serve is one of the OSCE’s critical tasks in enhancing stability and the rule of law. The 2014 Annual Police Experts Meeting focused on legal provisions, mechanisms and tools for enhancing cross-border co-operation between law-enforcement and judicial authorities in the OSCE area. Heads of Law Enforcement Departments in OSCE field operations at their annual get-together discussed human resources requirements, better interaction between field operations and OSCE delegations and the tenth anniversary of the OSCE Gender Action Plan. Over 120 participants at the OSCE-wide Illicit Drugs Conference zoomed in on co-operation between government authorities, law enforcement agencies and the private sector to improve drug control at the national, regional and international levels. This comprehensive report provides a full overview of all police-related projects and other OSCE activities. For your convenience, you will find short, visual summaries in the Executive Summary and in Appendices 3 and 4. I trust that this report will be of value to all OSCE stakeholders and contribute to our efforts to strengthen law enforcement services of participating States and Partners for Co-operations. Lamberto Zannier OSCE Secretary General July 2014 11