2.1 TNTD/Co-ordination Cell Background The Co-ordination Cell of the Transnational Threats Department (TNTD/CC) was established to support co-ordinating of TNT-related activities among all OSCE executive structures and across all three OSCE dimensions. Furthermore, TNTD/CC staff members work on horizontal issues which are relevant to all TNTD units, such as cyber/ICT security and the POLIS online information system. Co-ordination of TNT Activities In addition to establishing effective co-ordination mechanisms within the OSCE executive structures, the TNTD/CC focused its efforts throughout 2014 on implementing the MC Declaration on Strengthening the OSCE Efforts to Address Transnational Threats (MC.DOC/2/13) and more specifically on strengthening co-operation in addressing such transnational threats as terrorism, organized crime and illicit drugs, along with the activities in the police-related and border security and management area, as well as cyber security and trafficking in human beings, which all contributed to enhancing the OSCE’s profile in countering transnational threats. TNTD/CC took the lead within OSCE executive structures to negotiate the first ever Memorandum of Understanding between the Secretariat of the OSCE and the General Secretariat of the INTERPOL (signed in May 2014) and to extend the OSCE-UNODC Joint Action Plan for the year 2015. Cyber/ICT Security Throughout 2014, TNTD/CC supported OSCE participating States with implementing the initial set of OSCE confidence-building measures (CBM) to reduce the risks of conflict stemming from the use of information and communication technologies adopted in December 2013. With the support of TNTD/CC, participating States also focused on developing a second set of CBMs designed to build processes and capabilities for dealing individually and collectively with common cyber threats. TNTD/CC was also closely following international developments related to cyber/ICT security, focusing in particular on how pertinent discussions in other international forums might be relevant to the cyber/ICT CBM process within the OSCE. TNTD/CC continued with its internal cyber task force meetings in 2014 to enhance coordination and coherent departmental output related to efforts that tackle various cyber/ICTrelated security threats including cybercrime. Moreover, TNTD/CC actively reached out to other OSCE executive structures to enhance information exchange on pertinent capacity building activities in the OSCE family. POLIS Online Information System In 2014, TNTD/CC continued to extend and enhance online and information system support through the online information management platform POLIS to all TNTD units and other relevant actors in the OSCE, to thereby assist in planning, co-ordinating and implementing activities related to addressing TNT. The exchange and sharing of relevant and up-to-date TNT-related information and the mobilization and transfer of know-how and lessons learned through the use of contemporary 21