Serious Organized Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA). This two-week training, which aimed to have both police services meet the required Europol standards, was conducted in Albania, where 12 intelligence analysts from both police services (six from each) were trained on strategic assessment and the necessary components required for the SOCTA. The purpose of this OSCE-DCAF project is for both police services to meet international required policing standards, to improve their operational capacities and to meet the requirements of their respective policing strategic development plans. From 10-14 November, the Mission trained 18 Kosovo Police officers from various police stations and regions on strategic assessment and tactical tasking and co-ordination. This one week training, held at Kosovo Academy for Public Safety, was intended to have police officers meet the required standard operational procedures on strategic assessment and the necessary components regarding tasking and co-ordinating resources. The purpose of this course was to have the police service meet the international required policing standards, to improve their operational capacities and to fulfil the requirements of the Kosovo Police organized crime policing strategic development plans. On 18 November, the Mission organized the Regional Conference on Combatting Organized Crime and Transnational Threats, the aim of which was to examine the common transnational threats in relation to organized crime and to highlight emerging threats to the region as a whole, as well as to set up constant information and experience exchange through legal assistance or contact points. Around 60 representatives from various law enforcement agencies, institutions and academics from several European countries participated in the event to exchange best practices on tackling this phenomenon. Findings and recommendations were drawn at the end of the event and shared with the institutions involved. From 25-30 November, the Mission organized three consecutive workshops for the third annual review of the 2012-2017 strategies and action plans against organized crime, narcotics and terrorism. The goal of these workshops was to assess the practical implementation of the activities covered in the respective action plans for the period 20132014 and to prepare the report with recommendations for further actions. The workshops gathered representatives of the Ministries of Internal Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Justice, Health and Education; judicial and prosecutorial councils; Kosovo Police; courts; Prosecutor’s Office; the Mission and other relevant stakeholders involved as implementing institutions and agencies in the action plan. Migrant Smuggling The Mission implemented a three-stage activity comprising an international joint practical exercise on migrant smuggling, which took place from September to November 2014. The goal of this activity was to assess the regional co-operation mechanisms in the area of migrant smuggling, identify shortcomings and provide recommendations on how to better investigate and combat migrant smuggling in the region. On 4 September, the Mission organized the first phase of the exercise on countering migrant smuggling, which consisted of a preparation meeting and gathered police and prosecution representatives of Albania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey, as well as from Kosovo, which all later participated in the practical exercise held from 23-26 September. During this meeting, the participants introduced their legal frameworks and shared their experiences through real cases of migrant smuggling where international co-operation was involved. Afterwards, the draft scenario for the exercise prepared by the Mission was jointly adjusted in conformity with the real capabilities of the participating countries in the sense of implementing the exercise. 63