As part of the drafting process of the Report by the OSCE Secretary General on PoliceRelated Activities of the OSCE Executive Structures up to the End of 2009, the SPMU
created an online forum that allowed all relevant staff from the OSCE executive structures to
discuss the draft report and provide input online.
Other SPMU key activities and accomplishments to promote POLIS in 2010 included:
• A visit to four OSCE Field Operations to enhance cooperation with the POLIS focal
points and to gather feedback on how to increase the usefulness and relevance of the
system. These visits were also an opportunity to present and discuss the strategic
plan for POLIS with all relevant stakeholders.
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• The launch of a Twitter channel , which is accessible via the POLIS start page.
Twitter allows interested users to subscribe and actively receive notifications about
any new developments in relation to POLIS, without having to visit the website.
• A signed letter of agreement with the United States Institute of Peace (USIP),
establishing a framework for the cooperative efforts between SPMU and USIP
through the International Network to Promote the Rule of Law (INPROL).
• An online survey on the use of the policing expert database among focal points in the
field. Based on the outcome and feedback received, SPMU prepared a business case
on how to optimize the policing expert database.
• The creation of a permanent online forum for POLIS focal points to comment on the
strategic plan and to provide general feedback and comments on the system.
• The preparation and circulation of regular statistics reports on POLIS to all focal
points.
• Contacting Delegations and OSCE Field Operations to ask for their assistance in
updating/completing the country profiles.
Co-operation with other Internal and External Partners
Following up on Athens Ministerial Council Decision 02/09 and the Report 2010 by the OSCE
Secretary General on the Implementation of MC.DEC/2/09 on Further OSCE Efforts to
Adress Transnational Threats and Challenges to Security and Stability the thematic units of
the Secretariat, including the SPMU, spared no efforts in ensuring maximum programmatic
coordination of their activities, among the OSCE executive structures, and with international
and regional organizations and NGOs in order to avoid duplications and to provide added
value. In this context, the SPMU co-operated with other partners in organizing a number of
needs assessments/fact finding missions, workshops, conferences, meetings and training
events, described in this document.
The preparation and implementation of activities related to organized crime, trafficking in
human beings and drugs entailed co-ordination and co-operation with many partner
organizations, including INTERPOL; the UNODC; the World Customs Organization (WCO);
the EU Border Management (BOMCA) and Drug Action (CADAP) Programmes in Central
Asia; the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA); the
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO); the European Commission (EC); the
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA); EUROJUST;
EUROPOL; the Financial Action Task Force (FATF); the International Organisation for
Migration (IOM); the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC); the
International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD); the International Narcotics
Control Board (INCB); the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO); the Southeast
Europe Cooperative Initiative (SECI) Center; the Southeast Europe Police Chief Association
(SEPCA); the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); and the UK Serious Organised
Crime Agency (SOCA).
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