4. POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS∗ SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE 4.1 The OSCE Presence in Albania Background The OSCE Presence in Albania (PiA) assists the State Police and the Border and Migration Police with a broad range of activities within a co-ordinated framework with other international actors. The Presence actively participates in the International Consortium, the main forum for co-ordinating criminal justice and police assistance. The Presence provides technical support on relevant legislation and official strategies. In 2010, the Presence Security Co-operation Department engaged two international staff and three national staff members to support police assistance activity. Training and other Capacity-building Activities Under the framework of the Albanian State Police Capacity Development Project, the Presence provided a train-the-trainer course at the Police Development Centre in which 14 instructors from the Centre were trained in defensive tactics. The Presence also organized round tables in each Police Directorate in the country bringing together Police, civil society, local government and other State institutions to discuss the phenomenon of Democratic Policing and find solutions for mutual problems in the area of security and safety. Throughout the country 14 round tables were organized with an average of 50 participants. The Presence also delivered police training at the regional level on how the Police should deal with minors. This activity was organized as a side event at some of the above mentioned round tables. The Presence also conducted Crowd Management and Crowd Control training for selected Police officers to enhance the planning and management of large scale police operations. The Presence also facilitated a study-tour to Germany for seven officers of the Albanian State Police (ASP) to learn about crowd control and crowd control management. The Presence also provided to the ASP Recruitment Department an effective toolkit to encourage female applications for a position in the police service. A promotional documentary was developed and broadcasted and was used by the Recruitment Department of ASP. ∗ The responsibility for implementation of police development projects and programmes rests with Heads of respective field operations in their capacity of Fund Managers, guided by their respective mandates, agreements and/or MoUs with the host countries. The staff of the Strategic Police Matters Unit supports them by standing ready to conduct the prerequisite needs assessment and contributing expertise to project/programme formulation and implementation. 35