2.2 TNTD/Strategic Police Matters Unit Introduction The OSCE promotes police services that are trusted by their citizens and able to effectively address transnational threats to security and stability, including those that emanate from terrorism and transnational organized crime. Police-related activities are integral parts of the OSCE efforts in conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation. The Strategic Police Matters Unit of the Transnational Threats Department (TNTD/SPMU) is the main focal point for the OSCE’s police-related activities. TNTD/SPMU supports the activities of the Secretary General, the OSCE Chairmanship in Office, the TNTD Co-ordinator, participating States and field operations in promoting police development and reform and in countering organized crime, terrorism, trafficking in illicit drugs, trafficking in human beings (THB), and cybercrime. TNTD/SPMU assists the law enforcement authorities of participating States in addressing threats posed by criminal activity, while upholding the rule of law and ensuring respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. In accordance with the OSCE Strategic Framework for Police-Related Activities (PC.DEC/1049), TNTD/SPMU delivers support through: • • • • • Needs assessment; Capacity-building Institution-building; Training; and Evaluation. Promoting the principles of democratic policing is the foundation of OSCE’s police-related activities. Therefore, TNTD/SPMU’s long-term goals include providing a democratic vision of policing for the entire OSCE area and improving professionalism and police performance within the broader objective of strengthening national criminal justice systems. Activities Related to General Police Development and Reform Police Development and Reform within Security Sector Reform From January to July, TNTD/SPMU worked on finalizing the OSCE Guidebook on Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP). Based on a needs assessment and desk research conducted in 2016, and a draft review workshop in Vienna in December 2016, reviews and inputs were gathered from 28 representatives from the participating States, international organizations, field operations and academia. The English version of the guidebook was finalized and printed in June. On 3 July, TNTD/SPMU organized the launching event of the OSCE Guidebook on Intelligence-Led Policing, hosted by 18 the Austrian Chairmanship, in Hofburg, Vienna. The event was attended by some 70 participants from participating States, Partners for Co-operation and representatives from international and regional organizations. The guidebook promotes the OSCE recommended ILP model and gives practical guidance on how to implement it. It presents good practice examples of how ILP can support national and international efforts in addressing transnational organized crime, community policing, terrorism and violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT). From June to October, the guidebook’s English version was translated into Albanian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Macedonian and Russian languages. On 6 September, the OSCE Mission to Skopje and TNTD/SPMU co-organized a regional launching event in Skopje of the Albanian, Bosnian/ Croatian/Serbian, and Macedonian languages. Over 50 representatives from law enforcement agencies and training institutions as well as OSCE field operations in South-Eastern Europe (SEE) attended the event.