From 29 February to 1 March, the OSR/CTHB attended the SMi Border Security Conference “Managing Borders between EU and non-EU nations” in Sofia. The OSR/CTHB representative spoke at a session, where issues such as managing borders between EU and non-EU nations in Eastern Europe; the co-ordination of joint operations between Member States; and the establishment of common training standards were discussed. Training standards were also in focus at the NATO Partnership for Peace Training Centre course “Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (CTHB)” held on 5-9 March in Ankara and attended by the OSR/CTHB. The OSR provided the organization’s perspectives on the issue to course attendees. Officials from EUROPOL, the IOM, NATO, and the UNHCR, as well as the NATO School and the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs were among those who led other sessions. On 21-25 May, the OSR/CTHB, together with the TNTD/SPMU, participated in training sessions organized by the International Training Centre on Migration and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and funded by the IOM Office in Minsk on “Best Practices and Prospects for Counteraction of Trafficking in Human Beings”. The training course was held for 30 experts in the sphere of counter-action of THB representing the law enforcement bodies of Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine. The OSCE presentation covered measures taken in all 57 participating States to combat THB (see also chapter 2.2). The OSR/CTHB is a partner in a number of selected and innovative projects. On 27 February, the SR/CTHB delivered the keynote address to the kick-off for the joint OSCEInternational Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) project “Capacity building for combating trafficking for labour exploitation”, carried out by ICMPD. Subsequently, in the context of the same project, the DC/CTHB made a presentation to labour inspectors and other officials from several Central and Eastern European participating States on 18-19 June. The training was the first of four courses to be carried out between June 2012 and February 2013 by the OSCE, ICMPD and NGOs. 44