- Developing the Police Accountability System, to include: expert assistance in the development of the most effective systems for internal control; implementation of the Police Integrity Plan through training and other educational events; support in enhancing horizontal co-operation between the internal and external police oversight mechanisms; advisory assistance in enhancing the investigative and anti-corruption capacities of the internal control, and development of transparent working procedures in the Department for Internal Control, in line with international standards and values. - Enhancing criminal investigation capacities, especially in the fight against organized and serious crime, to include: assistance in the implementation of the Strategy and Action Plan for the Fight against Organized Crime and Corruption; enhancement of the capacity of the police to fight corruption, organized serious crime and economic crime; assistance in providing specialized training in police affairs, identified as a priority by the Police Directorate; and facilitation of the provision of necessary specialized equipment. - Enhancing the capacities of the Border Police, to include: enhancement of border security management capacities; further improvement of regional cross-border cooperation; and expert support in the implementation of the Integrated Border Management Strategy and Action Plan. - Enhancing police education and development, to include: assistance, consultancy and support to the Police and Police Academy in the police education reform process by providing general education and training; delivery of trainer development programmes; curriculum development assistance, and improvement of the police’s capacities for the substantive delivery of training programmes; - Monitoring the implementation of the Community Policing Project that was transferred to the Police Administration in 2012, to include: additional support to national authorities upon their request, occasionally and according to their needs, thus ensuring the project’s self-sustainability. Strategic Planning and Development On 10-13 September, the Mission, in co-operation with the Austrian Ministry of Interior, organized a study visit for two members of the Montenegrin Strategic Planning Unit and the Montenegrin Organized Crime Department. The visit aimed to ensure that senior police staff, one police strategic planner and one senior officer from the Organized Crime Department enhanced their competencies and means with which to further the strategic planning and management process within their responsibilities. In October, the Mission printed and distributed the report Police Reform in Montenegro 20062011. Assessment and Recommendations. The report provides an assessment of the main developments between 2006 and 2011 in the areas which are vital for police reform in Montenegro. In accordance with the Annual Programme of the Judicial Training Centre for 2012 and its Mandatory Training Programme on the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) for judges, prosecutors, police officers and lawyers, the Mission, in co-operation with the Judicial Training Centre, organized four two-day training courses in May, June, July and October on the implementation of the Criminal Procedure Code. The training was organized for judges, prosecutors, lawyers and police officers. The training focused on identifying problems in the implementation of CPC and their clarification; defining roles of all actors and improving cooperation among them, with a special emphasis on court practice in this area; as well as 63

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