their experience regarding methods and technical equipment for controlled delivery operations. Border Policing On 20 January, the Mission, in co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania facilitated a regular cross-border co-ordination meeting between the Montenegrin Border Police delegation and the Albanian Border Police delegation (see also chapter 4.1). The meeting took place in Shkoder, Albania and was organized in line with the OSCE BSMC. At the meeting delegations focused on: the implementation of existing agreements between Albania and Montenegro; the analysis of the joint operations conducted between the two border agencies during 2010; the analysis on the functioning of the joint Border Crossing Point Muriqan-Sukobin; problems encountered and measures taken to solve them; bilateral cooperation at local level; co-operation regarding the exchange of information; problems encountered in the railway station of Bajze; the installation of the joint radar in Shkodra Lake; and the possible solution of the flooding problem at the Vermosh (Gerçare) BCP caused by water coming from Montenegro. On 9 March, the Mission and a delegation of the Montenegrin Border Police attended a meeting in Tirana, initiated by the OSCE Presence in Albania (see also chapter 4.1). The purpose of the meeting was to bring together border police authorities from Albania, Kosovo14 and Montenegro in order to discuss the establishment of a joint centre for the exchange of information between border authorities of the three countries. In addition to the OSCE, other international actors, such as ICITAP and PAMECA III attended the meeting as potential donors for the establishment of the centre. The bilateral agreement on cross border co-operation between Montenegro and Kosovo was also a topic of the discussion. The Montenegrin Border Police offered assistance to their colleagues from Kosovo in the preparation of the draft agreement and protocols in order to speed up the process and of the signing of the cross-border co-operation agreement between the Ministries of Interior of both countries. On 4-8 April, the Mission organized a “Profiling Training Course” for 13 border police and customs officers. The training allowed the participants to learn more about new mechanisms for detecting and investigating drug smugglers, especially at international airports as well as the opportunity to discuss the relevance and applicability of the mechanisms in the everyday work of the Montenegrin Border Law Enforcement Services, such as the Border Police and Customs Administration. The training was conducted by two international experts from Sweden. On 11-12 April, the Mission, in co-operation with the Turkish Development Agency (TIKA) and the Police Academy, organized a “Forged Documents Training Course” for 20 border passport control officers working at the border crossing points. The aim of the course was to equip border police officers with adequate knowledge and skills needed to detect and capture forged documents used on border crossings in Montenegro. The training was prepared in close consultation with the international presences in the country and therefore did not overlap with activities in this areas organized by others. On 20 May, the Mission, in co-operation with the Police Directorate, organized a meeting between delegations of the Montenegrin Border Police and the Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the meeting delegations focused on: information about the implementation of existing agreements between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro; bilateral cooperation at local (BCP level) in terms of Integrated Border Management (IBM) between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, how IBM was working and ways for improving it; 14 56 All references to Kosovo institutions/leaders refer to the Provisional Institutions of Self Government.

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