EASTERN EUROPE 4.6 The OSCE Mission to Moldova Background The Mission’s involvement with the police service in Moldova and support for capacitybuilding continued in 2011, including the provision of assistance and advice in relation to the development of police reform, combating trafficking in human beings and dealing with domestic violence. Mission efforts to further the development of co-operation between the law enforcement bodies of both parties in the framework of confidence building measures related to the Transdniestria conflict settlement process were hampered by the negative approach of the Transdniestrian side to joint activities with their Moldovan counterparts. However, cooperation between the Moldovan Police and Transdniestrian Militia continued on the basis of agreements reached during 2009 and 2010 which had been facilitated by the OSCE. Support to Transdniestria Conflict Settlement During 2011, the Moldovan Police and Transdniestrian Militia continued to exchange operational information on serious crimes and co-operated in the search for and detention of wanted persons. Despite encouragement from the Mission there were no meetings of the Joint/Expert Working Group on Law Enforcement Co-operation during the year. However, senior representatives of law enforcement bodies of the sides met together during a Mission conference on “Wider Confidence Building Measures in the Framework of the Transdniestrian Conflict Settlement Process”, which was held in Germany in September with the support of the OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office and the German Government. The OSCE Mission planned a joint law enforcement workshop in Odessa on 29-30 June for Moldovan police and Transdniestrian militia officers. Experts from the SPMU assisted with the planning and agreed to take part. The topics for the workshop were crimes against children, including sexual exploitation and juvenile crime and delinquency. The workshop was designed as an information sharing and capacity-building event in support of confidence building measures. Unfortunately, the Transdniestrian de facto authorities refused to participate. The workshop was therefore held in a modified form in Chisinau on 29 June for the Moldovan officials and NGOs with discussions led by two SPMU experts (see below). Social Re-integration of Ex Officers and Warrant Officers of the Carabineri The Mission’s project for the social re-integration of ex military officers and warrant officers of the National Army, Carabineri and Border Guard Service of Moldova continued in 2011. The project, funded by Sweden and the United States, assists ex military personnel to gain worthwhile civilian employment and supports the re-structuring and re-organization as part of the security sector reform. Participation in the scheme was offered to analogous Transdniestrian structures as a confidence and security building measure, but the response was negative in 2011. 78