Moreover, 100 staff of the National Army and students of the Military Academy were
sensitized on handling cases of domestic violence during three regional workshops.
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Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine
Background
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) acts according to the MoU signed between
the OSCE and the Government of Ukraine on 19 July 1999. The aim of this co-operation is to
support Ukraine in fulfilling OSCE commitments through the adaption of legislation,
structures and processes to the requirements of a modern democracy based on the rule of
law. This co-operation focuses on the planning, implementation and monitoring of projects
involving relevant Ukrainian authorities, the OSCE and its institutions. Such projects may
cover all aspects of OSCE activities and may involve governmental as well as nongovernmental organizations of Ukraine. The OSCE PCU’s police-related activities are
implemented through its Democratization and Good Governance Programme and Rule of
Law and Human Rights Programme.
In accordance with the MoU, the staff of the OSCE PCU is composed of a core of
internationally and locally hired staff required for the implementation of the projects. The size
of the Co-ordinator's expert staff may change as required by projects. In 2013, the total
number of international staff funded under the Unified Budget was three.
Organized Crime
In 2013, the PCU continued to support national efforts in the sphere of combating organized
crime. As a logical continuation of the 2012 project, which contributed to the enhancement of
prognosis of the major patterns of the crime situation and assessment of the threats and
scale of organized crime on national, regional and international levels, in 2013 the PCU
focused on the development of a methodology to manage risks in the sphere of organized
crime and its implementation by the law enforcement agencies involved in combating
organized crime. The PCU established a working group comprised of national high-profile
specialists in this sphere with the view to develop a manual on Organized Crime Risk
Management
To facilitate expert discussions on the subject, on 26 June, the PCU organized a roundtable
“Risk Management in the Sphere of Combating Organised Crime in Ukraine: Issues of
Development and Further Implementation” attended by 30 prominent experts, lawenforcement officers and academia. Participants aimed to formulate a joint position on the
methodology application.
Criminal Justice Reform
In 2013, in response to the request of the Supreme Court of Ukraine, the PCU provided
support in facilitating Ukraine’s compliance with the country’s OSCE commitments in the
sphere of fair trial guarantees. On 8-9 July, the PCU organized a study visit for five judges of
the Supreme Court of Ukraine to the French Cour de Cassation in order to study the
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