Activities: Experiences and Lessons Learned", organized by the TNTD/SPMU in Vienna (see also chapter 2.2) On 18 November, the OiT facilitated the participation of two senior managers of the Police Academy of the Republic of Tajikistan at the “5th Meeting of the International Association of Police Academies (INTERPA) Executive Board Meeting” in Ankara. Throughout 2013, the OiT thus facilitated the participation of some 14 mid and senior level law enforcement managers in different international conferences and workshops. In order to assess the real crime situation in Tajikistan, the OiT conducted a nation-wide survey on “Latent crime” from November to December 2013. The assessment findings provided the platform for police planning to respond with the right amount of human resources and equipment to mitigate the crime situation in Tajikistan. The latent crime survey was carried all over Tajikistan and covered some 1,300 respondents. The respondents comprised of randomly selected citizens and law enforcement officers. It revealed a lack of confidence and trust in the police by civil society. More than half of the respondents noted a lack of confidence in their personal security and in the security of property interests. Moreover when looking for security most of them relied on themselves and on their relatives. The survey also noted that a high number of criminal acts were not registered. In addition to identifying shortcomings that require focus and efforts to be addressed, the survey also served as a first milestone to trace the change within the Police Reform process in 20132020. Counter-Terrorism On 16 January, the OiT, in partnership with the United Nations Institute for Crime and Justice Research (UNICRI), conducted a roundtable on rehabilitation of prisoners’ issues in Tajikistan, where law enforcement agencies of Tajikistan discussed good practices in the prevention of extremism and radicalization in prisons. On 30 April, the OiT facilitated a workshop on the “Role of Mosques in the Prevention of VERLT”. From 14-15 May, the OiT facilitated the participation of one MIA official and one representative from the General Prosecutor’s Office at the International Conference on “The Use of Special Investigation Techniques to Combat Terrorism and Other Forms of Organized Crime,” which took place in Strasbourg, France. From 1-10 June, the OiT, in compliance with the MIA’s request and the Police Reform Programme relating to actions against terrorism for the period of 2013-2020, organized a ToT on “VIP Security and Close Protection Techniques with Human Rights Elements” in Garm, Rasht Valley. Three experts from a French VIP Protection Unit delivered the training to some 50 members of the special police unit (OMON). Participants came from different regions, including the Republican OMON (Dushanbe); the OMON of Soghd Regional Centre; the OMON of Khatlon; as well as the OMON of Rasht. This resulted in further cascade training by OMON trainers, who trained 70 other OMON staff on VIP security by the end of 2013. They were trained within the framework of the OiT support to combat terrorism, which has been implemented in Tajikistan for three years. From 18-19 June, the OiT carried out a national seminar on “Women in Countering Radicalization” at its premises. On 21 June, the Working Group on the Prevention of Violent Extremism and Radicalization Leading to Terrorism (VERLT), led by the Security Council of Tajikistan, convened at the OiT 146