Executive Summary
The OSCE continued to provide police assistance in two
major areas, in line with its mandate and the interests of
participating States: 1) general police development and
reform, and 2) the fight against threats posed by criminal
activity, including organized crime, terrorism, illicit drugs
and chemical precursors, trafficking in human beings and
cybercrime.
Slightly under three quarters of the total number of policerelated activities organized and delivered by the OSCE
executive structures were dedicated to addressing general
police development and reform, a slight decrease from
2015. Activities devoted to enhancing and consolidating
community policing/police-public partnership projects were
still the most common, with notable increases in activities
focused on hate crimes. Activities on human rights and
police accountability increased considerably between 2015
and 2016. A significant number of activities also focused on
gender-based and domestic violence.
With regard to the fight against transnational threats,
activities related to trafficking in human beings and
migration-related crime were the most prominent, especially
in the field operations in Albania, the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro. Activities related
to border security and management increased significantly
in 2016, in particular in Albania and Montenegro. Activities
related to countering organized crime were the third most
common activities throughout OSCE executive structures.
The following charts provide overviews of the OSCE’s policerelated activities in 2016:
Total Police-Related Activities in 2016 at a Glance
Total
Information
Exchange / Institution
and Capacity-Building
Analysis of Lessons
Learned, Assessments
and Guidelines
Training
ACTIVITIES ON:
General Police Development and Reform 66%
Threats posed by Criminal Activity 34%
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