POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE Activities Related to General Police Development and Reform Police Development and Reform From 5 to 7 April, the Mission assisted the Police Academy (PA) in organizing the first of six regional roundtables. The first roundtable aimed at assessing the police curriculum in areas relating to police law, police duties and physical education. In total, 30 representatives from police training centres in Banja Luka, Belgrade, Sremska Kamenica, Danilovgrad and Pristina took part in the event. The process concluded with a conference in December, which produced recommendations for further developing police studies. OSCE field operations assisted in identifying participants from their areas. From 24 to 26 May, the Mission assisted the PA in organizing a regional legal roundtable in Danilovgrad for 20 participants from police training centres in the region. The topics covered during the event included criminal law, criminal procedure law, constitutional law, and administrative law. The roundtable served as an opportunity for participants to discuss best practices and lessons learned, and recommendations made will be introduced in the curricula for basic police training at the PA. From 28 to 30 June, the Mission supported the participation of the head of the bureau for human resources in the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and an education advisor in the PA in a regional conference on recertification training for police, hosted by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo in Pristina. The conference aim was to exchange experiences and best practices in the police internal training recertification process, as well as techniques for its improvement. The participants in the meeting noted the importance of this process in enhancing the quality of the police’s work. From 18 to 20 October, in co-operation with the PA, the Mission assisted in organizing the fifth regional roundtable to learn about best practices and lessons learned from representatives of police training centres in the region. The topic of this round table was traffic safety. All the proposals received will contribute to identifying recommendations for implementation in the basic police training curricula. From 22 to 25 November, in co-operation with the PA, the Mission organized a working level meeting of representatives from the PA and Ministries of Interior and Education to analyse and draft recommendations for development of the PA curriculum. This event followed recommendations from five regional round tables on specialized police subjects, aimed at revising the PA’s curriculum and drafting the new one in line with the Bologna standards on academic education. A Mission-contracted international expert acted as the facilitator for the event. On 21 and 22 December, in co-operation with the PA, the Mission organized a regional conference in Podgorica focused on improving the system of admission, promotion and training of police. During the event, 30 senior managers from training institutions from around the region took the opportunity to revise recommendations stemming from six regional roundtables held in 2016, which assessed the curriculum for basic police training. The event provided the opportunity for further discussion on best practices in police training. Strategic Planning including Threat Assessments From 8 to 12 February, a Regular Working Group and Steering Committee Meeting and trainings on crime intelligence analysis were held in Novi Sad. This project was co-ordinated by the OSCE Mission to Serbia with assistance from the OSCE Missions to Montenegro and to Skopje. A SCoP representative attended a meeting focused on achieving project goals in developing a regional Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA) in the first half of 2016 in their capacity as a Working Group and Steering Committee member. The meetings focused on evaluating benchmarks, assessing current achievements and challenges, measuring progress and needed assistance and preparing a first draft of the first regional SOCTA for a future workshop. From 16 to 18 March, a Regular Working Group and Steering Committee Meeting and trainings of crime intelligence analytics were held in Belgrade. This project has been coordinated by the OSCE Mission to Serbia with assistance from the OSCE Missions to Montenegro and to Skopje. SCoP representatives attended a regular meeting focused on achieving project goals for the development of regional SOCTA by the first half of 2016 and the preparation of the final document of the Working Group and Steering Committee. The focus of the meetings was to evaluate the current benchmarks, assess current achievements and challenges, and measure progress on the final activities in the draft of the first regional SOCTA. Police Management / Human Resources On 21 April, the Mission supported the signing of a bilateral co-operation agreement between the Montenegrin PA and the National University of the Public Service of Hungary in Budapest. The agreement focused on the exchange of students and teaching staff, the implementation of international standards for police training and delivery 71