E A S T E RN E UR O PE 4.8 Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine Introduction The activities conducted by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) are based on the MoU signed between the OSCE and the Government of Ukraine on 19 July 1999. Previous areas of focus have included assistance with regard to organized crime, including trafficking in human beings, cybercrime, and gender-based violence, and the establishment of national prevention mechanisms to, inter alia, address torture and ill-treatment in the penitentiary system. Increased transparency and efficiency of the Ministry of the Interior (MoI)’s media relations to reduce the potential for conflict also represented a part of the PCU’s efforts. Since 2014, the conflict in Ukraine has significantly shaped the priorities of the PCU and its national partners regarding its police-related activities, which has resulted in extensive PCU support provided in line with ongoing police reform. BUDGET (UB)* N/A 2016 2015 727$/ 727$/ EUR EUR  STAFF* N/A 2016 2015  727$/ 727$/ 7RWDO /RFDO ,QWHUQDWLRQDO 7RWDO /RFDO ,QWHUQDWLRQDO Total  Total  ( * ** 96 Figures on budget and staff based on the Approval of the 2016 (PC.DEC/1197) and 2015 (PC.DEC/1158) Unified Budget The PCU doesn’t have a separate Department on Police-Related Activities. Police-related activities are implemented mostly by the Human Security Programme with contributions from other programmes