Activities of the Transnational Threats Department 2.3 TNTD/Action against Terrorism Unit Introduction The Action against Terrorism Unit (TNTD/ATU) continued its capacity-building activities related to preventing and countering terrorism. The unit supported OSCE participating States in countering terrorist financing and promoted the international legal framework and co-operation in criminal matters related to terrorism through the organization of or support to a number of roundtable meetings, workshops, training courses and conferences. Significant attention was also devoted to events and exercises related to countering the use of the internet for terrorist purposes, as well as to national risk assessments and crisis situation management on non-nuclear critical energy infrastructure protection. Furthermore, TNTD/ATU organized several capacity-building, as well as roundtable meetings and conferences on P/C VERLT. The TNTD/ATU is the OSCE’s focal point, information resource and implementation partner on counterterrorism activities. The Unit’s work is guided by the OSCE Consolidated Framework for the Fight against Terrorism (PC.DEC/1063), adopted in December 2012. The Consolidated Framework outlines the strategic focus areas for counter-terrorism activities by the Organization and thus provides a roadmap for related activities. Activities Related to Threats Posed by Criminal Activity Counter-Terrorism & P/C VERLT From 31 January to 1 February and 25 to 26 April, TNTD/ ATU participated in two workshops organized in Malta by the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) and the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ), as part of their “Initiative to Address Homegrown Terrorism”. These “Civil Society and Law Enforcement Workshops” were part of the process in developing a new GCTF Memorandum on responses to terrorist activity not necessarily linked to the foreign terrorist fighter phenomenon. On 28 and 29 March meeting in Madrid, TNTD/ATU’s P/C VERLT staff co-operated with another law enforcementrelated GCTF initiative, this time on “Addressing the Challenge of Returning Families of Foreign Terrorist Fighters”. The goal was to help refine a GCTF Good Practice Memorandum on the issue to be presented on the margins of the 2018 UN General Assembly. As many of the issues discussed in this initiative aligned with those foreseen at the OSCE’s annual Counter Terrorism Conference, TNTD/ATU was well placed to provide input. Throughout 2018, TNTD/ATU and the Global Programme against Money Laundering (UNODC/GPML) continued implementing a comprehensive exercise-based capacitybuilding programme on countering terrorist financing, focused on strengthening inter-agency co-operation, improving analysis and investigation skills and techniques in this field, and using sanctions against terrorism, pursuant to relevant UN sanctions regimes. The training and related ToT courses were funded by Germany and the United States. The following modules were organized within the framework of this project: - On 29 and 30 March, a ToT in Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) was organized for Tajik officials in Vienna. The training focused on localized scenarios based on real-life cases. Together with the OSCE and UNODC international experts, five national trainers who participated in the course, will deliver training for government officials upon their return to Tajikistan; - From 11 to 15 June, a ToT in CFT was organized for Kazakh officials in Nur-Sultan; - From 10 to 15 July, CFT training led by Kyrgyz trainers and supported by OSCE and UNODC experts was organized in Bishkek. The four local trainers had been prepared in the previous year in a ToT course organized in Vienna; - On 30 and 31 August, CFT training for Kyrgyz trainers was organized by the OSCE, UNODC and the EAG, in cooperation with the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek; - From 14 to 15 September and 16 to 20 October, CFT training for Kazakh trainers from the capital, as well as from regional offices, was organized by the OSCE, UNODC 25