Preface by the OSCE Secretary General
Police-related activities constitute a key element of the
OSCE’s efforts in conflict prevention, crisis management and
post-conflict rehabilitation, as stated in the 1999 Charter for
European Security. This is reiterated and further underlined
in later MC and PC decisions, the most recent one being
the OSCE Strategic Framework for Police-Related Activities
from 2012 (PC.DEC/1049).
The Annual Report of the Secretary General on PoliceRelated Activities provides a comprehensive overview of all
police-related projects, activities and events, which draw
on the combined strength of the OSCE’s Institutions and its
network of field operations, often cutting across the OSCE’s three security dimensions.
In line with the 2012 OSCE Strategic Framework for Police-Related Activities, this report
divides all police-related activities into two main categories:
t General police development and reform; and
t Capacity-building to address threats posed by transnational crime.
Activities related to general police development and reform constituted approximately
two-thirds of the total number of activities in 2016, with the main focus put on community
policing initiatives, police-public partnerships, crime prevention and general police reform.
With regard to capacity-building initiatives to address threats posed by crime and criminal
networks, the most frequent activities in 2016 targeted trafficking in human beings and
migration-related crime, followed by activities to address terrorism and violent extremism
and radicalization that lead to terrorism.
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