ACTIVITY 1.3.1: DEVELOP AND SUPPORT AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY TO ENHANCE THE USE OF SIMS
Completed Activities
Activity
Description
Place / Date
1.3.1.4
Short-term experts to assist working group review the legal basis for the use of special investigative means in each project area (Criminal Procedure Codes and by-laws) and assist in the development of proposals for amendments
March – December 2005
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro)
Montenegro (Serbia and Montenegro)
Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro)
1.3.1.3
Short-term experts to support project groups in the drafting of implementation strategies
Establish working group SIMS and organise stady visits for their members on the use of SIMS including oversight mechanisms, in view of developing implementation strategies for each project area.
Establish working groups
1.3.1.2
Study visits for members of working group on the use of SIMS
Rome, Italy
15-17 November 2004
Other
Updating information on the institutional and legal framework governing SIMS in all project areas
August – October 2004
1.3.1.1
Regional thematic seminar to review relevant European and other international standards and reach agreement on the approach to the issue of special investigative means
Strasbourg, France
9 June 2004
ACTIVITY 1.3.2: DEVELOP AND SUPPORT AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY TO ENHANCE THE USE OF INTELLIGENCE
Completed Activities
Activity
Description
Place / Date
1.3.2.2
Study visits for analysts and intelligence officers (forming a working group) on criminal intelligence systems, crime analysis and pro-active policing as well as data protection, in view of country-specific implementation plans
Study visit of the Criminal Intelligence Analysis Department of the Ministry of Interior of Croatia to the Spanish General Directorate of the Police
Madrid, 6-7 September 2005
Study visit to Europol for crime analysts and intelligence officers
The Hague, 5-7 July 2005
Study visit to the Spanish General Directorate of the Police
Madrid, 18-20 January 2005
Study visit to NCIS
London, 1-3 December 2004
1.3.2.3
Short-term experts to support working groups in the finalisation of implementation strategies (per request)
January – March 2005
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro)
Montenegro (Serbia and Montenegro)
Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro)
“the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
1.3.2.4
Short-term experts to assist working groups review the legal basis relevant for the gathering, and the use of intelligence in each project area (Police Acts, Data Protection legislation, and by-laws) and assist in the development of proposals for amendments
March – December 2005
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro)
Montenegro (Serbia and Montenegro)
Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro)
“the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
1.3.2.1
Regional thematic seminar to review relevant European and other international standards and reach agreement on the approach to the enhance of the use intelligence
Ohrid, “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, 8-9 October 2004
ACTIVITY 1.3.3: DEVELOP, TEST AND MAKE AVAILABLE TRAINING MATERIALS ON THE USE OF SIMS AND INTELLIGENCE FOR FURHER TRAINIG
Completed Activities
Activity
Description
Place / Date
1.3.3.4
In-country training events by local trainers with expert support to test and further improve training materials
October 2005 - April 2006
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro)
Montenegro (Serbia and Montenegro)
Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro)
“the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
1.3.3.2
Short-term experts to assist working groups in the development of training materials and guidelines on undercover operations, low-tech electronic surveillance, cross-border use of SIMS and international cooperation, high-tech SIMS and cybercrime, as well as criminal intelligence systems, crime analysis and data protection