OSCE Mission to Montenegro presents its work to supporting partners to implement the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security

Siv-Katrine Leirtroe, Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, presented the work of the Mission in supporting the host country in the implementation of the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security at the 10th annual discussion organized by the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation, on 16 June 2021.

Leirtroe explained that for the past two decades, the Mission has worked with the Montenegrin Ministry of Interior and Police Directorate on numerous projects, including ensuring the safe and secure storage and disposal of state-owned stockpiles of small arms and light weapons as well as enhancing professionalism in the police force. “The Mission has provided support in developing strategic documents to guide our partners through a reform process, focusing on the organizational culture and development of a professional and accountable police that mirrors the society it serves,” said Leirtroe.

She noted that in 2020-2021, the Mission and the OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit, in partnership with the Police Directorate and the Ministry, piloted a project on Increasing and Supporting the Participation of Women at all Levels of Policing, funded by the governments of Italy and Slovakia, with key findings presented in March this year.

Leirtroe presented six public information campaign videos promoting women as police officers entitled: We are the power of the team - For more women in policing to the gathering. The videos were produced in partnership with the Police and its Academy and recently aired on various TV stations in Montenegro.

The Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security was adopted at the 91st Plenary Meeting of the Special Committee of the CSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Budapest on 3 December 1994.