Launch of OSCE-organized training courses in operational intelligence analysis focuses on utilizing Analyst’s Notebook and iBase in criminal intelligence analysis

The Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the six OSCE field operations in South-Eastern Europe and the Shortest Path Training Company, launched a set of online training courses focused on utilizing IBM’s i2 software packages Analyst’s Notebook and iBase in criminal intelligence analysis.

Criminal analysts from law enforcement authorities in South-Eastern Europe who work with or are familiar with those software tools were the target group. The first set of training courses was held on 22 and 23 July 2021, with six participants from North Macedonia and Serbia. Further courses will take place on 29 and 30 July with participants from Albania and Kosovo[i], and from 11 to 13 August 2021 with participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.

The training courses will refresh and update the knowledge of the analysts in using the software tools in their daily tasks related to criminal intelligence analysis. The same group of participants will also take part in a subsequent three-day advanced course, which is planned to take place in October 2021, where they will further expand their expertise.

These capacity-building training courses are organized in the framework of the OSCE project, “Building Intelligence-Led Policing capacities on regional and national levels in the OSCE area” under its component focused on operational intelligence analysis. The project aims to enhance the application of the mechanisms and tools of intelligence-led policing for the prevention and reduction of crime. It currently involves 20 countries from around the OSCE region, however all OSCE participating States or Partners for Co-operation can request its capacity-building support.

[i] All references to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, in this text should be understood in full compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1244.