Raising awareness of Intelligence-led Policing approaches among senior law enforcement managers from Georgia

On 16 November, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) conducted an awareness-raising event on the benefits of the Intelligence-led Policing (ILP) model at national and regional levels for senior managers (one woman, 14 men) of Georgian law enforcement authorities. This event was organized in close co-operation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

The event covered an introduction of the general principles and concepts of ILP delivered by an international expert, followed by a practical example of the implementation and impact of ILP approaches in Serbia, presented by a Serbian practitioner and ILP expert. The event concluded with a presentation of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs on the current ILP-related developments in the country.

“The OSCE’s efforts in promoting intelligence-led policing have resulted in numerous activities organized jointly with participating States and partners over the last five years. The event in Georgia has once again shown not only the high level of interest in this policing approach but also the effective co-operation between the OSCE and participating States at the Ministerial and the law enforcement levels. We look forward to continuing to offer support to Georgia in the implementation of ILP with practical and hands-on activities,” says Sascha Strupp, Senior Programme and Analysis Officer and ILP Project Manager with the OSCE/TNTD.

The OSCE has been supporting the implementation of the ILP model in participating States in South-Eastern Europe and Central Asia. ILP remains the most widely recognized approach to policing that combines analysis, foresight, prioritization and planning in order to deliver a proactive and effective decision-making framework for policing. The OSCE has been actively promoting ILP through various activities since 2017.

This event is part of an ongoing effort to support Georgia in rolling out ILP across the country and follows up an in-depth needs assessment conducted jointly by the OSCE and Georgian authorities. The session was delivered as part of the extra-budgetary project “Building intelligence-led policing capacities on regional and national levels in the OSCE area”, funded by Germany.