total number of LPSCs in Kosovo/UNMIK to 27. The increase of trust and willingness of nonAlbanian communities to take part in community safety forums was very encouraging. More then 30% of participants in LPSC training programmes in 2010 were from Kosovo Serb communities and another 6% were from other non-majority communities. This indicated LPSCs’ additional potential for being forums for inter-ethnic dialogue. The newly established LPSCs were encouraged to design action plans to tackle a wide range of crime and community safety issues that affected them locally. The Department supported them through three extra-budgetary projects and this in turn helped to raise the profile of LPSCs locally and demonstrate positive outcomes for the LPSCs. For example, an unsafe pathway connecting three villages was paved; a stairway was built in order to replace a dangerously steep school pathway, and garbage containers were installed to decrease environmental pollution and prevent potential diseases. During 2010, the Department trained further 22 LPSC members to become Community Safety Trainers. This activity strengthened and sustained community partnerships and increased problem solving skills. The trainers supported the concept of community policing and promoted project work to address crime and quality of life issues in their communities. The trainers subsequently supported the Department’s capacity building programme for LPSCs by assisting with the training of new LPSCs and supporting workshops. The Department recognized the importance of the LPSC Executive Council and continued to support it throughout 2010. This strategic body promotes the exchange of good practice and information between LPSCs and the development of effective strategies to deal with common issues. The Executive Council also gives LPSCs a voice on the strategic level, for example, as a consultation forum for the new Community Safety Strategy that was being developed in 2010 by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA). In order to provide training and capacity-building support to the Municipal Community Safety Councils (MCSCs), the Department, in co-operation with other stakeholders such as the NGO East West Management Institute, USAID, MoIA, Ministry of Local Government Administration (MLGA) and the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo EULEX, facilitated a three-day pilot workshop for 40 members of four selected MCSCs across Kosovo/UNMIK. The aim of the training was to increase the effectiveness and functionality of the MCSCs and to strengthen their role around the identification of community safety and security issues within their respective municipalities. Feedback from the participants at the conclusion of the training was extremely positive with requests for the training to be continued in the future. The Department subsequently conducted a needs analysis of all MCSCs throughout Kosovo/UNMIK in order to help develop a comprehensive capacity building project for MCSCs in 2011. The Department participated in the inter-institutional working groups set up to draft the Kosovo Community Safety Strategy and the Action Plan and to revise the Law on Police. Both documents aim to promote the preventive approach to crime, based on the philosophy of police-public partnerships. The Department continued providing further specialised training in community policing. This training targeted police managers who were going to implement the ethos of community policing through effective leadership and management. Two additional courses of the Community Policing Management Course were delivered to a total of 26 mid-level police managers. Organized Crime and Terrorism Combating organized crime as well as identifying and addressing potential terrorism threats remained major tasks for the law enforcement agencies in Kosovo/UNMIK. As organized 42