and EU PDAP. The use of prevention tools in meeting managerial goals was discussed and the PDD-sponsored Manual on Community Policing was distributed to the participants. In order to foster mayors’ engagement in the Local Prevention Councils, the PDD, in cooperation with the Association of Units of Local Self-Government hosted a conference in Skopje for 77 participants, including 15 mayors, and other local-self government and MoIA officials. In co-operation with the Slovenian MoIA, the PDD organized a study visit to Slovenia for the Heads of SIAs and other senior MoIA managerial staff who had previously undergone PDDsponsored training in management. Experience in community policing was shared and best practices in proactive crime prevention were discussed. In order to assist the MoIA in evaluating its Community Policing Programme and fine-tuning its strategy, the Department conducted the bi-annual Community Policing Survey. Data from the field was collected in July and August and the findings analyzed throughout September. A two-day follow-up workshop was organized in December to evaluate the results of the Survey and examine community policing practices in the country. Representatives of the EU as well as MoIA managerial staff attended the event. At the beginning of the year, the PDD delivered printed materials on domestic violence, gender-based violence and sexual harassment to the national police counterparts under the framework of the 2009 Project “Advocacy for Gender Sensitive Police”. The materials were further distributed by the police to the general public whereas follow-up activities included organizing of thematic LPC and CAG meetings on the subject. Organized Crime and Effective Border Management This programme centred on supporting the MoIA’s Organized Crime Department (OCD) in strengthening its capacities for prevention and detection of organized crime activities. Logistical and technical support was provided in organizing and delivering specialized and advanced in-service training courses in the field of organized crime. To build-up the capacities of the Border Police, the PDD donated training equipment to the four Border Police Regional Training Centres. Additionally, expert assistance was provided in drafting Standard Operating Procedures in Criminal Intelligence and a Criminal Intelligence Rulebook was developed. In the second half of the year, the PDD monitored the delivery of five training sessions on Investigative Interviewing Techniques for a total of 67 MoIA staff including members of the OCD, SIAs members and educational co-ordinators. The training was delivered by national police trainers, previously trained by the OSCE with the aim of enhancing the communication and interviewing skills of their staff. A week-long training course on “Fundamentalist Criminal Organizations and Terrorism Financing” was organized by the PDD with the help of a Turkish expert for 21 staff from the Bureau for Security and Counter Intelligence, the Bureau for Public Security’s, OCD and the Office for Public Prosecutors. The aim was to brief participants on the latest techniques and tactics in combating fundamentalist criminal organizations and terrorism financing. At the beginning of the year, a four-day pilot training was organized on “Detection of Stolen Vehicles” for 12 members of the Border Police, Custom Administration and Traffic Police. The training was delivered by national police trainers following a customized curriculum developed with the help of the PDD. In late September, the PDD, in co-operation with the General Directorate of the Turkish National Police, organized a five-day study visit to Turkey on “Undercover Operations and 63