training co-ordinators. This move allowed for an extended co-operation with national police counterparts and rendered greater efficiency in the overall project implementation process. Concurrently, it fostered a positive trend of growing citizen support and involvement in the Citizen Advisory Groups (CAGs) and Local Prevention Councils (LPCs) at the country level. Major improvements were also made in the area of police training. Training delivery was matched by an increasing emphasis on evaluation and post-course feedback and renewed efforts to build-up a network of professional police trainers. In 2010, the Department worked towards assisting the MoIA in the development of a modern police service that complies with international standards. The above objective was specified through the following tasks15: 1. To help the Police Service and the MoIA have increased capacity to implement sustainable democratic policing principles; 2. To support the Ministry in strengthening its structures and capacity to fight against organized and serious crimes in line with international standards leading to state security; 3. To assist in establishing an effective, efficient, accountable and transparent human resources management and development system within the police in line with modern policing practices; 4. To help sustain the community policing practices that have been institutionalized for this multi-cultural society in order to further improve inter-ethnic relations; 5. To help improve integration of ethnic minorities, women, and vulnerable groups within the police and in its relations with society. In 2010, the PDD engaged 27 international and 30 national staff members to assist in developing and implementing 15 relevant projects, and other activities aimed at supporting its programmatic goals. To reach its objectives, the Department pursued a three-fold strategy focusing on police reform, community policing, and the fight against organized crime/effective border management. Police Reform The Department’s Police Reform Assistance Programme included monitoring the implementation of the Law on Police and the LoIA. Jointly with representatives of the MoIA, the EU - Police Development Assistance Programme (PDAP) and the US - International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP), the Department participated in an interagency working group which advocated for the effective implementation of the LoIA and its bylaws. The aim was to assist the MoIA in building a sustainable human resources management and development system and to facilitate the establishment of a transparent career system. Assistance to the further professionalization of the MoIA was also provided through encouraging accountable and transparent mechanisms for internal oversight of the police. The PDD organized a workshop on “Training Needs Analysis, Training Strategy and Annual Training Plan” for 22 high-level MoIA managers. The purpose was to familiarize them with modern concepts of training strategy in order to facilitate the development of the MoIA’s training strategy for human recourses management. The PDD also organized two one-day workshops on “Personal Appraisal Reports and the Role of the Human Resource Management Unit in Career Development” for mid and high15 60 OSCE, 2010 Programme Outline, Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje - Police Development.