Continuous monitoring and expert assistance was provided to the Regional Training Coordinators to improve their trainer skills and enhance quality of training delivery at the decentralized level. In the later part of the year, the PDD delivered and monitored local Drug Enforcement Training Programmes throughout the country, and assisted uniformed police officers to identify illegal narcotics using an OSCE-sponsored training kit. The training was conducted on de-centralized level in all Sectors for Internal Affairs. In order to strengthen the training capacities and institutional structure of the MoIA, several donations of training equipment were made. Electronic equipment was delivered to Skopje SIA; Digital Tachograph Demo Case Kits and Infringement Keys were donated to the Police Training Centre and the SIAs; and computer and maintenance equipment for delivery of training was provided for the Training Centre in Idrizovo. Community Policing The Community Policing Project Umbrella is the PDD’s largest programme in terms of financial and human resources. It is designed to assist in promoting institutionalized community policing practices to further improve inter-ethnic relations. Capacity building workshops, conferences, and study visits were conducted targeting MoIA mid-level management and local self-government structures. In parallel to the provision of technical assistance, the Department, in 2010, continued to monitor and advise on mainstreaming the community policing concept throughout the police structure. The existing community policing mechanisms – Local Prevention Councils (LPC) and Citizen Advisory Groups (CAG) – which promote co-operation between the police and local communities were further consolidated. Some 130 CAGs and 40 LPC meetings were monitored during the year. To complement the country’s commitments to implementing its National Roma Strategy, 13 thematic LPC meetings were conducted in selected municipalities to raise awareness on sensitive Roma issues. In order to promote the institutionalization of police crime prevention structures at the decentralized level, the Department undertook a year-round project in which mid-level police management structures were instructed on strategic and action planning. A five-day training session on strategic and action planning for the Prevention Units was delivered by consultants from the Macedonian Centre for International Cooperation – MCIC. With the help of the PDD, regional action plans on prevention in selected topics such as burglary prevention, drug awareness and child trafficking were developed and implemented as part of the project. Over 100 thematic CAG meetings and other community forums were held with the aim to assist in raising awareness on the above topics. In order to assist the MoIA in implementing the new legislation on weapons possession, the Department organized a workshop on “Volunteer Surrender of Firearms and Ammunition” for 50 MoIA employees. Awareness-raising activities on the same subject were pursued targeting both, adults and youngsters. Over 50,000 copies of promotional material were printed and disseminated with the help of the Mission. A drawing competition on the prevention of gun violence was also organized in which 2,900 primary school children participated throughout the country. Towards the end of the year, the PDD engaged in a nationwide campaign to raise public awareness of the risks of celebratory shooting and indiscriminate use of fireworks. Billboards, posters, calendars and other promotional materials were printed for the purposes of the campaign. The PDD organized a one-day conference for the Heads of Prevention and other police managerial staff to help boost effective use of community policing tools. The conference gathered some 56 participants including representatives of the Slovenian MoIA, US ICITAP 62