Throughout 2010, the Department actively supported the draft process of the new Law on
KCPSED, which was to be reviewed by the Parliament in 2011.
The Department conducted a workshop to finalize the draft of the Administrative Instruction
on the Internal Organization and Structure of the KCPSED. Representatives of the Centre’s
management, public safety agencies, MoIA, U.S. Justice Department, and ICITAP took part
in this workshop. The new internal structure of the KCPSED reorganized the departments,
divisions, sections and units by defining profiles and responsibilities; and aimed at ensuring
better utilization of internal resources as well as improving quality of service and education
for upcoming generations of trainees. KCPSED Administrative Direction is the first piece of
legislation, defining in details the responsibilities, and organizational structure of the
KCPSED, which was approved by the MoIA. It was to be further modified after the Law on
KCPSED was promulgated.
In order to improve the quality of driving training for new cadets and other members of public
safety agencies and to enable them to safely drive in adverse road conditions, the
Department donated a Skid Car System (mechanic device mounted under the vehicle that
simulates slippery road conditions) together with a car (VW Golf VI) to the KCPSED. The
equipment will enable the KCPSED to conduct driving training courses that resemble
extreme weather conditions for staff of all public safety agencies, which could ultimately
reduce the number of accidents caused by the lack of appropriate driving skills.
Aiming to improve the quality of the first aid response at local level in Kosovo/UNMIK, the
Department together with the International Trauma Life Support (ITSL), and supported by the
World Health Organization (WHO), organized two training courses on emergency trauma
patients’ care for 40 emergency service professionals from 26 Kosovar municipalities and
five members of the Kp. The main objective of this training was to enhance the knowledge
and capacities of the local medical workers in the pre-hospital care, rapid assessment,
appropriate intervention and identification of immediate life threats based on the ITLS
programme; and to identify the best candidates who would serve in the future as local
instructors in order to establish an ITLS chapter and a regional training centre in
Kosovo/UNMIK.
Public Safety Awareness
As public confidence is a key element to ensure democratic development and a transparent
security sector for all communities of Kosovo/UNMIK, the Department’s Public Safety
Awareness component of the Special Advisory Unit recommended and implemented a
number of activities that lead to the awareness raising and enhancement of co-operation and
interaction between the institutions of the security sector and the people of Kosovo/UNMIK.
The Department, in co-operation with the MoIA and other relevant stakeholders, continued to
support the Kp, the Agency for Emergency Management, Customs Services, and the
KCPSED in their endeavour to improve their public image. The Department, inter alia,
conducted research, monitored and analyzed the performance and the effectiveness of the
security and public safety institutions, in particular of those related to the internal and
external communication and public outreach performance. It also implemented capacity
building measures for specified civil servants and other professionals in the security sector of
Kosovo/UNMIK, with learning objectives that focus on the duty to release vital security and
safety information to the public, exploring the most effective methods of communicating such
information and related ways of increasing public confidence in the public safety institutions
of Kosovo/UNMIK.
During 2010, the Department assisted the KCPSED with training courses delivered to the
Press and Public Officers, based on job-specific training requirements to improve the internal
and external information management system. This effort concentrated on developing the
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