POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE to thoroughly review and finalize the draft of the strategy and action plan based on the EU model. All comments and recommendations proposed by the Mission to the working group prior to the workshop were taken into consideration. The Mission will take part in the implementation of the strategy and contribute to its future annual reviews. On 19 September, the DHRC organized a one-day workshop to raise awareness of local municipal officials and civil society representatives about the Strategy on Prevention of VERLT 2015-2020.15 The activity aimed to discuss achievements and challenges related to the implementation of the VERLT Strategy, as well as to improve co-operation between religious communities and municipalities in combating violent extremism. The workshop gathered 20 participants (16 men and 4 women), including members of MCSCs religious representatives16, communities’ representatives, local youth action councils and civil society representatives from Lipjan/Lipljan and Obiliq/Obilić municipalities. A representative of the KSCS presented the most pressing challenges and opportunities in the implementation of the strategy. Participants agreed on a set of recommendations, including the need to strengthen the role of municipalities in implementing the related action plan on P/C VERLT, while also emphasizing the necessity to allocate specific funds to ensure the implementation of the strategy at the local level. From 10 to 13 October, the Mission’s representative attended the workshop in countering VERLT online for CSOs, organized by Facebook and the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna. The workshop addressed enhancing capacities of local CSOs to challenge hate speech and violent extremism in their work with marginalized communities, as well as using Facebook’s products and tools to develop campaigns to counter hate speech. In consultation with the Mission’s representative, the OSCE Secretariat and Facebook principally agreed to support the organization of the same event in Prishtinë/ Priština in the near future. On 2 November in Prishtinë/Priština, the DHRC, in cooperation with the OSCE Presence in Albania, the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Tirana and the Faculty of Arts of the University of Prishtinë/Priština, organized a forum discussion for students and a visual arts exhibition on the topic of violent extremism. The activity aimed to encourage youth and the general audience to reflect on effects of VERLT and ways to counter it. The forum discussion involved approximately 100 students from different private and public universities in Prishtinë/Priština, youth representing different religious communities and NGO representatives. During the 15 Available at: http://www.kryeministri-ks.net/repository/docs/STRATEGY_ parandalim_-_ENG.pdf. 16 The Islamic Community and Serbian Orthodox Church. discussions, participants had a chance to address questions to Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tirana and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts in Prishtinë/Priština, as well as two NGO representatives from Tirana and Prishtinë/ Priština. The forum discussion was followed by a visual arts exhibition at the Gallery of the Faculty of Arts in Prishtinë/ Priština, which gathered more than 200 participants. On 9 and 10 November, in an effort to further build the capacities of the KP in effectively addressing issues related to P/C VERLT, the Mission organized a training workshop on early indicators of VERLT for 21 officers of the community policing and regional police directorates. The workshop aimed to equip participants with skills in identifying behaviours or expressions that portray the intent of individuals or groups to commit potential acts of terrorism. Facilitated by police trainers from the counter-terrorism unit, the workshop served as a forum to discuss various police cases, outline the challenges, and highlighted KP results in prevention and investigation of terrorism and other related crimes. Associated indicators and real case scenarios presented during the workshop will enable participants to directly contribute to early detection and prevention of home-grown terrorist plots, and serve as trainers on this topic at their stations in the future. From 13 to 15 November, the Mission supported the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) in facilitating a workshop to evaluate the annual implementation of the Strategy and Action Plan on Prevention of VERLT. During the workshop, the government working group estimated that 61 per cent of activities foreseen in the action plan for the second year have been fully implemented, with 14 per cent partially implemented and 25 per cent not implemented. Some challenges identified during the process covered the lack of inter-institutional co-ordination and the budget line for implementation of the Strategy’s activities, non-participation in international and regional initiatives, lack of institutional memory as a result of the appointment of political staff as implementing, co-ordinating and reporting officials, and lack of specific programmes for de-radicalization and reintegration. The remaining activities foreseen in the action plan will be used as a guide for setting priorities for the next three years. Recommendations were submitted to the Prime Minister to better co-ordinate donations and projects of international partners in order to address the real needs and avoid duplication,  approve the Law on Religious Freedom, further capacitate and strengthen respective institutions and prepare the budget of the action plan for the next three years. From 5 to 9 December, the Mission facilitated the participation of two senior officers of the KP Counter-Terrorism Directorate 67