POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE and Ministry of Youth and Sports presented the outline of the pilot project “Prevention of risky behaviour among children through sports and education”. The project will be piloted in four elementary schools in Belgrade, Nis, Kragujevac and Novi Sad as of September. On 31 October, the Mission together with said stakeholders organized an official event in a primary school in Belgrade, to launch the project. • From 22 to 25 August, the Mission, the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Youth and Sports, with support of the OSCE Mediterranean Partner for Co-operation, Israel, organized the initial four-day training within the pilot project. The training involved 20 representatives from the Football Association of Serbia, physical education teachers and student-volunteers from four pilot sites - elementary schools from Belgrade, Nis, Kragujevac and Novi Sad. • On 7 November and 5 December, the Mission supported the first and the second events in a series of three training events designed for volunteers engaged in the pilot project. Expert lecturers from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development coached 20 volunteers, school co-ordinators, physical education teachers and school principals on how to organize workshops for primary school pupils. In line with the Mission’s support to local initiatives that promote police-public partnerships through the MSC mechanism, the following activities were implemented: • On 16 January, the Mission and the Novi Pazar MSC held a one-day capacity-building and planning session. The session resulted in an agreement to initiate the development of the Action Plan to implement Novi Pazar’s Safety Strategy. From 1 to 3 February, the Mission supported the development of the Action Plan. Some 20 members of the MSC included representatives of the police, local self-government, prosecution, Centre for Social Welfare, health institutions, schools administration and civil society. • From 22 to 24 February, the Mission and the Safety Council of the City of Nis co-organized a two-day planning session to identify strategic priorities as part of the development of its Safety Strategy. Seventeen members of the Council which includes representatives of the police, local selfgovernment, prosecution, Centre for Social Welfare, health institutions, schools administration and civil society, jointly identified safety issues and developed a set of measures aimed at improving security of citizens. On 10 March, the Nis City Assembly adopted a formal decision to develop the new safety strategy. As a follow up, the Mission organized a three-day event to finalize the agreement on strategic priorities of the development of Nis Safety Strategy, involving around 20 participants. On 5 December, the Mission signed an agreement with the Mayor of Nis donating furniture and technical equipment for a training room to be used by the Nis Safety Council. • From 24 to 26 April, the Mission and the Leskovac MSC organized a two-day planning session to identify strategic priorities, as part of the finalization of its Safety Strategy. 21 members of the MSC, including representatives of the police, local self-government, prosecution, Centre for Social Welfare, health institutions, schools administration and civil society, jointly identified safety issues and reviewed a draft strategy aimed at improving security of citizens. • On 29 June, the Mission and the Sid MSC initiated implementation of the joint project “Safer Bicycle Rides”. The project aims to raise awareness among all participants of cyclist safety. Some 40 representatives of the police, local self-government, local communities, bicycle associations and citizens attended the launching event, followed by a street activity and distribution of informational material provided by the Mission. • On 18 August, the Mission initiated co-operation with the Presevo MSC to assist in developing the Presevo Safety Strategy. The MSC has fifteen members representing all relevant institutions such as police, local self-government, school administration, the health services, the emergency sector, CSOs and social services. From 4 to 8 December, the Mission and the Municipality representatives conducted a series of consultative meetings to complete the strategy draft and submitted it to the interim local authorities. • On 22 September, the Mission and the Voždovac MSC initiated implementation of the project addressing prevention of domestic violence in this municipality. Forty representatives of the police, local self-government, local communities, CSOs and citizens attended the event. On 6 December, the Mission and the Voždovac MSC organized the third conference on the prevention of domestic violence. Some 30 representatives of the police, local self-government, local communities, CSOs and citizens attended the event, followed by distribution of informational material provided by the Mission. • On 20 November, the Mission, MoI and officials of the Zemun MSC, launched a project on prevention of firecracker use among schoolchildren living in this municipality. On 12 December, representatives of Zemun 83