In order to support the Ministry in its fight against corruption and encourage its endeavours in enforcing zero tolerance for corruption among law enforcement officers, the Mission participated in the development of a police ethics curriculum which took place between April and December 2012. At the initiative of the MoI’s Internal Affairs Division, the Mission cooperated with the Education Directorate and helped them to draft six modules covering topics such as police ethics and integrity, forms of unethical conduct, ethical dilemmas, ethical decision making, etc. The Ministry planned to incorporate the curriculum in its annual inservice programme. Ethics training was designed for all law enforcement officers and all Ministry employees, and would be implemented in the form of group discussions. Community Policing In 2012, the MoI continued its commitment to the inter-ministerial working group on drafting the Community Policing Strategy for a significant period of time. The Strategy had been in development since 2007. In 2012, a Draft Community Policing Strategy was sent to the Mission for comments and the following elements of the Draft Strategy were highlighted by Mission experts: creation of the legal framework for further developing police-public partnerships; outreach to diverse groups of the public; local solutions to safety concerns of the citizens; community policing as a basic element for the development of the Crime Prevention Strategy; and institutionalization of crime prevention practices. The draft document also demonstrated the MoI’s commitment to serving the needs of the public, thus providing the final formal transition from a reactive to a preventive type of work and service. The Mission offered its support in the continuation of the drafting process and the development of an Action Plan that would follow the adoption of the Strategy. On 6 November, the Mission and the MoI jointly organized a round table discussion to finalize the Draft Community Policing Strategy. The round table gathered approximately 60 experts, including representatives of CSOs, the academic community, international organizations and embassies in Belgrade, as well as the media and government ministries that would be engaged in the implementation of the Strategy. The Strategy was planned to be formally signed by the Serbian Government by the end of 2012. The formal adoption of the Strategy was expected to further embed community policing practices in Serbia. While awaiting formal adoption of the Community Policing Strategy the Mission, in cooperation with the MoI, organized the first meeting of the Ministry’s Working Group tasked to develop the Action Plan for the implementation of the Strategy in Belgrade on 26-27 December. The Working Group gathered 20 relevant representatives of the various MoI units, which included the Uniform Police Directorate, Criminal Investigations Directorate, Strategic Planning Bureau and representatives of police districts from across Serbia. Following the finalization of the Action Plan, the Strategy and the Action Plan were both to be submitted for adoption by the Government, thus enabling their implementation. The Mission provided essential input for the first meeting of the working group by delivering a thorough analysis of the Strategy and suggesting concrete activities to be included in the Action Plan. The Mission also supported the further development of the community policing concept by increasing its work locally with police districts. The first one of these activities was launched on 9 May with the Sombor police district at the Kula police station. The activities included seven drug prevention panel discussions held in seven local communities within the Municipality of Kula. They were hosted by two representatives of local police stations and the Head of Sombor police district, as well as representatives of social services and local CSOs 81