human resources management in the MoI, and the international and European standards – instruments currently legally binding for Serbia, European Union accession requirements, and recommended best practices – relevant to human resources management in the public administration and the police. The report incorporates the key legislative, regulatory and capacity-oriented recommendations important for the MoI in order to address the gaps between the current situation and international standards. As part of the project “Fostering Civil Society Involvement in Police Reform in Serbia”, the NGOs involved in it organized the Advocacy Course which took place in Belgrade on 20 and 21 April. Lecturers at the course were representatives of both international (UK, Bosnia and Herzegovina) and domestic civil society organizations prominent in the field of advocacy. The topics presented at the course covered basic advocacy concepts, case studies and lessons learned, as well as different areas of advocacy important for police reform such as budgeting and police-media relations. The course was attended mainly by representatives of civil society organizations and representatives of the MoI Bureau for Cooperation with the Media. The course aimed at raising capacity of civil society in Serbia to advocate for police reform, which also contributes to the overall goal of the above mentioned project. From 9-12 May, 17 mid-level and senior police managers from the MoI completed training on change management and policy making in Belgrade. This workshop, facilitated by the LED and the MoI Bureau for Strategic Planning, was designed to provide Ministry and police managers with the knowledge and skills to create and implement police and security-related policies. The training equipped participants with the competencies to manage organizational change through the implementation of public policies. Participants highlighted that these skills would be crucial to them, particularly in the context of Serbia's Euro-Atlantic integration, and in view of the recent adoption of the Ministry’s Development Strategy 20112016. Science Po Paris, one of Europe’s centres of excellence in public policy, delivered the course, while the Government of France provided financial support. In co-operation with DCAF and the Embassy of the Netherlands, the LED supported three researchers from civil society organizations to publish the fifth Collection of Policy Papers on Police Reform in Serbia. The Collection of Papers was presented in Belgrade in July 2011. The event was an outcome of the LED project "Fostering Civil Society Involvement in Police Reform". The collection also encompasses topics, such as civil society contributions to the legality of procedures related to illegal migrants and asylum seekers, and training police officers for efficient police co-operation. The main target group of this presentation consisted of representatives of various civil society organizations in Serbia, which should benefit from this event by raising their awareness in the above mentioned topics and by getting first hand information on the main principles and challenges in the process of police reform, in order to use them in the every day work. Within its efforts to support building of the MoI’s strategic planning and management capacities, the LED supported the participation of a representative from the Ministry’s Bureau for Strategic Planning (BSP) at the workshop on team building skills in Paris, entitled “Creating Value and Synergy”, organized by CAP-GEMINI in August 2011. Based on the experience acquired at the workshop, the participants were expected to transfer state-of-theart understanding and competences for team building and management to Ministry employees. In September, the LED organized the training “Project Cycle Management” for 20 MoI representatives in Belgrade. Participants did not have previous experience in project management theory or practices and they were selected from various Ministry units, such as the BSP, Criminal Investigations Directorate, Border Police, Gendarmerie and the Human Resources Directorate. The training was in line with the Ministry’s efforts to enhance strategic management and leadership by developing capacities in different areas, such as 59