expand the capacities of various community safety forums, such as the OSCE-supported Local Public Safety Committees (LPSCs) and Municipal Community Safety Councils (MCSCs). In this regard, the Department identified four additional potential sites in ethnically mixed and non-Albanian communities where new LPSCs could be established with a specific purpose to foster the return and integration process of displaced persons as well as the intercommunity dialogue. The Department successfully concluded the implementation of an extra-budgetary project “Youth for a Better Future”, initiated by the members of the LPSCs. The Department gave support in order to help raise the profile of LPSCs locally and demonstrate positive outcomes for the LPSCs. In order to ensure regular communication between LPSCs throughout Kosovo, the Department continued providing its support of the LPSCs Executive Council, an excellent platform that helps all existing and newly established LPSCs to share information about their activities, projects and challenges as well as to develop common strategies to address their common problems. The Department organized and hosted a further meeting of the LPSC Executive Council ensuring that the members are aware of the new police responsibilities and procedures in relation to the LPSCs and the work currently in progress to implement the new phase of community policing at four pilot sites in Kosovo. In October-November, three new LPSCs were established and trained in community policing, bringing the total number of LPSCs to 25. A high level of Kosovo Serb and Roma communities’ representation in the new LPSCs (59 per cent) clearly indicated the increase of trust in the police and the willingness of non-majority communities to take part in community safety forums. The Department also trained 12 selected LPSC members to become Community Safety Trainers (with 50 percent of them coming from non-majority communities) in order to expand the partnership and problem-solving skills in the communities and to support the further promotion of the community policing philosophy in the LPSCs. In order to ensure that LPSCs’ grassroots level initiatives across Kosovo are supported at the municipal level, the Department continued its capacity work for MCSCs. A Kosovo-wide MCSCs needs analysis was conducted to provide a baseline for further addressing MCSCs’ functionality trends. Based on the analysis’ findings, the Department designed a comprehensive capacity-building project for MCSCs. Ten selected MCSCs were trained with the aim to increase their effectiveness and functionality, and to strengthen their role in identifying and addressing community safety and security issues. The project also enhanced both horizontal (communities – police – municipality) and vertical (grassroots – municipal – central) lines of communication and co-operation as it involved community representatives, municipal officials and representatives of the MoIA, the Ministry of Local Government Administration, and the Kp Headquarters. The Department also contributed to enhance the MSCS’ abilities to be forums for an inter-ethnic dialogue and co-operation. Therefore, in December, the Department initiated and facilitated a series of public meetings between the MCSCs non-majority and majority community members to raise awareness of the safety and security concerns of the various communities. In April, the Department organized a study visit for senior Kp officers to visit the Metropolitan Police in London to observe the practical application of the intelligence-led policing concept in an operational and strategic context and to see how this supports community policing. Participants also learned how a meaningful community engagement programme can counter serious crimes, organized crime and terrorism. Subsequently to the study visit, the Department organized a three-day workshop for the Kp helping them to design a more effective style of community policing and to incorporate some of the findings from the study visit where appropriate. 45