project management, as stated in the Ministry’s Development Strategy 2011-2016. The training was provided by two Mission members who are Project Cycle Management trainers. In October, the Department organized the Team Building Skills Training. These courses were organized for 27 members of the MoI: mainly personnel from the Department for Management of the EU Funded Projects (IPA unit), but also for representatives from other relevant Ministry’s units: the Bureau for Strategic Planning, Internal Affairs Division, Human Resource Directorate, Division for Analytics and ICT and Police Directorate. These courses provided the IPA unit with knowledge and abilities to facilitate project management related meetings and develop partnership and dialogue with other organizational units. In October, the Department organized a seminar on basics of the European Integration process for 20 representatives of the Ministry’s Division for Finance, Human Resources and Common Affairs. The seminar raised understanding of the EU financial system and possibilities to compete for various EU funds (as an EU country, as a candidate state and pre-candidate state). In October, the Department also facilitated a study trip for six selected members of the Serbian MoI to the French MoI and the French National Police Directorate. A part of the group, financed by the EU TAIEX instrument and focused on strategic planning and management, consisted of representatives of the BSP. Other Serbian representatives, financed by the Department, were from the Unit for Management of EU-funded Projects and from the Border Police Directorate and focused on project management, implementation of national security policies through projects and the application to migration policies. The visit familiarized the Serbian Ministry’s senior and operational staff in charge of strategic planning, design and facilitation of management reforms, and co-ordination of strategy implementation, with the planning, management and co-ordination processes and methodologies of a large EU Member State. In December, the LED, in co-operation with the MoI organized an Informal International Stakeholders meeting on police reform in Serbia. The meeting was an opportunity for providing an overview on project ideas and current needs of the police reform process in Serbia. Representatives of embassies and international organizations used this forum to exchange information and, where possible, agreed upon co-ordination on future activities as a continuation of the ongoing active dialogue in the area of police reform. The discussion focused on the objectives and activities foreseen by the various international stakeholders for 2012-2013 and on the need for more efficient information sharing in the area of security sector reform. Public Relations and Communication In May 2011, the MoI formally adopted the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Communication Strategy of the Ministry, which was developed in 2010. This document was the result of several sessions of the workgroup for drafting the Action Plan. The group comprised Ministry’s high ranking officials who were supported by two international media experts and several LED members. The Action Plan represents a practical tool for the implementation of the Strategy, within the new priority area Public Relations and Communication, defined by the MoU, signed in 2009 between the MoI and the Mission. The revised MoU introduced public relations and communication as a new priority area of cooperation with the MoI. Support provided in this area contributes to a more transparent relationship between the MoI, the media, the public and civil society, thus building public trust. Within the assistance provided to the MoI in implementing its Communication Strategy, the LED, in August, supported the development, printing and dissemination of posters and 60