of Belgrade. The LED was invited to provide its services to advise and mentor representatives of relevant institutions comprising the Working Group on the activities and steps in forming the Safety Council, as well as in developing a security strategy for the City of Belgrade. Co-ordination among the Belgrade Working Group members on addressing safety concerns and the advice and mentoring provided by LED will serve as a model for other urban areas throughout Serbia who similarly wish to develop capacities that enable them to establish safety plans through community policing concepts. Believing that combating hate crimes represents a very important aspect of community policing work, the LED also continued to support MoI involvement in international events and the exchange of best practices. The MoI focal point for hate crimes was invited to participate in the establishment of a task force composed of law enforcement trainers and experts from across the OSCE region with the objective of transferring their skills and knowledge within the framework of the new ODIHR initiative “Training against Hate Crimes for Law Enforcement” (TAHCLE) (see also Appendix 1). Furthermore, with the support of the OSCE, the MoI took active part in the “Human Dimension Implementation Meeting”, organized by ODIHR, which took place in Warsaw in September 2011. Transversal - Gender Issues As a continuation of the Mission’s support to the relatively newly established Women Police Officer Network in Southeast Europe (WPON) and the work of it’s first chairperson, the Department supported the participation of two representatives of the MoI at the seminar "Women Leadership - Gender Mainstreaming, Quotas, Formal and Informal Regulations Concepts, Facts and Experiences in Police and Public Authorities of European Countries" held from 29 August to 2 September at the Informations und Bildungszentrum Schloss Gimborn (IBZ) Conference Centre of the International Police Association, in Gimborn, Germany. The event was organized by the International Police Association. A Serbian MoI representative had the opportunity to present the creation of WPON in her capacity of Chairwoman of the Network. This was also an opportunity for the exchange of experience and the establishment of links with relevant representatives of the police services from Germany, Sweden, UK and other countries. During the reporting period, the LED also continued to support the Ministry in the greater inclusion of minorities and women in the police service and in September, in co-ordination with the Mission’s Democratization Department, facilitated an orientation visit to the Basic Police Training Centre for a group of Roma youth interested to begin their career within the police service. A total of 35 Roma women and men were provided with the opportunity to learn about the basic police training programme and career possibilities in the police service. Organized Crime In 2011, the LED continued to provide the MoI with expert advice and assistance in the area of combating illicit drugs. In line with the National Strategy for the Fight against Drugs in Serbia 2009-2013, the LED had trained Serbian police officers in techniques for the identification of signs and symptoms of narcotic intoxication in 2010. Since the training was delivered by two Nordic experts based on a curriculum used in Sweden and Norway, the necessary adjustment of the delivered Nordic curriculum to the conditions in Serbia was ongoing with the support of the LED. In that regard, in a mutual agreement with the MoI, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Health, a Working Group for the Adjustment of the Signs and Symptoms Training Curriculum was established, with the representation of each of the above institutions. Their first meeting was held in March, with the primary task to develop training material and a training implementation plan. Besides being responsible for adjusting the training programme and working on the implementation of this project, the Working Group is also responsible for co-ordinating co-operation with other institutions and Ministries. 67