4.2 Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina safer. Members of the state level monitoring body for the BiH CT Strategy benefited from the expertise of representatives of international organizations and diplomatic corps, receiving valuable insights on the development of impactful, sustainable and responsible P/C VERLT policies and programmes. On 22 July, in co-operation with the BiH MoS, the Mission organized a workshop in Sarajevo to develop a general framework on treatment of returning FTFs and their family members. The workshop brought together representatives of security, health, social protection, and education sectors as well as civil society. During the event, participants exchanged experiences, best practice and lessons learned on regulating returning FTFs and their families, gaining also an insight on common challenges faced by both policymakers and practitioners. Further follow-up meetings helped to define and develop policy responses, procedures, and measures to be taken prior to and upon return of FTFs. With the aim of promoting factual and responsible reporting that does not engender intolerance, polarization, fear, panic or human rights abuses, the Mission assisted the BiH Press and Online Media Council in organizing a consultative meeting on 19 September in Sarajevo, on developing draft Guidelines for journalists on Reporting on Violent Extremism and Terrorism. The meeting brought together editors of media outlets from Sarajevo, Mostar, Banja Luka, and Tuzla, as well as representatives of the BiH MoS and BiH Intelligence-Security Agency. The guidelines established a set of standards and procedures that will serve as a tool for journalists and editors when reporting on sensitive issues, such as violent extremism and terrorism. On 18 December, the Council formally adopted the document, presenting it in a press conference also organized with Mission support. On 2 and 3 October, the Mission facilitated the participation of representatives of the BiH Intelligence-Security Agency and FBiH Government social protection and health authorities at a regional expert WG held in Tirana, Albania on the development of the OSCE publication Good Practices in P/C VERLT: Non-custodial Rehabilitation and Reintegration – A Guidebook for Practitioners and Policymakers in SouthEastern Europe. The meeting gathered practitioners and policymakers from the SEE region to discuss challenges and best practice in non-custodial rehabilitation and reintegration. Participants also gained insights of regionspecific considerations and capacities required for developing and implementing effective and human rights-compliant rehabilitation and reintegration programmes. During the event, BiH representatives provided a comprehensive overview of measures utilized in the process of return of FTFs and their family members to BiH, outlining also areas requiring further development and support. 52 On 15 October, the Mission supported the FBiH Ministries of Labour and Social Policy, and Health in organizing a working meeting in Sarajevo with representatives of FBiH and Brčko District social protection and health authorities regarding the return of FTFs and their families. BiH representatives from the MoS, State Investigation and Protection Agency and Intelligence-Security Agency also provided valuable contributions. Participants discussed the latest developments in the sector, such as the situation of children without parental care, highlighting the significance of improved coordination and information sharing between the security and non-security sectors. They also emphasized the need for further specialized training for the extended families of returning FTFs as well as for social workers dealing with returning families. On 30 October, in co-operation with USC Canton Pedagogical Institute, the Mission presented Guidelines for Prevention of Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Leads to Terrorism (VERLT) Through Education at a seminar in Teslić designed for school directors, teachers and psychologists from the Teslić primary and secondary schools, social workers, community policing officers and members of the RS Pedagogic Institute. Developed by group of teachers from USC with Mission support, the guidelines aimed at strengthening the capacities of school staff to building and promoting an inclusive school environment, acting preventatively to eliminate all forms of violent and intolerant behaviour, while building the resilience of students in regard to the various risks and threats that can lead to violent extremism. The guidelines also highlighted the importance of each stakeholder in ensuring comprehensive ‘contextspecific’ preventative efforts, as well as of the importance of co-operation between them. From 11 to 13 November, in co-operation with the RACVIAC Centre for Security Co-operation in SEE and Regional Cooperation Council, the Mission organized the “Regional Workshop on Strategies on Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Foreign Terrorist Fighters” in Zagreb. The event focused on identifying challenges, priorities, best practice, and lessons learned in the process of rehabilitation and reintegration of FTFs and their family members, especially children. Participants assessed the existing national, regional, and international policies, programmes and actors involved in the process, highlighting the roles of civil society, social protection and health sectors, education system, religious communities and youth in the process of rehabilitation and reintegration. From 11 to 12 December, the Mission supported the BiH MoS in organizing a “Conference on Prevention of Terrorism Financing and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation”, with a