4.3 Mission in Kosovo Gender Mainstreaming On 8 March, on the occasion of International Women’s Day and in light of its continuous commitment to promote the role of women in policing, the Mission organized an event with the aim of raising awareness on gender equality in all professions, including the KP. One activity was organized with 30 pupils of the elementary school Miladin Mitić in Laplje Selo/Llapllasellë, Gračanica/Graçanicë municipality. Highlighting the important role of women, all four speakers were women, among them one member of the KP, who encouraged participants to think more critically about the importance of gender equality in their lives. On 24 June, the Mission supported the KP in organizing a seminar on mainstreaming gender in community safety related initiatives. Gathering 68 participants, the seminar aimed at increasing the awareness of the importance of gender equality, emphasizing the role and engagement of women in decision-making of community safety mechanisms at all levels. Participants discussed the legislation regulating gender equality and domestic violence, the steps required to prevent gender-based violence and protection of victims, as well as the challenges faced by victims during the rehabilitation and reintegration process. The event concluded with participants agreeing a set of policy recommendations for improving women’s participation in community safety initiatives, which will be submitted to the relevant institutions for consideration. From 2 to 6 September, in its efforts to support the KP in developing the Gender Equality Agenda, the Mission conducted its second phase of a baseline assessment, which was carried out in the form of workshops and meetings across all police regions. During these meetings, the Mission organized interviews and surveys with senior police managers, AWKP members, including other governmental and CSOs as relevant stakeholders dealing with gender equality within public safety institutions. In addition, roundtables were organized to introduce the ongoing work on the KP’s Gender Equality Agenda at the regional PD’s, where regional directors and police officers were informed about the importance of strengthening the capacities of women police officers in meeting strategic objectives, and identifying opportunities for greater synergy in addressing critical issues related to women in the security sector. This baseline assessment will feed into the KP’s final Gender Equality Agenda, which is envisaged to be launched by the KP and the Mission in March 2020. Community Policing, Police-Public Relations and Crime Prevention On 19 June and 18 December, the Mission supported the KP in facilitating workshops concerning the biannual revisions of the Community Policing Strategy and Action Plan 2017-2021. 60 The strategy reviews provided an overview of the progress and helped to identify difficulties in implementation, along with recommendations for the way forward. In the capacity of regional co-ordinators for implementing the strategy’s action plan, the deputy police regional directors delivered presentations on activities implemented in their areas of responsibility. Participants in both workshops highlighted the need for greater involvement of all police supervisory levels in inspecting and monitoring the implementation of the confidence and satisfaction programme, which was supported by the Mission as a crucial feature of community policing. In total, the workshops hosted 75 representatives from the KP, MoIA, PIK, the Mission and UNDP. The overall implementation status of the strategy was viewed by participants as quite successful, with 90 per cent of strategic objectives and foreseen activities reported as having been successfully implemented. Furthermore, the contribution of the Mission was appreciated by all participants, who highlighted that such progress in implementing community policing would not have been possible without the work of the Mission. On 21 June, the Mission supported the Kosovo Paralympic Committee and KAPS in hosting the “2019 Mini-Olympic Games” for people with special needs. Supported by the Mission for the last 15 years, this event provided an excellent opportunity to strengthen the trust between people with special needs and the police and to also promote overall community policing. In total, some 500 young people with special needs and their family members from all ethnic and cultural backgrounds participated in a variety of sports organized during the event12. Besides providing logistical support, the Mission provided competition and sport requisites, along with other assets and toys for the children. Moreover, the Mission assisted with volunteers, who alongside police cadets and those of local and international institutions and organizations, assisted people with special needs, which helped to make it a successful and enjoyable venture for them. On 17 and 18 October, the Mission supported the KP in facilitating a workshop to finalize the guidebook stemming from the “Digital Reporting” programme. The document contains a set of practical tools and instructions on how to practically implement the programme through the mobile application “Inform the Police.” The application is a mobile phone platform that will serve all residents and police in enhancing the rule of law, quality of police services, and public safety parameters. Through this application, users can report suspected criminal offences, traffic safety issues and 12 The sports activities included wheelchair runs, basketball, handball, goal-ball, darts, chess, special drawing, blind people stage running. Winners in each event were awarded with cups and medals.