4.3 Mission in Kosovo On 11 and 12 April, in support to the Kamenicë/Kamenica Police Station, which was given additional tasks in this area by the KP, the Mission facilitated a workshop aimed at enhancing the police accountability and their co-operation in ensuring security and safety, bringing together ten representatives of LPSCs and four KP officers from the municipality. The overall aim was to use the police station’s performance and engagement as a way of demonstrating how the Community Policing Strategy for the region can be successfully implemented. From 10 April to 2 May, the Mission delivered a number of capacity-building activities on community policing to 37 members of four new LPSCs recently established in four municipalities. The Mission conducted outreach activities and community meetings with LPSCs, providing orientation sessions to these members. During these events, LPSC members were introduced to community safety and community policing concepts, as well as to the composition, functionality, and activities of LPSCs in terms of addressing issues of safety, security, and quality of life. The aim of two community meetings in each municipality was to provide LPSC members with an opportunity to establish relationships with respective communities, municipality officials, police and other partners, as well as identify local concerns to work on problem solving activities during the training sessions. Subsequently, the Mission provided the new members with two training modules on partnership-building and problem solving, with additional presentations delivered by police officers to raise awareness on three key challenges affecting community safety and security, namely, VERLT, THB and domestic violence. LPSC members also learned more about the principles of community safety and security, facilitation skills and the key components on how to draft and implement small-scale project proposals and address the important concerns of their communities. From 15 April to 2 May, the Mission conducted a series of workshops on strengthening outreach in local communities and improving police feedback to the affected community in eight police regions for over 154 KP and LPSC members. These workshops aimed at strengthening co-operation between the KP and LPSCs in addressing incidents and potential hate crime cases. A focus was placed on helping community members and police officers to better understand the importance of working jointly to provide feedback to the affected community and to help ensure the safety of hate crime victims. In April and October, the Mission supported LPSCs in Obiliq/Obili, Skenderaj/Srbica and Vushtrri/Vućitrn in facilitating two multi-ethnic youth camps called “Youth for 62 Better Future”. Both three-day events aimed at promoting the multi-ethnic relationship and co-operation between youth of different ethnicities and to enhance the visibility of LPSCs in the respective municipalities. Furthermore, with a view to reducing crime and improving local safety and security, the Mission supported young people in establishing links with the KP. The events brought together 114 young people (aged between 18 and 24) from secondary and high school students from Kosovo Albanian, Kosovo Roma, and Kosovo Serb communities, alongside members of respective LPSCs and sector police officers. During these activities, the participants learned about advocacy, negotiation skills and importance of dialogue and understanding. They were also acquainted with the consequences of illegal narcotics consumption. In support of this initiative, various social activities were organized, enabling participants to establish new friendships in a safe, friendly, and open environment. Between 23 and 25 April, the Mission supported LPSC outreach visits targeted at children belonging to Kosovo Albanian community in the three northern municipalities of Mitrovicë/Mitrovica region: Leposavić/Leposaviq, Zvečan/ Zveqan and Zubin Potok. These activities aimed at enhancing co-operation between community safety forums and residents, while familiarizing participants with the concept of community policing, as well as increasing safety awareness among school age children. The four outreach visits included quizzes, distribution of safety promotional material and interactive presentations. Furthermore, the activity aimed at fostering the Mission’s efforts under the objective that community security, inter-community relations and integration are successfully addressed. In total, the events gathered 192 participants. From 17 September to 8 November, to help in the revitalization non-functioning LPSCs, the Mission assisted the KP Directorate for Community Policing in organizing five one-day training workshops on partnership-building and problem-solving for 101 new members of the 15 existing LPSCs from four regions. Each workshop focused on strengthening the LPSCs’ operational capacity to ensure sustainability in community safety throughout Kosovo, and to enhance their co-operation with relevant local and municipal stakeholders. In addition, the Mission facilitated safety and security related discussions, highlighting the issues of traffic safety, school safety, domestic violence, drug abuse and other negative phenomena, with a view to improving the security and safety of all communities within the LPSCs’ areas of responsibility.