4.3 Mission in Kosovo of MCSC members in line with the MCSC legal and policy documents. The Mission presented the guidelines for local level mechanisms on responses to incidents affecting communities (with a focus on public condemnation of security incidents and outreach visits in the affected communities), as well as on drafting of MCSC work plans, including incorporating and addressing the communities’ safety needs and concerns. On 10 October, the Mission supported the MCSC and community safety action team from Istog/Istok municipality in organizing an event to raise public awareness about drug, alcohol and smoking abuse and addiction, with a focus on youth. In front of an audience of directors, teachers, psychologists, parents’ representatives and pupils, the event included presentations from the deputy mayor, KP officials, municipal director of education and experts from the CSO Centre for Psychosocial and Medical Research. On 29 and 30 October, the Mission organized a workshop on enhancing the effectiveness of the MCSCs in Prizren and Rahovec/Orahovac municipalities, gathering some 40 participants. Tailored to the needs of both MCSCs, the workshop provided an opportunity for members to enhance their understanding of the role and responsibilities of MCSCs from an ethnic and religious communities’ perspective. In this context, participants were presented with all relevant documents regulating the work of the MCSCs, including the guidelines on responses by local level mechanisms to incidents affecting communities. The event also enabled MCSC members to work, prepare and present draft versions of MCSC work plans for 2020, addressing the key safety needs of the ethnic and religious communities in the Prizren and Rahovec/Orahovac municipalities. On 30 October, in line with the Community Safety Strategy that aims to strengthen the capacity of safety mechanisms through the establishment and support of MCSCs, the Mission facilitated eight communication and co-ordination meetings for community safety forums in the four northern municipalities of Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North, Leposavić/ Leposaviq, Zvečan/Zveçan and Zubin Potok. In two bi-annual meetings with each of the four municipalities held in April and October respectively, some 125 participants (including community safety representatives, KP, municipal officials and civil society) voiced their concerns over the current security and safety conditions in the region. Discussions among participants highlighted their concerns over the political challenges, institutional gaps, and the lack of projects and financial assistance. Throughout these meetings, the majority of participants agreed to continue working together to strengthen the level of safety in their local neighbourhoods. 64 On 31 October, the Mission completed the organization of 34 co-ordination meetings with key members of all established MCSCs, with the aim of presenting the facts and recommendations stemming from the Mission’s internal report on the “Functionality and Performance of MCSCs” until 2018. Mayors as MCSCs chairpersons, their deputies, and co-ordinators, KP station commanders and their deputies, LPSC chairpersons, municipal officials and other MCSC members participated in these meetings throughout 2019. In addition, the Mission conducted a comprehensive needs assessment survey on capacity-building requirements with over 363 participants from 34 municipalities, with the goal of collecting public opinion on the recommended and necessary actions by MCSCs in each police region. On 20 November, the Mission organized a roundtable discussion, gathering co-ordinators and members of MCSCs from ten municipalities in the Pejë/Peć and Mitrovicë/ Mitrovica region. After an overview of the work of MCSCs in the two regions in 2019, 37 participants discussed the main challenges faced by MCSCs during their work, such as the relationship with central level institutions, the participation of representatives from non-majority communities and issues of compensation and appointment of members. They also provided examples of community security concerns and institutional responses, including official MCSC condemnations. Through a practical exercise, participants also discussed ways in which to improve their work, proposing several ideas that could be included in the 2020 annual work plan, such as awareness campaigns, outreach visits to communities and production of information leaflets. On 4 December, the Mission supported the MoIA in organizing the annual conference with mayors as MCSC chairpersons. The participants included the Minister, Deputy Head of Mission, members of the Community Safety Coordination Office and other MoIA officials, representatives of the Ministry of Infrastructure, two mayors and seven mayor’s representatives and MCSC Co-ordinators, heads of the KP Directorate for Traffic Safety and Directorate for Community Policing and Crime Prevention, members of the Steering Group for Monitoring the Implementation of the Community Safety Strategy and representatives from ICITAP and UNDP. During the event, presentations were delivered by the relevant ministries and senior officials in the KP, addressing traffic safety, infrastructural improvements, and other security challenges. Highlighting the Mission’s continuous support to municipal community safety, the Deputy Head of Mission urged the relevant government bodies to address the chronic deficiencies and provide more support to MCSCs and local safety partnerships. In addition, the Deputy Head informed the participants on Mission’s activities in evaluating the capacity-building needs for all