expertise on fulfilling the required standards for accreditation of the newly established Faculty of Public Safety. With the approval of the regulation on the Board of KAPS17, which was supported by the DSPS, the Board - consisting of general directors of the public safety agencies - was successfully constituted and commenced tackling relevant issues. At the request of the MoIA, the DSPS took part in six meetings of the Board throughout the year, and contributed with its advice towards a better utilization of this institution. The Board established a working group for reviewing the Occupational Standards and Basic Training for all law enforcement agencies operating within Kosovo: The DSPS supported the working group by promoting best European practices and common components of formats used in the neighbouring countries. Furthermore, the Academy Board members agreed on quotas for students, a public safety degree programme, and on co-operation agreements between public safety agencies regarding the employment of short-term lecturers. With regards to legislative and policy development, the DSPS continued to help KAPS become a unique entity in the region, which delivers training and education result-based programmes. It supported a workshop for finalizing the draft Regulation “for the Functioning of Higher Education at the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety”, drafted jointly by KAPS and its EU twinning project partners. A workshop held in Albania from 20-23 April, gathered a working group (WG) of senior legal and managing representatives of the government, public safety agencies and advisors of the DSPS and ICITAP, to regulate the work of the Faculty of Public Safety and its academic public safety programmes. During this workshop all articles were thoroughly scrutinized and necessary revisions were made in agreement with all WG members. In addition, the WG also completed the revision of the draft Regulation “for Payments of Training and Teaching Personnel and Functional Fields Experts”. Both of these regulations were subsequently approved by the government. As a strategic partner to the EU Office in Kosovo and its twinning project “Improved Education in Public Safety and Security Sector in Kosovo”, the DSPS contributed with its expertise throughout the drafting stage of the legislation for higher education. In this regard, the DSPS facilitated a workshop to support KAPS in finalizing the regulations on Election, Appointment, Dismissal and Rectification of Deans, Pro-Deans and Heads of Units in the Faculty; on Criteria and Procedures for Students Admission and Enrolment; on Procedures for Compiling and Defending Diploma Thesis; on Employment Contract for Academic Staff; and on Violation, Disciplinary Measures and Disciplinary Procedures for Students in KAPS. With the first academic year set to commence on September 2014, the finalized draft regulations were expected to be approved by the Faculty Council, which is the highest academic body of the Academy, in due time. The DSPS also continued to give its expertise as a member of the EU Steering Committee initiated in 2012 by the EU and twining project countries, Finland & Estonia. In support of this initiative, the DSPS, in 2013, participated in five Steering Committee meetings, contributing with its recommendations in the areas of internal quality assurance; study degrees; and student and academic selection procedures. The DSPS also took part in the working group for finalizing the curricula for bachelor degree related to security sciences domain, approved at a later stage by the Steering Committee members. In addition, after the approval by the Board, the members of this Committee agreed on the structure and content of the KAPS internal self-evaluation report, which together with the curricula was submitted to the Kosovo Accreditation Agency for accreditation of the newly established Faculty of Public Safety. 17 68 Regulation No. 06/2013 for the Board of Kosovo Academy for Public Safety, approved by the Government on 13 February 2013, and signed by the Prime Minister on 6 March 2013.