On 12 August, a final event was also held in the Aqua Park in Jagodina, concluding the project “Safe and Secure Summer”. The Mission funded this project implemented by the Jagodina Police Directorate. Some 1,000 visitors of the Aqua Park received informative leaflets and brochures from the police and had the opportunity to talk to officers about their daily safety issues and concerns. The overall goal of the project was to raise awareness among the citizens of property and personal belongings protection. Ultimately, the entire project aimed at strengthening the level of communication between the police and citizens. In September the Mission supported the promotion of safety for schoolchildren through a campaign initiated by the Niš Police Directorate. The main event of the campaign was held on September 13 in Niš City Center. More than 3,500 copies of the brochure Welcome FirstGraders, specifically designed for the pupils of elementary schools, were distributed by traffic and school police officers across schools in the Niš Region. The campaign aimed to improve the safety of children within schools and foster trust of schoolchildren in the police. On 5 October, the Mission supported the final event of the local action plan implemented by Sombor police district – a basketball tournament. The event brought together basketball teams from all the primary school in the Apatin and Somobor municipalities. Some 200 spectators attended the event. The aim of the local action plan was to promote a drug-free lifestyle through a series of educational panel discussions at schools conducted by the police. The panels focused on promoting healthy lifestyle, raising awareness among young people and the society, decreasing the number of new drug users and mobilising the community to prevent this problem. The target group were pupils in the 7th and 8th grades of primary schools in Apatin and surrounding areas, as their age makes them most vulnerable to trying and consuming psychoactive substances. All the efforts within the above projects were part of the Mission’s continuing efforts to develop, train and assist Community Liaison Officers (CLOs) in further incorporating crime prevention practices in their everyday activities and to build better partnership between the MoI and the citizens throughout Serbia. Another capacity-building activity for CLOs was a study visit to Slovenia, organized by the Mission, in co-operation with the MoI, for CLOs from 14 police districts of Serbia. The study visit took place from 20-25 May. Participants had an opportunity to observe community policing practices in Slovenia, exchange experiences and discuss best practices with members of the Slovenian MoI. The Serbian delegation was briefed on crime prevention practices and community policing in Slovenia – including evaluating and measuring crime prevention efforts –, and discussed EU requirements with respect to police reform. The study visit enhanced co-operation between the Serbian and Slovenian MoIs and fostered the implementation of the community policing programme in Serbia’s police districts. The Mission remained committed to supporting the development of CLOs, who are on the frontline of the MoI’s community policing efforts throughout Serbia. From 24-25 October, the Mission also facilitated the participation of two members of the MoI at the OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting in Vienna, organized by the TNTD/SPMU. The purpose of the meeting was to gather experiences and good practices from the participating states and international partner organisations in implementing community policing in the context of police reform (see also chapter 2.2). The Head of the Serbian MoI’s Department for Organization, Prevention and Community Policing shared experiences about the development of the community policing model in Serbia, complemented by a presentation by the Mission on experiences and lessons learned from the police reform process in Serbia. Finally, from 28-30 October, the Mission and the MoI organized a lessons learned roundtable. All CLOs and staff from the Uniformed Police Directorate had the opportunity to discuss implementation of the 14 projects throughout 2013. CLOs from Čačak, Jagodina, Kikinda, Kraljevo, Leskovac, Niš, Pančevo, Pirot, Požarevac, Sombor, Užice, Subotica, 91