Zaječar and Zrenjanin presented their experiences and shared views on how they can enhance their community policing and crime prevention practices. They also discussed whether risks were properly factored in the planning process, and evaluated their achievements together with their colleagues. The Mission experts provided advice primarily paying attention to sustainability aspects of the CLO’s approach. Organized Crime in General In the fight against organized crime, the Mission focused on assisting and advising the MoI in addressing challenges posed by the implementation of the revised Criminal Procedure Code (CPC). The Mission’s LED and RoLHRD co-ordinated their activities on police and prosecution matters. The Mission also assisted the Ministry to improve approaches to investigative interviewing, specifically on how to deal with victims of crime while carrying out criminal investigations in line with human rights standards and the new requirements of the CPC. With regard to regional co-operation in the fight against trans-national crime, the Mission continued supporting the exchange of experiences between police services in the region and internationally. On 5 April, the Mission, in partnership with the Serbian Judicial Academy and the US Department of Justice’s Resident Legal Advisor, resumed the training for judges, prosecutors and police on the revised CPC. The Mission originally started the trainings on the CPC in April 2012 but they were suspended when the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) decided to re-write the CPC in the second half of 2012. As a consequence, the CPC did not enter into force for courts of general criminal jurisdiction in January 2013 as originally intended. The Mission resumed its training programme when the Government approved four changes to the CPC and had the legislation into force in October 2013. The ToT course gathered 52 judges, prosecutors and police officers. The curriculum was adjusted to reflect the amendments to the CPC. Following the completion of the courses in April 2013, the trainers started training their peers throughout Serbia through Judicial Academy courses supported by the Mission and the US Department of Justice. From 10 May to 28 June, 42 Serbia-wide training sessions were held with 4-8 trainings taking place simultaneously every Friday in 12 cities in the northern and central parts of Serbia. The total number of participants attending the trainings was 1231. Most of them were judges and prosecutors - from basic, high and appellate courts- and a limited number of police officers. The trainings were designed to familiarize the practitioners with all the stages of proceedings and procedural mechanisms of the revised CPC, and guide them through the main novelties introduced by the CPC. The courses were expected to lead to the permanent inclusion of CPC training via the Judicial Academy, whereby judges, police and prosecutors throughout Serbia would be better informed on the application of the revised CPC. From 24-25 June, the Mission organized a visit for representatives of the Serbian Organized Crime Prosecutor’s Office (OCPO) to EUROJUST in The Hague to prepare the OCPO for migration to a new IT system for intelligence analyses and data/case management used by EUROJUST. The OCPO representatives learned about various technical and organizational aspects of the new data and case management system, including the set-up of internal networks, and a secure environment for accessing the database and protection of data. The visit also helped the OCPO establish and improve bilateral co-operation with representatives of some EU countries in EUROJUST, such as Slovenia and Spain. From 2-6 December, the Mission organized training for a group of 12 police officers from the Criminal Investigation Directorate on investigative interviewing techniques in line with the PEACE model. The training aimed to equip participants with skills necessary to successfully plan, structure and conduct investigative interviews. The trainee group consisted of investigators from several departments of the Criminal Investigations Directorate, such as Homicide, Drug Abuse Suppression, Crimes against Property and Economic Crime Departments. The course was delivered by two OSCE certified trainers from the MoI’s 92