POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE Committees (LPSC) and some recently recruited members of previously established LPSCs. Thirty six participants, 12 Kosovo Serbian and 24 Kosovo Albanian, received a twomodule training on partnership building and problem solving provided by the Mission and its 12 trained community safety trainers in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica North. Both modules equipped the participants with knowledge on principles of community safety and community policing, as well as analyzing problems related to safety, security and quality of life. Members of these LPSCs, who represent communities, youth and the KP from different municipalities, were also taught how to develop project proposals in order to tackle concerns within their respective communities. On 25 and 26 June, the Mission supported the annual Mini Olympics for People with Disabilities, which was organized at KAPS facilities by the Kosovo Paralympics Committee and Parents Organization of Children with Disabilities. Around 400 people with disabilities and their parents, along with more than 80 volunteers from different communities, the Kosovo Force (KFOR) and the Carabinieri, participated in different sporting activities held during this event, which aimed to promote better integration of people with disabilities in society, and to increase their co-operation with public safety providers. On 29 June, the Mission supported the KP in facilitating a workshop for the bi-annual review of the Community Policing Strategy and Action Plan 2012-2016. The workshop brought together all relevant stakeholders working in the field of community policing, and provided them with a detailed progress review of the action plan. Members of various KP pillars with responsibility for community policing presented their contributions in the implementation of the action plan in their own departments. In total, 35 participants including representatives of the KP, ICITAP and the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) participated in the review process. An additional and final review workshop of this strategy was supported by the Mission on 9 December, where a special emphasis was given to examining the KP’s achievements regarding this strategy over the past five years. During the event, the Mission presented its activities in support of the implementation of this strategy. From 9 to 11 November, the Mission supported the KP in facilitating a three-day workshop to finalize the new draft of the Community Policing Strategy and Action Plan 2017-2021, which it also helped to draft in its capacity of a working group member. The workshop sessions assisted 40 representatives of police management, front line officers, and other local and international stakeholders in cross examining the objectives and activities foreseen within this strategy and action plan, as well as to design the community policing concept and explore ways to make it fully operational. The Mission-led police confidence and satisfaction programme has been integrated into the new action plan, as have the activities related to community safety in general, which largely complement the practical implementation of community policing in Kosovo. Local Public Safety Committees (LPSC) In 2016, the Mission continued its efforts to support and promote the Community Safety Coordination Office (CSCO)4 as a sustainable entity for co-ordinating and facilitating community safety activities throughout Kosovo, especially in the northern part. However, challenges still exist, and are mainly linked to the lack of political will of Kosovo institutions to earmark funds and establish clear labour division on provisions that are necessary for a successful handover of competences from the Mission. Hence, this area will continue to require further support from the Mission. In 2016, the Mission supported the KP in establishing four new LPSCs in non-Albanian and ethnically mixed communities, three of which are in the northern part of Kosovo. The high level of Kosovo Serb and other non-Albanian communities’ representation in the new LPSCs clearly demonstrates the increase of trust towards the police, as well as a willingness by all communities to be involved in community safety structures. With the Mission’s support, all newly established LPSCs in northern municipalities have successfully implemented their first project initiatives and contributed to improving safety and security in their areas of responsibility. In addition, civic participation towards identifying important community safety issues and problem solving was improved, including maintaining the existing inter-ethnic relations between local communities, particularly in the northern municipalities. On 15 March, the Mission supported the staff of the CSCO in organizing a one-day planning workshop, which gathered fifteen participants representing relevant authorities of the MoIA, KP, KAPS, the Mission and ICITAP. The workshop served to familiarize participants with all of the 2016 activities and plans related to community safety forums led by different actors in Kosovo, as well as the CSCO and its supervising institutions. Following the delivery of partnership-building and problemsolving modules of community policing training to the members of four new LPSCs, from 14 April to 6 May, the Mission supported these LPSCs in facilitating two meetings in each of their respective communities. The purpose of 4 The Community Safety Coordination Office was established within the MoIA, and serves as a single umbrella for the co-ordination and support of all future community safety forum activities, including establishment and revitalization training requirements, project action planning, executive councils, archives, membership validation, and all other associated activities that require the Ministry’s co-ordination and support. 59