POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE universities of Athens, Tirana, Zagreb, and Prishtinë/Priština, as well the heads of traffic departments from Skopje, Tirana, Podgorica, and Prishtinë/Priština. Lastly, on 30 April, the Mission, jointly with the KP, organized a press conference to launch a Kosovo-wide traffic safety awareness campaign covering the most frequent factors in accidents with fatalities on the roads in Kosovo. During this press conference, held at the KP headquarters in Prishtinë/ Priština, the media in attendance were informed on the need to educate traffic participants on the traffic rules and the drivers’ role in preventing traffic accidents. OSCE Mission in Kosovo established nine additional LPSCs, bringing the total to 52 Ř In March and October, orientation Ř In April and October, the communication links with their sessions to identify possible members of nine new LPSCs respective municipalities and locations for establishing were provided with community other actors working in the area new LPSCs and to raise the policing training, consisting of of community safety; awareness of local communities, four-day modules on partnership civil society, municipality and building and problem solving; police officials were facilitated by the Mission in different regions throughout Kosovo, including the northern municipalities; Ř All nine LPSCs were assisted by the Mission in meeting their Ř In November, the Mission delivered a ToT to 15 selected trainers from all nine LPSCs in its efforts to ensure sustainability. communities twice, to enhance their visibility and establish Activities Related to Threats Posed by Criminal Activity Organized Crime From 11-14 May, the Mission’s representative and the Director of the KP Integrated Border Management Division took part in the 3rd Annual Border Management & Technologies Summit 2015 held in Istanbul, Turkey. The Mission’s member presented the Mission’s assistance to local authorities in fighting organized crime and terrorism, whereas the police representative presented the current border situation in Kosovo, regional and international co-operation, and future developments.  From 12-16 October, the Mission delivered a training course on tackling organized crime at the airport to 17 participants, consisting of airport security staff and KP officers. In line with its objective, the training provided participants with a range of skills on how to maintain aviation security with a special focus on recognized techniques and methods used to protect passengers, staff, and aircrafts from various organized crime threats. From 30 November-4 December, the Mission conducted an advanced training on informant handling for 17 participants of the KP Directorates for Intelligence and Analysis, AntiTerrorism, Economic Crimes and Corruption, and THB and Investigation Support. The training provided participants with a greater understanding of the rules, advantages, and risks inherent in informant handling during operations. Additionally, participants learned about European practices in informant handling, Kosovo legislation, standard operating procedures in regulating this matter, and the cost efficiency in using informants for activities to combat organized crime and terrorism. From 6-12 December, the Mission organized three consecutive workshops for the third annual review and amendment of the 2012-2017 strategies and action plans against organized crime, narcotics, and terrorism. In general, the workshops assessed the implementation of objectives and activities of respective action plans for the period of 2014-2015. The working groups prepared the reports with recommendations for further actions. Based on the results, the implementation of activities in support of the action plans of the three respective strategies were considered to be satisfactory. 59