4.2 Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina From 14 to 16 May, the Mission organized a P/C VERLT interactive table-top exercise (TTX), in co-operation with the Partnership for Peace Consortium − Counterterrorism Working Group, bringing together more than 70 representatives from State, entity, cantonal and locallevel governments, including the security sector and CSOs. Participants exchanged expertise, views and ideas on ways in which relevant institutions and other actors can more effectively address security challenges presented by VERLT, specifically as it relates to former combatants who have returned to the community from foreign battlefields. The TTX resulted in a set of conclusions agreed upon by the participants on possible location-specific measures regarding prevention, intervention and mitigation of VERLT. Between 18 June and 11 October, in Mostar and Zavidovići, the Mission organized three one-day multi-stakeholder workshops on local level responses to P/C VERLT. Representatives of police administrations, religious communities, social services, academia, CSOs and the health and education sectors were given an opportunity to increase their knowledge of the process of radicalization into violence, hate crimes and bias-motivated incidents; the psychological aspects of radicalization; as well as the role of faith, religion and ideology in P/C VERLT. The event moreover generated an open and constructive discussion on the role of local institutions in P/C VERLT. and provided room for the joint development of several preventive activities for the locations in question. On 12 and 13 November, the Mission co-organized with RACVIAC – Centre for Security Cooperation, a “Workshop on developing Strategies on Rehabilitation and Reintegration of FTF” in Tirana, Albania. The event provided a regional forum to discuss challenges, priorities and lessons learned in this area, as well as ways to facilitate the engagement of civil society in the process of reintegrating returning foreign fighters and their family members into communities during and after judicial proceedings. The Mission presented its P/C VERLT programme at the event, with an emphasis on the practical challenges of engaging civil society and other nontraditional security actors, such as social services, education institutions, religious and inter-religious organisations, into an effective process of rehabilitation and reintegration of family members of returning FTFs. From 3 to 5 December, the Mission organized a capacitybuilding event for members of the Brčko District Coordinating Body for monitoring the implementation of the “BiH Strategy for Prevention and Countering Terrorism 2015-2020”, as well as for representatives of the police administration, civil society, education, health and social protection sectors. The event contributed to an enhanced dialogue and co-operation between the relevant stakeholders Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina – Police-Related Activities in 2018 127 Total 175 30 18 Information Exchange / Institution and Capacity-Building Training Analysis of Lessons Learned, Assessments and Guidelines ACTIVITIES ON: General Police Development and Reform 87% Threats posed by Criminal Activity 13% 54