4.3 Mission in Kosovo of the implementation of Community Policing Strategy and Action Plan 2017-2021. During both workshops, attendees were briefed on the implementation progress of the Strategy’s Action Plan through members of different police units, followed by a detailed presentation of the Mission, highlighting its support provided to the police and community safety forums. The workshops also helped to identify implementation difficulties, shortcomings and recommendations for future implementation. One of the highlighted challenges constituted in the great number of officers engaged in non-police duties, such as in assisting private enforcement agents, securing buildings and other, which does not allow them to fully commit to community policing related activities. In total, 40 participants from the police and the Mission, including representatives of the PIK, UNDP and ICITAP, were involved in both revisions of the Strategy and the Action Plan, the implementation status of which was assessed as progressive since among 54 planned activities, 43 were reported as fully implemented, eight partially implemented, and three as not addressed. From 10 May to 1 October, the Mission supported the MoI, community policing and regional directorates of the KP in organizing eight regional community safety roundtable meetings with members of MCSCs1, LPSCs2, police, youth, civil society, media and other interest groups. The roundtable meetings focused on the current operational capacity of regional community safety forums, identification of gaps and issues, and on identifying ways of improvement with the support of all relevant actors and partners across all police regions. A total of 480 participants, with around 60-70 per meeting, attended the events, which among others included senior managers of the MoI, Ministry of Local Government Administration and KP, as well as a number of mayors and MCSC co-ordinators, including the interim co-ordinators of Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North region, representatives of local government, the OSCE Mission, ICITAP and various CSO. During the roundtable meetings, the role and institutional responsibility towards community safety forums were elaborated upon, alongside their importance in the overall initiatives and commitment in implementing the community safety methodology, with emphasis on preventing negative phenomena and enhancing communication and cooperation with all actors involved in this sphere. Additionally, representatives of the MoI and KP provided the participants 62 1 Municipal Community Safety Councils (MCSCs) were established in municipalities to institutionalize co-operation between municipal institutions, communities and the police. There are 34 MCSCs Kosovo-wide, with four remaining to be established in the north. 2 Local Public Safety Committees (LPSCs) exist in a number of smaller areas within municipalities, such as remote and multi-ethnic villages, where it is in the interest of all communities that they exist to provide effective policing and good relations among these communities. LPSCs are composed of local community representatives whose selection is in the hands of the local community. Kosovo Police consults these committees on safety and security matters in the areas they cover. with updates relating to their contribution in the safety sector, including activities implemented to support LPSCs, MCSCs and the KP. On 29 and 30 September, the Mission supported the Kosovo Paralympic Committee and KAPS to host the Mini-Olympic Games 2018 for people with special needs. This year, the activity was part of the European Week of Sport, held for the first time in Kosovo under the Patronage of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport under the motto, #BEACTIVE. Aiming to contribute to the community policing philosophy and develop trust between police and people with special needs, the Mission supports this annual event for the last 14 years by gathering members of all communities with special needs and providing them with an opportunity to socialize, compete and become familiar with the work of security officers. During this two-day tournament, more than 450 young people with disabilities and their family members took part in different sport activities such as: wheelchair run, basketball, handball, goal-ball, darts, chess, special drawing, and blind people stage running. As in previous years, the event was attended by many notable representatives of the government and international organizations. Aiming to extend the freedom of movement for more children and adults with special needs and to enable them in showing their talents and skills at such games in the future, the Mission donated 48 wheelchairs and walkers to the Kosovo Paralympic Committee and Parents Organization of Children with Disabilities in Kosovo. The Mission also supported the event through volunteers, who assisted the children throughout the tournament in the last three years, alongside volunteers from the KAPS, KP, KFOR and the Carabinieri. On 10 October, the Mission organized an awareness-raising activity in the city centre of Prishtinë/Priština gathering approximately 250 participants. The event targeted KP, women MCSC co-ordinators, women members of LPSCs, municipal officers for gender equality and civil society activists to promote and advocate for the enhanced role of women in the community safety forums. Promotional materials, posters and brochures were distributed to promote the work of all stakeholders and highlight strong joint commitment to work together towards greater gender equality and improving the security of all people in Kosovo. The activity displayed synergies between the safety forums and community police officers assigned by KP headquarters. On 16 October, the Mission provided a new vocational education opportunity for students with special needs attending the special school Kosovski Božur in Mitrovica/ Mitrovicë North. It donated learning assets which include professional photo and video cameras, as well as wheelchairs and other sport competition assets, which are expected to