Policing Strategy, as well as 23,700 leaflets focusing on crime prevention, were also produced by the Mission. These materials were provided in five languages, Albanian, Serbian, Turkish, Roma and English, and are readily available externally in municipal and public buildings and internally in all police stations. Community Safety Awareness Programme (CSAP) 2014 In order to continue to support the implementation of the Kosovo Police Community Policing Strategy and Action Plan 2012-2016, starting in March the Mission, jointly with the Kosovo Police and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), facilitated a workshop, where the newly created working group comprising these institutions designed the Community Safety Awareness Programme (CSAP) 2014. In line with its aim to address the limitations of earlier awareness programmes for schoolchildren Kosovo-wide, the workshop was used to identify and agree on the roles, responsibilities and obligations of the police and MEST in the delivery of the CSAP 2014 and details of timelines involved throughout the programme. The Mission completed the facilitation of four training-of-trainers sessions on CSAP 2014 in May and June for a mixed group of 90 selected trainers of the Kosovo Police, MEST, school teachers and the municipal directors for education. During these four-day courses, the participating trainers learned about drugs awareness, domestic violence, traffic awareness, exploitation of children, internet safety and other topics that affect young people. These trainers were then engaged in delivering the community safety programme in a pilot scheme, which took place in all pre-university schools of one municipality from October to December 2014. In addition, the Mission also facilitated a workshop which provided 23 police regional directors and heads of departments with the details and tasks of this programme, which also aimed to co-ordinate their activities in implementing it on the departmental and regional level. The programme, which envisions raising the community safety awareness among school students, is expected to become part of the curriculum that will be used in all schools throughout Kosovo, commencing from September 2015. Upon completion of the programme delivery in the pilot municipality, the Mission supported a joint workshop on 18 December with the representatives of the Kosovo Police, MEST, Municipal Educational Directorate and school representatives to review and evaluate the implementation of the CSAP 2014. The 36 participants attending the workshop mainly discussed the content of this pilot programme for safety awareness in the schools, the feedback from the trainers and students and areas for improvement. Overall, the pilot was acknowledged as a success and it was agreed to proceed with its accreditation through MEST. According to the data from Kosovo Police and MEST, between October and December over 4050 school children participated in the programme. Further, the CSAP was assessed as very successful from all involved stakeholders, including the schoolchildren. Simultaneously, between 25 September and 19 November the Mission facilitated six one-day regional workshops titled “working in partnership and problem solving” in its efforts to support the Kosovo Police in implementing their Community Policing Strategy. These workshops were carried out in each police region and were attended by senior officers, municipal officials and members of the Local Public Safety Committees. In total, 141 participants took part in these workshops, the aim of which was to act as both a forum for raising the local awareness level and as a means to reinforce the concept of working in partnership to resolve local problems. 69

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