Ministry promoted these trainers and provided them with an opportunity to discuss obstacles and challenges of cascading the ethics programme. Victim and Witness Support From 12-15 May, the Mission and the MoI organized the first in a series of training courses for Police Victim Coordinators in the MoI on the introduction of standard interviewing techniques in line with the best European practices, based on the PEACE21 model. The event gathered a group of 14 Victim Coordinators from Cacak, Nis, Novi Pazar, Pozarevac, Prokuplje and Uzice. By implementing standardized police interviewing techniques for victims of crime, the MoI aims to improve the consistent protection of human rights and, in particular, Serbia’s adherence to the European Convention on Human Rights.22 The other courses were held as follows: • From 9-12 June, a group of 12 Victim Coordinators from Jagodina, Krusevac, Prijepolje, Smederevo, Sremska Mitrovica and Sabac were trained; • From 27-30 October and from 3-6 November, two groups of 12 district co-ordinators for victims of domestic violence from police districts of Belgrade, Kikinda, Kragujevac, Kraljevo, Leskovac, Novi Sad, Pirot, Sombor, Subotica, Zrenjanin and Vranje were trained; • From 18-21 November, 11 co-ordinators from police districts of Belgrade, Bor, Pancevo, Valjevo and Zajecar were trained. ****** 21 22 PEACE: Preparation and Planning, Engage and Explain Account, Closure, Evaluation. It is an investigative interviewing model developed in the United Kingdom. In 2013, the MoI appointed two Police Victim Co-ordinators per district to support the implementation of the Ministry’s “Special Protocol for Police Officers’ Actions in Cases of Violence against Women in Family and Close Relations”. 105