In November, DHRC SMS organized four round tables in the Mitrovica/Mitrovica North KP region to discuss domestic violence issues. During each round table, a presentation was given to the KP participants on international standards concerning the rights of women and children, as well as regional legislation on domestic violence, roles of different stakeholders in dealing with the issue, and problems and obstacles that might arise during the process. The aim of the final round of round tables, organized in December, was to receive feedback on the activities implemented by DHRC SMS for 2014. It also gave an opportunity for DHRC SMS to conduct a needs assessment, which will be used for 2015 planning purposes. The participants, newly integrated police officers and KP management, stated that the topics discussed at the round tables were very useful for their daily work. From April to December 2014, the DHRC Equality, Non-discrimination and Anti-trafficking Section (ENA) supported the Kosovo Agency for Gender Equality and the Office of the Kosovo Coordinators on Domestic Violence to conduct five two-day training workshops on the newly adopted Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Protection from Domestic Violence across Kosovo. Overall, the five two-day trainings gathered approximately 213 representatives of the main domestic violence stakeholders and service providers, including Kosovo Police – Domestic Violence Unit. The training workshops, which were facilitated by DHRC ENA together with a selected group of trainers from the institutions themselves, aimed to introduce the new SOPs the respective stakeholders and service providers and further elaborate on their roles and responsibilities and on tools to improve the implementation of the Kosovo Referral Mechanism for protection of domestic violence victims. The DHRC Property Section (PS) supported the specialized KP Unit for Securing Cultural and Religious Objects to design and print 7,000 informational leaflets (in Albanian, Serbian, Turkish and English languages) on the rights and responsibilities of this unit with respect to the protection of cultural heritage sites and the Special Protective Zones (SPZs) guarded by the unit. The leaflet also contains practical info, i.e. telephone numbers of KP for addressing activities affecting SPZs or other cultural and religious sites. The targeted audience of the leaflet are residents leaving near SPZs areas and cultural heritage sites guarded by this unit as well as KP officers at the local level. In the period 13-24 October 2014, DHRC PS organized six workshops on illegal occupation of properties of non-Albanian communities with representatives of Kosovo Property Agency (KPA), KP and prosecutors. The aim of this activity was to discuss how the KP, in co-operation with the prosecution, could prevent illegal re-occupation of the properties, following the KPA evictions. The participants included 44 KP officers as well as KPA officers and prosecutors. In the period 18 September to 2 October 2014, five workshops of the DHRC Communities Section (CS) brought together community representatives, civil society, Kosovo Police, municipal leadership and relevant MCSC members to discuss community security concerns. The workshops were organized in Gjilan/Gnjilane, Klinë/Klina, Pejë/Peć, Gračanica/Graçanicë and Rahovec/Orahovac. The five meetings provided an opportunity for over 100 participants to discuss non-majority community security concerns and current and potential actions to address them by municipal institutions and the Kosovo Police. All the participating MCSC members, including Deputy Mayors, committed to regularly include nonmajority community concerns on the agenda of MCSC meetings. Discussion at the five workshops reached the general conclusion that representatives of non-majority community need to be more proactive and approach MCSCs with structured ideas on how their concerns could be addressed by the authorities. ****** 82