Training Development Throughout the year, the Mission continued to provide support to the Kosovo Police, not only at the operational level by conducting training for its officers, but also at the strategic level by supporting and providing assistance in the revision and evaluation of the training strategy. The current situation shows that although there is progress in training development, the Kosovo Police continues to need support in providing their staff with advanced knowledge and expert-level skills in some specialized policing areas. On 28-29 January, with the assistance of the Swedish Government and the OSCE, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) organized a regional workshop in Minsk titled “Responding to violence against women: the role of the police” for members of the Ministry of Interior and senior police officers from Belarus and Moldova. At the invitation of UNFPA, the Mission provided an international expert on domestic abuse, stalking, harassment and honour-based violence, who, along with an international expert from the Austrian police, provided a number of presentations to some 30 delegates from Belarus and Moldova. High-ranking police officers from these countries also delivered presentations on how domestic abuse was addressed in their respective countries and discussions held reflected the complexity involved in dealing with domestic abuse issues. As a result, a number of recommendations were drawn, which the delegates will take back to their respective police and ministerial institutions. From 10-14 March, in co-operation with the Turkish National Police, the Mission organized an on-the-job training on data recovery and IT forensics for twelve officers of the Kosovo Police and Kosovo Agency on Forensic in Ankara, Turkey. In line with its objective, the training mainly focused on collecting digital evidence and forensic information from IT equipment and mobile devices, thus qualifying the officers to conduct such forensic investigation processes in the future. From 7-11 April, the Mission facilitated the participation of six police and forensic officers in a specialized on-the-job training on mobile phone forensics with the Turkish National Police in Turkey. The officers enhanced their skills in handling software and hardware used to examine mobile phones, extracting data deriving from SMS, video and audio files, as well as the retrieval of deleted data, in accordance with relevant international standards. The training was part of the Mission programmes to strengthen local capacities to combat organized crime. Additionally, from 14-18 April the Mission supported the participation of six forensic officers and police investigators in an on-the-job training with the Turkish National Police in Ankara, Turkey on special investigation techniques in relation to audio voice analysis. The participants primarily learned about the software and hardware used for audio voice recognition and analysis and the enhancement process using different filters. This training is aligned with the objective of improving the capacity of the participants to combat ICT crimes, organized crime and cybercrime. Moreover, from 21-24 April the Mission facilitated a study visit of five senior officers from the Kosovo Police witness protection unit to Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey to gain expertise in running effective and efficient witness protection systems. The training also addressed issues such as co-operation among local institutions and with international stakeholders in exchanging witnesses and ensuring their protection. From 28 April to 2 May, the Mission delivered a training-for-trainers on signature analysis and detection of suspicious travel documents to twenty Kosovo Police officers. The course was aimed at increasing the operational awareness of the police to detect forged travel documents, as well as to improve their skills in performing initial signature analysis at crossings points. The course involved sessions on technological and technical features of travel documents complemented by case studies used to illustrate investigation 74