POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE Following the completion of the above task, the Mission’s PDU has been delivering and facilitating police training, supporting the development of a national Community Policing Programme and providing expertise at the policy-planning level. In 2017, the activities of the PDU were divided into three main programmatic fields: Police Reform: · Strengthening the professional capacities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA) staff by conducting impact evaluation of the portfolio on Further Professionalization (FP), to compare the current situation versus the proposed findings and recommendations from Mission’s PDU 2009 Assessment Report on FP, and to provide a platform for assessing the Mission’s effectiveness in the area of further professionalization; · Strengthening the efficiency of the MoIA by fostering professional relations and internal co-ordination between the Uniformed Police and Crime Investigation Police, as well as capacity-building in the fields of strategic management, strategic planning, quality management and crisis control; and · Strengthening the capacity of the MoIA Police Training Centre (PTC) and the Senior Police Advisors for Continuous Training by providing support in the implementation of the MoIA Training Centre Strategy 2014-2019, developed with assistance from the Mission’s PDU. Democratic Policing: · Assisting in sustaining reforms and building an effective police service at a decentralized level through co-located police advisers and strengthening the capacity and efficiency of the MoIA for performing democratic policing in multi-ethnic society; · Fostering victim-oriented criminal justice, advancing police capacity in the identification, prevention and investigation of hate crimes and encouraging gender equality and gender mainstreaming for law enforcement agencies; and · Observing developments in inter-ethnic violent incidents and facilitating preventive measures in co-operation with local partners. Overall Security and Transnational Threats: · Strengthening the MoIA’s institutional capacities to fight transnational threats, such as organized crime and terrorism, by providing expertise and tailored advanced training; · Supporting border management and control with a focus on internal and regional security through facilitating cross-border dialogue and co-operation; and · Strengthening the national capacities on cyber security, data protection and in combating financial crimes focusing on border management and emphasizing internal and regional security through facilitating cross-border dialogue and co-operation. 91