previous years but the Department still struggled to fill international positions. This was primarily due to a shortage of qualified seconded candidates. Based on some Monitoring/Mentoring/Advising (MMA) reporting from the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX), and the co-operation with the EU Office in Kosovo and the US ICITAP, the Department carried out activities in a very cost effective way. It conducted more than 50 different training courses, mainly focusing on building capacities within the Kosovo police (Kp) to combat organized crime, as well as advanced and specialized training, management and leadership training, and courses on community policing. The Department played an advisory role for public safety awareness to the Higher Education Institute for Public Safety and to the Police Inspectorate of Kosovo as the civilian oversight mechanism. In order to reach sustainability, the Department focused on training-oftrainers (ToT) activities and planned to continue to do so in the future. In addition to the UB funded activities, two projects had no budget implication. At the end of March, the Department hosted the “OSCE Regional Co-ordination Meeting of South-Eastern Europe Field Operations on Regional Organized Crime and other Transnational Threats”. Representatives from the SPMU, OS/Borders Team, programmatic staff from OSCE field operations in South-Eastern Europe and various regional organizations participated in this two-day meeting. Since transnational threats do not only require a coordinated approach from all segments of the Police, the Criminal Justice Sector and other governmental agencies but also a co-ordinated regional response from countries that share the same geographic area. Therefore, the aim of this meeting was to better utilize the limited financial and human resources provided by the participating States as well as to avoid unnecessary duplication and to facilitate more streamlined and co-ordinated assistance to the countries in the region. The internal co-ordination among the respective field operations in South-Eastern Europe has become a priority for the OSCE. Accountability In 2011, the Department continued to carry out its important function of advising the management of the Police Inspectorate of Kosovo (PIK), placing a special emphasis on the recently approved Law on PIK and the transitional phase, after which the agency will start exercising the criminal investigation powers. The Department also assisted the PIK in reviewing two interim inspection reports, in preparation of the agency’s presentation and statistics on investigation and inspection activities, as well as in the preparation of their 2010 Annual Report. The Department participated in the meetings of the working group for drafting and reviewing the Administrative Instruction (AI) on the Composition of the Commission and the Selection Procedure of the Chief Executive Officer for the Kosovo Police Inspectorate, which was recently approved by the Minister of Internal Affairs and was expected to be used soon for the appointment of the head of the agency. During the reporting period, the Department observed the interviewing process for the selection of the PIK Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Three nominees had been proposed by the Commission, out of which one CEO was appointed by the MoIA. The whole procedure was in line with the respective AI. The Department participated in the working group for reviewing the AIs on Internal Organizational Structure at PIK, the Types of Weapons and other Means of the Use of Force by PIK, and on the Procedure for Preliminary Investigation Conducted by PIK, which along the other two AIs on Identification Emblem of PIK and the Documents for Identification of 40