POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE for the second Twining Project “Further Strengthening of Public Safety Education in Kosovo” with the FinnishEstonian implementing team. This approved EU Twining Project Working Plan is built on the Mission’s achievements and on answers to coming challenges during the next threeyear project implementation. On 16 April, the Mission donated used ICT equipment to the KAPS and its newly established Faculty of Public Safety. More than 200 operational assets, including 80 computers, were handed over to the KAPS in order to assist the training process of the officers from public safety agencies on ICT related topics, such as informatics, cybercrime, cyberforensics, and other common internet frauds and networking. From 10-14 May, the Mission facilitated a study visit of the delegation from the German Police University of Muenster to the KP and the KAPS. The delegation, headed by the Vice President of the University, was invited to collect first-hand information on the current educational programmes at the KAPS and to provide insight on the German model for developing post academic programmes on security sciences compatible with EU standards and applied in high-level education curricula for law enforcement. During the four-day visit, the study group visited and interacted with senior officials of the MoIA, KP, the KAPS and its Faculty of Public Safety. From 18-19 May, the Mission organized a two-day workshop on performance appraisal for approx. 60 KP officers from headquarters and police stations of all regional directorates in Prishtinë/Priština. During the workshop, the Mission provided presentations covering the European best practices on performance appraisal processes and promotion systems to assist the KP Directorate for Career Development and Performance Evaluation in developing a unique criterion on this matter. The workshop concluded with the identification of recommendations for changes in current procedures and in the need to deliver further training to supervisory personnel within the KP. From 9-11 June, the Mission organized and supported a workshop for developing a Mentoring and Internship Programme for the KAPS and its Faculty of Public Safety in its efforts to introduce the European best practices and properly apply classroom knowledge into practice. The first 27 high ranking mentors and co-ordinators nominated by the public safety agencies were trained on didactics, motivational interviewing methods, and goal oriented tasks to be used for fostering the professional career development of their members. In addition, as instructed by the Mission, the working group members, including the senior management of the KAPS, academic staff, and senior representatives of police, customs, police inspectorate, agency for emergency management, probation and correctional agencies, finalized jointly the first manual for internships in bachelors study programmes for public safety. From September to November, the Mission supported the operational supervisors at the KP regional directorates, general directorate, and border regions in facilitating ten one-day workshops on improving the use of information and intelligence within police. The aim was to improve the approach of the police in dealing with crime, to provide better services to residents, and to use all resources in an effective and efficient manner. The workshops were attended by 300 participants from KP’s middle to senior management, and its outcomes and recommendations were also included in the review of the Community Policing Strategy held in December 2015. On 2 October, the Mission organized a workshop to present and discuss the draft intelligence-led policing (ILP) handbook prepared jointly by the Mission and the KP over the last six months. The workshop gathered senior representatives of all police structures, including the deputy general directors and department directors as well as representatives of the Mission and other relevant international organizations. The handbook should serve as a reference guide for all police officers working within the ILP structure. The Mission began to assist the KP on this handbook in 2015, and will continue with its advisory efforts in 2016 in order to achieve its desired necessary impact. From 19-21 October, the Mission facilitated a workshop to assist the KP Training Division in designing a centralized training catalogue, which is expected to serve as a tool to the senior officers in identifying their current training abilities and plan their capacity-building needs accordingly. During the workshop, which hosted 15 officers from the police training division, the Mission provided its expertise by covering a broad spectrum of basic and specialized police training. Upon completion of the technical part of the catalogue and after its approval by the KP General Director, the Mission supported the printing of the catalogue into three languages, and handed it over to the KP to assist it with its future training delivery. From 26-29 October, the Mission, in co-operation with the KP and the KAPS, hosted the regional conference “Networking the Networks” funded by the German government in Prishtinë/Priština. The conference aimed at strengthening the co-operation between local security institutions, international and regional security networks, academies for security sciences, and competent scientific researchers in the field of public safety. The audience included more than 50 representatives from regional and international security 49