POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE the newly established MSC to draft its first Safety Strategy, and from 30 March to 3 April supervised in the finalizing of this document. From 21-22 May, the Mission trained 18 members of the Leskovac MSC. Representatives of the police, local self-government, centre for social welfare, health institutions, and civil society received information about the main purpose and functioning of the Council as well as strategies on problem solving. t
From 16-17 July, the Mission organized a workshop in Leskovac to finalize its first Local Safety Strategy, covering the period of 2015-2020. Around 15 participants, including representatives from the police, local self-government, centres for social welfare, health institutions, and CSOs discussed and amended the draft. t
From 8-9 September, the Mission, together with the MoI, the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SCTM), and relevant local self-government representatives, organized a two-day workshop in Arandjelovac to strengthen police-public partnerships. t
In October, the Mission and the MSC of Novi Pazar launched a joint project on “Improving Safety and Security of Citizens in South-West Serbia through Strengthening the Municipal Safety Council Mechanism”. A workshop was organized for the WG tasked with developing the Safety Strategy for Novi Pazar. The WG was made up of 17 representatives of the police, local self-government, basic and higher prosecutor’s offices, basic and higher courts, CSOs, social services and the media. t
From 16-17 November, the Mission organized two focus group meetings with youth and women in the process of developing the Novi Pazar Safety Strategy. t
On 15 December, the Mission, together with Municipal Safety Council of Novi Pazar, held the final consultation session to finalize the Novi Pazar safety strategy. On 2 November, the Mission, together with the MoI and the Embassy of Japan to Serbia, organized a presentation on community policing models for students of the Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies. A scholar from the Academy, together with a high-level police official from the MoI and a representative of the SCTM, delivered presentations on OSCE and Japanese models and best practices of community policing. From 3-6 November, the Mission organized a visit of nine representatives from the government, the police, CSOs, and local self-governments to the CSO “Centre for Democratic Culture” (ZDK) in Berlin, Germany. The purpose of the visit was to introduce the participants to a model of community coaching that ZDK developed. This model is an example of a methodology targeting counter-radicalization and extremism by raising awareness of potential threats to democracy at the local level. On 10 November, the Mission, together with the MoI, the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government (MPALSG), and the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SCTM), organized a conference to promote a standardized model of Municipal Safety Council (MSCs). The Head of Mission, alongside the Ministers of Interior and of PALSG, delivered opening remarks. The conference gathered approximately 380 participants, including mayors from 169 towns/municipalities throughout Serbia, heads of all the 27 Serbian police districts, and heads of uniformed police departments from the 27 police districts, as well as representatives of the Ministry of Interior, the MPALSG senior management, the SCTM, and CSOs. In November, the Mission, in close co-operation with the MoI, conducted a public opinion poll on police reform issues for the year 2015, reaching out to 1,500 citizens. The purpose of the survey is to determine the views of citizens on issues of personal safety and security at the local and national levels as well as perceptions of institutions and police reform. The data will be used to shape reforms planned for 2016, especially on community policing. This initiative is a part of the overall efforts to support a more effective and accountable relationship between the community and police service. On 10 December, the Mission, together with the regional civil society network POINTPULSE, supported the organization of a regional conference on promoting police integrity in the Western Balkans. The purpose of the conference was to contribute to the discussion on ways to build police-public partnership. Approximately 60 participants, including representatives from the police services of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo2, and Serbia took part in the event. Gender-Based and Domestic Violence From 9-10 September, the Mission, together with the Secretariat’s Gender Section and the Institute for Inclusive Security based in Washington, DC, organized a workshop on “Successful NAP 1325 Implementation and Impact Measuring – United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 Women, Peace, and Security”. The workshop provided a platform for discussing the planning of an impact assessment of Serbia’s National Action Plan (NAP) with regards to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on 2 All references to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, in this text should be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244. 77