A ppendi x 1 ODIHR Annual Report on Police-Related Activities for 2017 Submitted as appendix to the SG Annual Report on Police-Related Activities, in accordance with Decision 9, paragraph 6, of the Bucharest MC Meeting, 4 December 2001 The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) provides police-related assistance to governments and civil society in the OSCE participating States in close co-operation with other OSCE executive structures and international organizations. Activities Related to General Police Development and Reform Community Policing and Police-Public Relations ODIHR continued working on building trust and understanding between the police and Roma and Sinti, particularly through the implementation of a training programme on “Effective and Human Rights-Compliant Policing in Roma and Sinti Communities”. The training programme aims to strengthen the capacity of police officers working in Roma and Sinti and mixed communities, in line with human rights standards, and to ensure the safety and security of Roma and Sinti people. In 2018, ODIHR developed a ToT programme that aimed at building the capacity of national police institutions to provide independently training on effective and human rightscompliant policing in Roma and Sinti communities. Before each training, ODIHR conducted a needs assessment visit in order to adapt the training curriculum to the national context and fine-tune it to the existing challenges affecting relations between police and Roma and Sinti communities. From 17 to 19 April, in Prishtinë/Priština, ODIHR provided a training course for 19 police officers (12 men, seven women) aimed at strengthening the capacity of law enforcement 148 personnel working with Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities to ensure the protection and promotion of human rights in the course of policing. From 17 to 20 July, ODIHR organized in Zakopane, Poland the first ToT course for 14 participants (seven men, seven women) from the Polish regional and national police headquarters and the Police Academy in the town of Szczytno. From 27 to 30 November, in Košice, Slovakia, the Office delivered a ToT course to 14 participants (eight men, six women) from the Academy of the Police Force in Bratislava and vocational schools for police officers in Pezinok, Košice and Bratislava. The training evaluation demonstrated that the participants enhanced their understanding of the importance of building trust between police and Roma and Sinti communities and overcoming existing stereotypes against these communities, as well as the benefits of complying with human rights standards in the policing work. Gender-based and Domestic Violence In September 2018, ODIHR designed a training event to support police and civil society in the implementation of Albania’s first Action Plan on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (UNSCR 1325). The event used the momentum of the endorsement of the Action Plan by the government and gathered key implementers (the Albanian police and civil society) one month after the Plan’s