The PDU further supported the MoIA in the development of the MoIA Strategy for Human Resources Management 2014-2019. This document aims to provide a sustainable base that will support the reform, modernization and self-improvement of the MoIA. It sets out a clear framework of action plans to be implemented between 2014 and 2019 in order to achieve organizational strategic goals and ensure a solid career development system. On 8-10 October, the PDU organized a workshop for 37 MoIA participants for strengthening the capacity of the Sector for Common Affairs and Human Resources Management (SCAHRM). The workshop aimed to introduce the MoIA Strategy for Human Resources Management 2014-2018 and the changes to the Law on Internal Affairs and Collective Agreement. In order to further strengthen the prevention mechanisms at both central and local levels, the PDU provided assistance to eight Sectors of Internal Affairs (SIAs) and four Regional Centres for Border Affairs (RCBAs) to formulate and implement Regional Prevention Action Plans. Following the practice from previous years, this assistance continued the efforts for ensuring sustainability of preventive activities and continuous development of communityoriented policing. Within this framework, 29 activities for detection and prevention of crime and inter-ethnic incidents were implemented. In the first half of 2014, in order to assist the MoIA in the implementation of police reforms and furthering police professionalization, the PDU translated into the local language, printed and distributed to the relevant MoIA structures the Guidebook on Police Reform within the Framework of Criminal Justice System Reform. On 27 and 28 November 2014, to promote the use of the Guidebook, the PDU organized, a two-day regional conference on “Police Reform within the Framework of Criminal Justice System (CJS) Reform and its implementation”, which gathered law enforcement and criminal justice practitioners from neighbouring countries in order to assess the CJS with respect to police reforms and their implementation. In order to enhance police officers’ skills in dealing with human rights, the PDU supported a five-day training on “Respecting Human Rights in the Investigation Process; Operation– Interview-Evidencing”, delivered to six senior officers from the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence from 16-20 June in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey. During the training, in addition to the theoretical sessions, the participants had the opportunity to visit the Sector for Internal Affairs and the Anti-Terrorism Department in Istanbul within the Turkish National Police. In order to promote the role of female police officers, career development training addressing gender-related concerns took place at the Mission’s Training Centre in Idrizovo, Skopje at the end of June 2014. Following a request from the MoIA and in line with the Ministry of Justice's Action Plan for Implementation of the New Law on Criminal Procedure (LCP) (which significantly changes the role of all parties in the criminal procedure and introduces more procedural guarantees for the parties, as well as adversarial elements into the proceedings), the PDU organized 21 rounds of three-day advanced-level training sessions on the new LCP for police staff in 2014.25 Further assistance on police professionalization was provided by the Mission’s Rule of Law Unit within the Human Dimension Department, which, based on interest expressed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, organized a total of two training courses for 40 police officers for identification and processing of hate crime, in the first half of 2014. In December, the Ministry signed a Memorandum of Understanding with OSCE ODIHR for Implementation of the Program for Training against Hate Crimes for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE). A Working Group 25 108 Between 2011 and 2013, the PDU supported the delivery of basic training on the Law on Criminal Procedure to more than 900 MoIA officials.