The Bethlehem Pilot Project, led by EUPOL COPPS in partnership with the Palestinian Civil Police and justice sector institutions, has successfully concluded after strengthening cooperation, community policing, gender awareness, criminal investigations, and family protection services.

 The project, developed based on a needs assessments in the Betlehem Police District, has fostered stronger collaboration between police, courts, prosecutors, and the Palestinian Bar Association through the Building Bridges initiative, creating a model to inspire other police districts across Palestine and which was eventually carried out reaching all eleven districts of the West Bank.

At the closing event in Bethlehem, Head of Mission Karin Limdal praised the resilience, professionalism, and dedication of Palestinian police officers, judges, prosecutors, and justice-sector professionals who all contributed to enhance the coordination and cooperation across the criminal justice chain and continue to uphold the rule of law and serve their communities under challenging circumstances.