Ted Feifer of the Professional Training Program conducted an advanced third party skills workshop for the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, July 8-10, 2004. Mission members play an important role in OSCE support for implementation of the 2001 Ohrid Agreement, which largely ended interethnic fighting. The workshop's objectives were more effective use of communication, negotiation and third party skills essential in fostering inter-ethnic understanding and improving the quality of life in mixed communities and areas.

There were 27 participants in the workshop (19 international and 8 national staff). These included members of the OSCE Mission in Skopje and one participant from the OSCE Presence in Albania (the director of the field station at Kukes on the Albania-Macedonia-Kosovo border). Among the workshop participants were community police trainers, police instructors, confidence-building officers, the training coordinator, and national support/assistant staff. Many participants came from the field offices in Tetovo and Kumanovo. As one noted, this was an "extremely useful workshop that can be put to use daily." Another participant, pointing to the practical nature of the workshop, said "I learned many things that will be useful to me in the future."