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Following the 24th April event on the Environmental protection, from October 14th to 18th, the Home Affairs Programme of European Union in Kosovo (HAPE Project) in cooperation with the Italian Ministry of Interiors – Central Directorate of Criminal Police and the Carabinieri Corps, has organized a study visit in Italy to recalibrate the approach of Kosovo Institutions towards the horizontal system of the environment protection, in compliance with the most advanced EU standards and in line with the “One Health” approach of the European Environmental Agency. In this remit, the Study visit has offered a close-up view on the Institutional commitment of the most relevant actors involved in the preservation of the Territory as well as in the fight against Serious Organized Crime, to prevent the perpetration of high severity offences that might impact on the ecosystem as well as on the human health. The activity, which took place in Sabaudia at the Carabinieri Centre of Excellence for the Environmental Protection and in Rome at the Carabinieri Health Protection Department and the Carabinieri Environmental Protection and Energy Security Department, has seen involved the Ministry of Interiors, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Environment, of Kosovo, as well as the Agency for the Management of the Emergencies and the investigative units of Kosovo Police, to reflect the fact that the subject is unquestionably cross-cutting, and the approach must adapt to the shape of the threat. The EU will continue to assist Kosovo Police and the line ministry to align its capacities and legislation to EU legislation and standards. A safer Kosovo is a safer Europe!