By Anna Di Lellio

I. Summary

The Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) was officially constituted in January 2000 as a main feature of the Demilitarization, Demobilization and Reintegration of thousands of Kosovo Liberation Armyís (KLA) combatants. The IOM Training program started in February 2000 with the goal to build the KPC into a viable and effective protection organization responsive to civil authorities.

Background information about the program is provided in the Introduction, with a brief discussion of its design and implementation. In the following chapters, a detailed presentation of the programís direct products, or outputs, will be found.