Service of Moldova. The project, funded by Sweden and the United States, assists the ex military personnel to gain worthwhile civilian employment and is in support of re-structuring and re-organization as part of security sector reforms. Participation in the scheme is also offered to ex members of analogous Transdniestrian structures as a confidence and security building measure. Policing Public Assemblies During 2010, the Mission continued to support civil society monitoring of the policing of assemblies in Moldova and to strengthen capacity and commitment of law enforcement bodies to promote the right to freedom of assembly and respond to assemblies in accordance with international human rights and security standards. On 3 June, the Mission signed an implementing partner agreement with a local NGO on a project to enhance police capacity to promote the right to freedom of assembly and respond to assemblies in accordance with international human rights and security standards. The project, funded by the German government, included a study visit to Poland in August by middle and senior ranking police officers to assist in the development of police training and best practice in this area. In November, in the run-up to parliamentary elections in Moldova, the Mission supported three seminars for representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA) on maintaining public order during electoral periods. Three further such seminars were held in December 2010. In total, some 1,000 police officers were trained. The seminars were held with the support of a local NGO. Anti Trafficking and Gender The Mission’s Anti Trafficking Officer held monthly technical co-ordination meetings for international and local officials and NGOs involved in the wider effort to combat THB in Moldova. Local and District level police officials took part in these meetings. The Mission has worked with various national and international partners to strengthen the capacity of the police to protect and assist victims of trafficking, combat gender-based violence, prevent child pornography, and deal with domestic violence. On 1 and 2 March, the Mission, in co-operation with the UNODC and the Moldovan National Institute of Justice, conducted two one-day training seminars for 40 judges and prosecutors on international and domestic standards in handling anti-trafficking cases. From 4-5 and 11-12 October, the Mission, in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the National Institute of Justice, held two training seminars for 50 judges, prosecutors and lawyers on preventing and combating domestic violence and trafficking in human beings on the basis of international standards and national legislation. From 29 November to 3 December, the Mission held a five-day training seminar on proactive investigations, interviewing techniques and international co-operation in trafficking cases for 25 front-line police officers, students and professors of Moldova’s Police Academy. The seminar was conducted in partnership with the Centre for Combating Trafficking in Persons (CCTIP) under the MoIA and Moldova’s Police Academy. 67