On 1 December, the Office conducted an anti-drug seminar for school children at the Technical High School in Mingechevir city. The Office gave a presentation to over 60 upper grade students and school staff of the best practices implemented by police and schools in preventing drug abuse. From 1-3 December, the Office, in collaboration with the OSCE Mission in Serbia, facilitated a study visit for five Azerbaijani senior police officials to Belgrade. During the visit the participants became familiar with the OSCE Mission in Serbia’s law-enforcement activities, met with the General Director of Uniformed Police and representatives of the Serbian Police Academy in Sremska Kamenica, and visited the Belgrade City Police Department. The participants learned about best practices of building police-public partnerships in Serbia and exchanged views on issues related to crime prevention. On 13 December, the Office met with the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR), Lieutenant-General Ahmad Ahmadov. Participants of the meeting discussed the results of community policing activities jointly undertaken by the Office and the NAR Ministry of Internal Affairs as well as areas of future co-operation. The Minister declared the project as completed by the end of 2010. Gender-related Issues As part of the ongoing activities to improve gender mainstreaming in policing, the Office conducted round tables on 15-16 December in Ganja, on 21-22 December in Shabran and on 24-25 December in Lankaran. In order to ensure greater involvement of women in policing, the Office brought together police officers to discuss the gaps in the recruitment process, including background checks and personal interviews. These round table events were demonstrations of the renewed focus on gender and domestic violence, where the Office was prepared to assist the Government of Azerbaijan in the implementation of the recently adopted law on domestic violence. Freedom of Assembly – Development of Professional Capacity for Urban Police In 2010, the Office continued providing a series of activities on Public Assembly Management training that built on previous efforts, starting in 2005. While the project preliminary focused on Baku police only, participants, upon the decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, also included members from the Internal Troops. In the framework of the project, two parallel seminars were held on 10-20 May in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, and on 22 November-3 December in Ganja city. The first seminar focused on theoretical lessons based on discussions and working group activities, while the second seminar included coaching exercises dealing with practical demonstrations of Public Assembly Management. On 27 July, the Working Group on Freedom of Assembly, consisting of representatives of the Office and Baku city executive authority, met to discuss the processing of notification of authorities about public assemblies and the list of venues designated by the BCEP for demonstrations in the capital city. In addition, the Office monitored a number of demonstration attempts before the Parliamentary Elections in November 2010. On 19-22 September, the Office, in co-operation with the Hungarian National Police, organized a study visit for senior officials of the Public Order Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and senior representatives of the Baku city executive authority to Budapest. 74