In 2010, the OSCE continued to provide assistance and advice in this challenging process in which the success of the police reform will depend primarily on three critical factors: sustainable guarantees/commitment from the Kyrgyz authorities, involvement of the civil society, and assistance from the international community Development of a Legal Policing Framework In 2010, a priority of the CiB was the development of a legal policing framework. With the assistance of the CiB, the MoI organized public discussion of the draft law “On Police” at several meetings with civil society and via the government’s public website. The aim was to incorporate international policing standards into the domestic legislation. The CiB developed and provided the MoI with recommendations to the draft law “On Police” and suggested to the MoI to establish a working group consisting of professional law drafters, and to incorporate international standards into the law. Due to the tragic events of 2010, political instability in the country and the prolonged unclear position of higher authorities, the law was not finally elaborated and adopted by the end of 2010. After the April events, the CiB, jointly with the MoI, initiated a working group, including civil society representatives and the MoI to elaborate a concept for further developing police reform in the Kyrgyz Republic. In April and May, a number of working meetings with civil society were arranged to discuss issues of further police reform and to work out a conceptual design for future activities of the Kyrgyz police. An international expert was invited to share his experience and elaborate on a conceptual document for the further development of Kyrgyzstan’s police. An expert working group that included national experts, further developed the conceptual document for the MoI. Furthermore, a draft decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic was prepared jointly with local experts and submitted to respective authorities. Some of the conceptual documents were developed based on the analysis of previously applied approaches and experience of the Lithuanian Republic and other countries. These recommendations and draft documents were handed over to the MoI and the Presidential Administration. However, due to the June events in the country further review of the draft documents and expected results were suspended and no action was taken by either side to further develop the draft documents on establishing a Co-ordination Council to work out a concept on reforming the legal system in the Kyrgyz Republic. Human Resource Management The CiB supported the establishment of a data base for the MoI on human resource management that aims to manage the information on trained police personnel and to monitor the employee’s professional development. Specifically, the data base covers areas such as the level of education, training received and the rotation rate of the MoI’s staff. The data base also provides the opportunity to analyse and monitor the effectiveness of the OSCE-provided training courses to the Ministry. As a principle approach to the introduction and implementation of “accountability mechanism” into the police daily work, the CiB proposed to the MoI to develop police assessment criteria. An essential element of this approach was the involvement of the civil society in the monitoring process. It was expected that their involvement would influence gradual changes in areas such as individual security, sustainable public order, etc. However, due to the April/June events and the unclear position of Kyrgyzstan’s higher authorities on the issue of strategic reform, the activities were not implemented. 89