To draw lessons of successful and unsuccessful approaches in preventing crime among youth from other countries, the PRP supported an International Conference on “Issues of crime prevention among juveniles in Kyrgyzstan” which was held on 2 June in Bishkek. More than 50 participants from state institutions, civil society, law enforcement bodies, educational institutions and international agencies discussed priority areas of multi-agency co-operation in preventing delinquency and crime among youth. Conference participants developed recommendations and a resolution on improving child protection and family policies as well as on youth development programmes. Neighbourhood Watch Programme Considering the success of the programme in previous years, the CiB continued supporting the ‘Neighbourhood Watch’ project in 2010. 60 neighbourhood watch sectors, with 58 of them being located in Bishkek existed in 2010. Two new sectors were organized in the town of Karakol in the Issyk-Kul province. Given that the Neighbourhood Watch programme is relatively new in Kyrgyzstan, the CiB supported a study tour for eight Kyrgyzstani officials to Estonia. The delegation comprised leaders of neighbourhood watch sectors, local government officials and police officers. Partnership with Civil Society In order to enhance police-community partnership as well as to inform the public about police activities and the police reform, the CiB supported a media project. Eight TV and 16 Radio programmes were produced in the Kyrgyz and Russian languages, informing the wider public on various themes such as juvenile crime, gender issues in policing, neighbourhood watch issues, and about the MoI’s forensic centre and the Police Academy. In the frame of live radio programmes police officers and civil society representatives answered questions from the audience. The CiB also planned other activities to improve public awareness on current police reform activities and to promote public trust and partnership, for instance, a number of conferences, round tables and meetings on police-public partnership. However, these activities could only be implemented in those regions where the socio-political situation was more or less stable. Due to the instability in the country the majority of police officers were busy with the provision of public security and it was unfeasible to implement all of the planned activities. Gender-Sensitive Approach and Gender-Mainstreaming in Policing As an important step towards securing equal professional opportunities for women in the police, the CiB supported the establishment of a Women Police Association of Kyrgyzstan (WPA). The event, which was attended by the President of Kyrgyzstan, the Interior Minister, the General Prosecutor, other high-level officials as well as representatives of the international community and NGOs, created a good foundation for the further promotion of rights of women in the police system. To promote active involvement and membership to the Association, round table seminars in all provincial centres of the country were supported. These seminars explained the role of the WPA and women police officers in general and were delivered by the Chairperson and the Executive Secretary of the Association. With CiB support, an analysis of the Interior Ministry’s gender and personnel policies and regulations through the prism of gender equality was carried out and recommendations were provided to the MoI Senior Management. 93