During the reporting period, the Deputy Head of the TNTD/SPMU visited Moldova. Meetings were held with the Minster of Internal Affairs, the Deputy Ministers responsible for policing, and other relevant senior officials. Discussions focused on the ongoing reform process within the Ministry of Internal Affairs and possible Disaster Management relief activities that could be co-ordinated with the Transdniestrian side. This was to be elaborated in due course and a potential project to be presented to the sides for consideration in 2013. The Mission also supported the attendance of Moldovan police officers and officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs at capacity building events held in Moldova and abroad. Representatives from the Ministry of Internal Affairs also attended round tables, organized by the Mission in co-operation with the Prosecutor General’s Office, within the framework of the Mission’s support for the Prosecution Service Reform and Capacity Building. The Mission’s Rule of Law Programme has been part of the international co-ordination mechanism that has been hosting co-ordination meetings on the implementation of the Justice Sector Reform Strategy and its Action Plan for 2011-2016, one to two times per year. This was a comprehensive approach to discuss all the justice-related matters under its six pillars: Pillar 2 was about criminal reform and the Mission finalized a project to support prosecution reform in December 2012. A major part of this was to address and discuss the division of competencies and responsibilities between prosecution and police. Pillar 6 also combined all anti-corruption activities. Anti-Trafficking and Gender In November, the Anti-Trafficking and Gender Programme (ATG) organized two two-day training seminars on the human-rights and gender-budgeting approaches to combating trafficking in human beings (THB) for a multi-disciplinary group of 50 officials from the Permanent Secretariat of the Moldovan National Committee on Combating Human Trafficking and anti-trafficking focal points from different ministries. Participants included senior investigators of the Centre for Combating Trafficking in Persons under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As part of the ongoing and wider effort to combat THB and domestic violence in Moldova the ATG organized monthly Technical Co-ordination Meetings on anti-trafficking and gender issues activities implemented in Moldova. Each meeting was attended by 30-40 representatives of International Organizations, NGOs, and governmental officials including from the Centre for Combating Trafficking in Persons under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Local and District level police officials also took part in these meetings. Domestic Violence In co-operation with the Austrian Development Agency in Chisinau, ATG organized two twoday workshops with Austrian experts on Austrian best practices in assisting victims of domestic violence and dealing with perpetrators. The workshops targeted a multi-disciplinary group of 110 representatives from NGOs and ministries, including 22 police officers. ****** 104