Road Safety An informational campaign strategy to promote usage of light reflectors among schoolchildren, including children with special needs, was developed. In total, 77,000 light reflectors were distributed among schoolchildren in all three provinces in the south of Kyrgyzstan: Osh, Jalal-Abad and Batken. In order to encourage children to use light reflectors, booklets, guidance for drivers and bookmarks were designed and printed. They were distributed among schoolchildren and drivers. This informational campaign was organized in co-operation with the police departments and education departments in Osh, Batken and Jalal-Abad. Community Security Initiative in Kyrgyzstan Background On 18 November 2010, the Permanent Council, in its Decision No. 961, approved the Community Security Initiative (CSI) in Kyrgyzstan, under a mandate to support Kyrgyzstan’s police in addressing the specific security situation after the June 2010 inter-ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan, and its aftermath, and also to contribute to the long-term professionalism of the Kyrgyzstani police in providing human security for all communities, and without distinction as to ethnicity. The project initially deployed teams of International Police Advisers (IPA) to nine co-location sites throughout four provinces in Kyrgyzstan in spring 2011. By July 2012, the CSI had expanded to a total of 13 sites, working in the police stations with counterparts to assess and advise them on international standards of community policing. This arrangement allowed the advisers to follow developments and daily challenges that the communities and police face. To encourage dialogue as a way to build better relations, each CSI team also instituted monthly community-police discussion forums, the Community Safety Working Groups, where police, local authorities, and civil society representatives talk over their concerns and create methods of resolving them to prevent conflict. At the police stations, the CSI advised not only on day-to-day policing techniques, but collaborated with national actors to produce training for Kyrgyzstani police officers on a variety of topics, including domestic violence, youth issues, and human rights. The project focused on the practical, informing counterparts of international standards in policing, and how they can be incorporated to improve overall work effectiveness and efficiency while garnering residents’ trust. The CSI also began to re-establish police presence throughout remote and urban areas in each district through the deployment of Mobile Police Receptions. Since their introduction, police and over 22,000 community members had used them as places to raise problems, determine solutions, and initiate an open dialogue. Small-scale community initiatives, such as sports events, police open days, and youth-police engagements, were also used to re-build the bridges between communities and the police. In addition, support was given to local institutions, including Local Crime Prevention Centres and NGOs with similar thematic focuses. In 2012, the CSI worked with the CiB’s PRP to launch the Neighbourhood Management Pilot Project (NMPP), which encourages local leaders and the police to identify, prioritize, and address community concerns together. The CSI was well received by counterparts and the Kyrgyzstani Government, who in October 2012 invited the project to continue through to 2015. The Government indicated its strong support of the CSI, and satisfaction with accomplishments made thus far. The project planned to continue to expand to new districts in 2013, while implementing a national 134