community policing, gender mainstreaming in the police, as well as the crucial role of the police in preventing domestic violence. The Chief of Police in Sheki confirmed that their engagement in community policing and the recruitment of female police officers could improve the police response to domestic violence. Police Education On 10-11 December, the Office attended and facilitated the attendance of two senior police officials at the Istanbul round table “Human Rights Education for Law Enforcement Officials in the OSCE Area”. The round table provided opportunities to review good practices related to human rights education for law enforcement officers from the OSCE participating States. The new OSCE/ODIHR Guidelines on Human Rights Education for Law Enforcement Officials were presented at the event. Public Assembly Management From 16-27 April, the Office organized a “Public Assembly Management” (PAM) training in Baku in co-operation with German Police Trainers. Twenty training sessions were conducted for 150 members of the Police and Internal Troops. In addition, 50 other officials from the Police and Internal Troops received management training. The Deputy Chief of Internal Troops acknowledged the success of the training and the importance of the Office’s contribution to this type of training. On 8-9 November, the Office took part in the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on “Freedom of Assembly and Association” in Warsaw. The Office’s participation was particularly relevant in light of the presence of Government officials and civil society representatives from Azerbaijan, and in view of the Office’s continuing efforts to contribute to building national capacity to manage public assemblies. From 17-23 December, the Office conducted a curriculum development workshop in Antalya in co-operation with the Turkish National Police. The main objective of the workshop was to assist the MIA in developing a new human rights-based curriculum for the law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Azerbaijan on PAM together with reference and training materials, thereby creating new human resource capacity to deliver human rights-compliant PAM training. For this purpose, the Office organized the travel and participation of six officials of the MIA together with four PAM training experts of the Turkish National Police. As a result of the seven-day workshop, the group of experts assessed and prepared a short report on current PAM training in Azerbaijan; developed a human rights-based training programme; and developed a Public Assembly Management Training Manual as well as associated training materials. In accordance with the developed training materials, the Office planned to deliver a ToT course in April 2013 in Baku, and to support the establishment of three PAM training teams, consisting of 16 staff members from the MIA. Counter-Terrorism On 12-13 March, the Office facilitated the participation of three Azerbaijani officials, representing different state institutions, to the expert round table on “The Role and Empowerment of Women in Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism” in Vienna. The Azerbaijani delegation took part in working group sessions to formulate recommendations for concrete, practical and human rights-compliant actions by governments, civil society and international organizations on how to move forward, drawing on inputs from diverse perspectives, experiences and practices. 111