On 31 March, the OiT supported the first-ever public plenary meeting of the Inter-Agency Commission to discuss the implementation of the newly-adopted 2011-2013 National Action Plan. The session was held at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. 30 government bodies, represented by Deputy Ministers and Heads of Executive Departments, examined how cooperation within the government could address complex challenges related to legal reform, law enforcement, education, border management, protection of children, seasonal labour and support to victims of trafficking. Among those attending the plenary session were the Deputy Ministers of Internal Affairs, Justice, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Labour and Social Protection, Health, Economic Development and Trade, Education and Culture; Heads of Executive Departments from the Office of the President, the Supreme Court, the Prosecutor General’s Office and the State Committee on National Security; as well as Tajikistan's regional authorities. Representatives of civil society, international organizations and diplomatic missions also took part. In 2011, the OiT’s Gender and Anti-Trafficking Unit also facilitated a quarterly high-level “Dialogue on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings” that was chaired by the state Interagency Commission to Combat Human Trafficking and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In April, the OSCE Field Office in Khujand hosted the first meeting of the “Dialogue on Trafficking in Human Beings” in the Sughd Province. The meeting which was chaired by the Inter-Agency Commission to Combat Human Trafficking was attended by 35 persons, including representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, local authorities, civil society and international organizations. Following presentations illustrating the activities of the InterAgency Commission, participants visited two local shelters for victims of trafficking, one managed by the local authorities, and the other one managed by a civil society organization supported by international organizations. The Office also attended the second Dialogue in Sughd in November, which was hosted by the local government branch in Sughd, and was organized by the Inter-Agency Commission to Combat Human Trafficking and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. In 2011, the Gender and Anti-Trafficking Unit continued to support the creation of a National Referral Mechanism, a key priority outlined in the newly adopted National Action Plan. Together with the Inter-Agency Commission to Combat Human Trafficking and civil society representatives, the Office organized a workshop in June 2011 to discuss the creation of a National Referral Mechanism for victims of human trafficking. The five-day workshop was attended by 20 participants representing the Executive Office of the President, the MIA and the Police Academy, the Ministries of Defence, Labour and Social Affairs, Justice, Health, Finance, the State Committee for National Security, the Committee for Youth, Sports and Tourism, the Supreme Court, the Prosecutor’s Office, the Danish Refugee Council, the IOM, and the NGO Femida. The workshop provided a platform for governmental and nongovernmental organizations to exchange views on support mechanisms, discuss case studies and map the way forward. With support from the Gender and Anti-Trafficking Unit, the Police Academy expanded the cadre of trained instructors and deepened the application of interactive teaching methodology skills in the “Anti-trafficking Investigations Course” established in 2010 as a permanent element of the curriculum. In collaboration with civil society experts, Academy instructors also trained investigators of the Prosecutor General’s Office. As soon as the course began in mid-December 2010, it became clear that furthering the application of an interactive teaching methodology would strengthen the course's sustainability and attractiveness to the teaching staff at the Academy. Therefore, the Gender and Anti-Trafficking Unit supported additional work with the Academy's instructors. Recognizing that the modern, interactive teaching methodology is different from the general teaching methodology of the Academy, the Unit supported the Police Academy with refreshment sessions. On 29 October, the Unit began a week of advanced interactive 120