In October, the OiT, in the frame of the Gender and Anti-Trafficking Unit's nation-wide mapping of best practice in community approaches to addressing domestic violence, met with representatives of the Domestic Violence Unit in the Firdavsi District of Dushanbe. This Unit had developed a referral system that included crisis centres, medical care providers, religious and local leaders, local government structures, schools and NGOs. In November, the Office supported a cross-dimensional initiative in which the MIAs of Tajikistan and Croatia shared expertise and experience on police reform and response to domestic violence with community policing experts, civil society organizations and community crisis centres. On 28 November, the Head of the Department for EU Integration, Implementation and Monitoring of Projects at the Croatian MIA, began a five-day visit during which he met senior police officials, including the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, as well as members of the Ministerial Working Group on Police Reform and the Ministerial Working Group on Gender-Sensitive Policing. Meetings were also held at the Police Academy, as well as with representatives of the Press Centre of the MIA and local journalists. In Dushanbe and Kulyab, the Croatian police official visited three Domestic Violence Units that were equipped and trained by the Ministry and the OiT. In Kulyab, he also met civil society activists, lawyers and counsellors who have been working with the Women's Resource Centre, supported by the Office. In November, the Gender and Ant trafficking Unit supported the Academy of the MIA and the NGO Prevention against Domestic Violence in reviewing the material produced for the Academy's new mandatory course on domestic violence. An international expert made suggestions to the course material, and participated in the training when it started at the Police Academy. The course was developed jointly by the Academy, the NGO Prevention against Domestic Violence and the Office and covered basic terminology, the legal framework, a definition of victims, references to religion, and police on-site response to domestic violence. On 3 December, the Police Academy of the MIA began its new 20-hour mandatory course on domestic violence. 175 students in the third year of the Academy completed the course in 2011. ****** 4.14 The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan Background Since 2007, the PCUz has been providing assistance to the Police Academy under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Within this ongoing project focusing on co-operation in improving training and exchanging experience, special attention is paid to retraining and the professional development of specialists in enhancing public security, crime prevention, and major issues such as terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking, and human trafficking. 122