A project with similar objectives on capacity-building had been negotiated with the Border Agency in Turkmenistan in 2010. Since sufficient funding was pledged during the Vilnius Ministerial Council in 2011, the first phase of the project was planned to be implemented at the beginning of 2012. For a second year, the OS/Borders Team supported the development of a curriculum for the Customs Academy in Bishkek. The curriculum incorporates modules on the detection of illicit drug smuggling at state borders, among other issues. By project conclusion in December 2011, eight customs trainers and four canine customs instructors were trained by the OSCE advisers. These instructors developed and delivered two entry level courses with a comprehensive curriculum that included the fight against smuggling and duty collection. About 450 Kyrgyz customs officers have been trained in the field. Additionally, 111 Afghan customs officers have been trained in Bishkek as a part of this project. ****** 3.3 The Gender Section Background The integration of a gender perspective in security analysis that takes into account the needs, concerns and experiences of both men and women is crucial in attaining a comprehensive security analysis and is therefore critical in police work. Hence the Gender Section continues its efforts to enhance gender mainstreaming in policing to ensure that security is accessible and attainable to all segments of society. During 2001, the Gender Section continued to offer capacity-building, technical assistance and tools that support OSCE staff working in the first dimension to take gender aspects and gender mainstreaming into account in their work. Activities The Annual Evaluation Report of the 2004 Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality showed that whilst there has been some advancement in gender mainstreaming programmes and policies across the dimensions, there was still improvement that could be made, especially in the first dimension. To help the field operations to include gender aspects in their programming the Gender Section, during 2011, developed a tailor-made capacitybuilding programme on gender mainstreaming for six field operations (Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mission in Kosovo, Mission to Moldova, Mission to Serbia, Office in Baku and Office in Yerevan). The Gender Section, together with the Gender Unit in ODIHR, provided comments on the Kazakhstan Action Plan Advancing Women Representation at Decision-Making Level which included recommendations for the inclusion of women in the security sector as well as women holding public office. The recommendations focused on practical steps to include women in decision-making, as well as giving practical examples from other participating States. The Gender Section continued its efforts of developing and promoting the roster for female experts in the first dimension, the GenderBase. During the course of 2012 the GenderBase was going to benefit from closer co-operation with the SPMU in order to enhance the efforts to include women in policing and security issues. 30