From 31 May to 1 June, the Office attended and sponsored the attendance of Azerbaijani Government Officials at a seminar on “Applied Issues in International Land Boundary Delimitation/Demarcation Practices” organized by the OS/Borders Team in support of the OSCE Chairmanship. The seminar brought together international experts and academics, and provided room for national experts to elaborate on best practices and lessons learned on co-operation and confidence-building in this field. The meeting also preceded the “Annual Meeting of the OSCE Border Security and Management National Focal Point (NFP) Network”. The Office also facilitated the participation of Azerbaijani NFPs from the Ministry of National Security, State Border Service and State Customs Committee in the seminar. In addition, the Office moderated a working group session on “Community Outreach/ Partnerships in Border Security and Management”. Other On 26-27 May, the Office participated in and made a presentation at a 1½-day workshop in Vienna for the exchange of views on “Developing OSCE Field Activities: Proceeding in the Spirit of Corfu and Astana” organized by the Centre for OSCE Research (CORE) and the German Federal Foreign Office. Workshop participants discussed the development of OSCE field activities in relation to the requirements of OSCE participating States in three regions: Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia. The workshop was a contribution to the Lithuanian Chairmanship’s “V-to-V Dialogue” on advancing Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security. On 21-23 September, the Office attended and supported the participation of three representatives of the Azerbaijani law enforcement agencies, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutor General’s Office, at the Annual Police Experts Meeting organized by the SPMU in Vienna (see also chapter 2). ****** 4.9 The OSCE Office in Yerevan Background The Office in Yerevan contributes to the development of democratic institutions in the country, strengthening civil society, and promoting OSCE standards and principles. Since the Armenian police had embarked on a far reaching systemic reform designed to bring the service in line with modern policing requirements, the Office provided capacity-building assistance in the fields of police reform, including police educational reform, police-public partnership and public order management. Police Reform In 2011, the Office continued to strongly support the implementation of the Government’s Police Reform Programme 2010-2011. Co-operation between the Office and the police was further deepened in April 2011, when an Additional Protocol to the Memorandum of Cooperation was signed, focusing on establishing trust and co-operation between the police and population through community-based policing, police educational reform, co-operation of the police with media, local authorities and civil society as well as enhanced public order management. Based on these documents two Joint OSCE-Police Working Groups were set 91