56 Gender and Security Toolkit Image: © Atlantic Initiative. Impact The project has had significant success. Ê In 2015 a comprehensive policy on SGBH for the judiciary was developed and adopted by the BiH High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, followed by the appointment of trained SGBH advisers throughout the justice system. Ê Training has been delivered to all SGBH advisers, and SGBH orientation sessions have been delivered to other staff. Ê A comprehensive gender bias curriculum was developed and delivered to law students by professors and practitioners, and eventually translated into a textbook for widespread use, as mentioned above. Ê Gender champions were created across BiH through training activities addressing gender bias, domestic violence and GBV. Ê In response to the in-depth research, sustained training and advocacy, and guidance and resource material developed jointly by legal practitioners in BiH, DCAF and Atlantic Initiative, courts across BiH have adjusted the way in which they deal with cases of domestic violence and GBV.5 Lessons learned Ê Successful implementation of reform programmes can be facilitated by identifying, creating and supporting gender champions. Training judicial professionals (especially the more senior professionals) to train their peers, rather than relying on external trainers, is an effective way in which to create and support these champions. Ownership is critical: stakeholders take ownership of the ideas and the programme, identifying what needs to be done and how. In this way, training is effective and the learning becomes their new reality/accepted knowledge. Ê Sustained and interactive training is often more effective than short-term, even if intensive, and traditional classroom-based tuition (lecturing). It enables reflection, active learning and a deeper understanding. In this case, weekend residential courses with a heavy emphasis on group work and discussion were particularly effective. Ê Effective training can also be facilitated by engaging local stakeholders (i.e. the institutions themselves) in the development of training materials. This can ensure buy-in and context-specificity. Ê Training should address knowledge and skills. In BiH, as well as being given substantive knowledge (knowing there is a wider picture to domestic violence than simply the injuries sustained, for instance), judges were trained in how to critique domestic violence judgments.