S O U T H CAUCASUS 4.9 Office in Yerevan Introduction The OSCE Office in Yerevan (the Office) assists Armenia in the reform of its police services, particularly in the development of democratic policing practices and the implementation of reform programmes. The Republic of Armenia Police Reform Programme aims to strengthen effective policing and to increase trust and confidence in the police. In 2015, the Armenian Government approved the Police Reform Programme for 2015-2017, in order to ensure the consistency of the reform process. The Programme’s design was based on the evaluation of activities that was conducted under the Reform Programme for 2013-2014. The new programme, like the previous one, will include a series of activities aimed at improving trust in the police. In November 2014, the Government-approved Charter BUDGET (UB)*   727$/ 727$/ EUR  EUR   32/,7,&20,/,7$5< $&7,9,7,(630$