[ Democratization ] Marta Achler, the Chief of ODIHR’s Legislative Support Unit, addresses participants at a conference entitled “Better Regulation in Eastern Europe” held in Tbilisi, 21 October 2011. (Photo: Levan Chkhatarashvili) Commission in 2010. Based on these guidelines and its expertise, ODIHR’s democratic governance programme continued to provide support and advice on how to best protect and advance political pluralism to participating States and their institutions, OSCE field operations and civil society. The registration and financing of political parties — based on the principles contained in the guidelines — were key focus areas for ODIHR’s support in 2011. In Georgia, ODIHR worked with the Central Election Commission and a number of civil society organizations to organize a special “Conference on Political Party Funding and Women’s Participation in Political Life”, on 29 and 30 June. This contributed to the introduction of amendments to the Election Code, adopted in December, that introduce financial incentives for political parties to include more women on party lists. ODIHR participated in discussions of political-party regulation at events organized by OSCE field operations and local think tanks and civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Moldova. ODIHR also continued to help civil society organizations increase their analytical capacity and abilities to advocate for policy reform, providing assistance in the development of comprehensive assessment reports on political-party regulations in their countries. ODIHR worked closely with the think tank National Association of Political Scientists in Tajikistan (NAPST), sharing its know-how and tools in the development of a comprehensive report on political-party regulation, to be published in 2012. Migration and Freedom of Movement OSCE participating States have committed themselves to facilitating the movement of people and protecting human rights, including those of migrant workers, refugees and displaced and stateless persons. Progress in the application of these commitments in the OSCE region, however, has been uneven, as those forcibly displaced often face obstacles to accessing international protection, and voluntary migrants experience various direct and indirect barriers to the exercise of basic human rights. To address these concerns, ODIHR provides assistance to OSCE participating States in the development of human rights-based migration policies and legislation, with a particular focus on gender-sensitive migration policies. In the OSCE context, freedom of movement extends beyond the movement of people within and across borders of their own states to include entry procedures for ODIHR Annual Report 2011 35