POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS EASTERN EUROPE Activities Related to General Police Development and Reform Police Development and Reform within Security Sector Reform In September, the PCU supported the third annual Criminal Justice Forum in Lviv, Ukraine, which gathered more than 100 legal professionals to explore issues of reforming criminal justice. A special panel discussion was devoted to gender issues in criminal justice. Human Rights and Police Accountability Speakers at the Gender Forum held in Kyiv in October 2019 In June, the PCU, with the support of ODIHR and in cooperation with the Polish authorities, organized a crossborder training event on “Cooperation of law-enforcement agencies with mass media, civil society and international institutions”. The goal of the event was to raise awareness of the security service press officers on human rights standards and relevant best practices in public communication. tell the audience their success stories. (OSCE/Project Co- Gender-based and Domestic Violence In view of Ukraine’s law “On Prevention and Combating Domestic Violence”, the PCU supported three working group meetings on the development of subordinate legislation to improve the response to domestic violence. Based on best international practices, the working group experts drafted an Emergency Barring Order and Risk Assessment Forms to be issued by police officers in case of high risk for survivors of domestic violence. In 2018, 150 police officers in eight regions of Ukraine were selected and trained by the PCU to form the core of mobile groups called “POLINA”, established by the National Police of Ukraine to respond to domestic violence incidents. The training courses, delivered using specially equipped interactive rooms in the Universities of Internal Affairs in Lviv and Dnipro, used simulation exercises to provide law enforcement officials with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to effectively address domestic violence incidents, including identification of survivors, tactics, psychological aspects of survivors and perpetrators, effective communication and first aid treatment. To ensure a consistent approach in dealing with domestic violence incidents, the PCU supported capacity-building of emergency call centre personnel. This included developing a training course and materials, as well as conducting eleven training courses for almost 300 operators and dispatchers of emergency call centres in Lutsk, Lviv, Uzhgorod, Vinnytsia ordinator in Ukraine) and Zhytomy. For the newly established Patrol Police Academy, the PCU helped develop a training course on combating domestic violence and provided equipment for an interactive training room that will be used for contextualized scenario-based training exercises to improve the response of future patrol police officers to domestic violence incidents. From 3 to 5 September, the PCU organized a three-day ToT on gender aspects of conflict for 24 Interior Ministry professors. The training was based on the manual Women.Peace.Security developed in 2017 and aimed at raising awareness and promoting the Manual’s use at Interior Ministry educational institutions. In October, the PCU supported the MoI in implementing its equality policies by training its 37 gender focal points and organizing a forum for women in law enforcement agencies. At the forum, 250 participants brainstormed on ways how to advance women’s involvement in law enforcement. Public Order and Crisis Management From 12 to 15 July, 24 police officers of the Donetsk oblast passed a four-day training course on dialogue as a tool for community conflict prevention and management. The course, organized with the PCU’s support in Mariupol, was based on a methodology developed initially for community problemsolving dialogues and adapted to police needs. Participants were able to obtain knowledge needed to understand the dynamics and drivers of group conflicts. Practical exercises provided officers with a toolkit for the planning and preparing of efforts to involve community members in a dialogue to build productive and non-confrontational relations, as well as with relevant communication skills. These learning results 109