experts, and representatives of the civil society union “For Reforms and Result”, finalized these two legal documents and submitted for government’s approval. On 24 February 2015, the Kyrgyz Government ratified the Decision on New Police Performance Evaluation Criteria. The new Governmental Decision is an important milestone in the police reform process and it has paved the way for improving the quality of police performance and better responding to the needs of citizens. The new evaluation criteria have an external assessment component that will provide an opportunity for citizens to evaluate the quality of the work of their police officers and support them in improving their performance. The new system can improve assessment of police efficiency by changing the assessment metric from the crime detection rate to the index of public trust toward police. The Decision was developed with the support of OSCE experts. A public opinion survey was carried out to collect data on citizens’ trust toward police. This research, implemented with CiB support in 2013 and 2014, will serve as a baseline for the external component of the new police evaluation system. Police Accountability The Law on Public Advisory Councils (PACs), ratified by the President of the Kyrgyz Republic in 2014, regulates formation and operation of PACs at all state structures and aims to establish mechanisms for public monitoring of state bodies, including the formation and implementation of public policy. The law is intended to strengthen the bridge between the government and the public by increasing public accountability and the quality of public services. This law, together with the legislation on police assessments mentioned above, will help greatly in making the Kyrgyz police accountable to the people. Gender Mainstreaming The PMP, together with the MoI of the KR, organized an international conference on “Women in Law Enforcement”. More than 100 participants attended the event, including highlevel state officials – such as former Presidents and General Prosecutor of the KR – and representatives of law enforcement agencies of KR, Central Asia, Europe, Armenia, Georgia, Canada, the UK and the US. The conference concluded with the adoption of recommendations for the Government of the KR, the MoI, other law enforcement agencies and international organizations. The PMP contributed to the round-table discussions “Role of Women in Police” at the Police Academy. Among the participants were members of the Kyrgyz Association of Police Women and of the International Association of Police Women. The event was organized as a followup to the international conference “Women in Law Enforcement”. Additionally, the programme organized a meeting of the First-Vice President of the International Association of Police Women with the head of the Police Academy. Among topics addressed was the role of female police officers in establishing democratic and professional police services. Police Training and Education The PMP supported the Police Academy in enhancing its system of police training and education. Three trainings and seven follow-up activities were organized for the Police Academy’s staff to raise awareness of comprehensive reform of the police education and training system and of new teaching methods. An international police education reform expert hired by the PMP analysed the current situation of the police education system and developed three alternative approaches to increase the quality of the police education institutions and decrease the costs. All three 140