implemented comprehensively, some others were cancelled completely or deferred to a later date within the reporting time. Some projects were also modified in view of the developments. However, the modifications did not lead to significant deviations in the programme with respect to methodological and philosophical aspects and the ultimate objectives of the PRP. In view of the above mentioned circumstances the PRP channelled its work in 2010 in two main directions: fostering trust and confidence between the police and the population through incorporating community-based policing principles into the police-public relationship; and developing a professional police service through continuous education and training combined with advisory and technical support in a number of selected areas. The CiB firmly supported the country’s aim to build a relationship of mutual trust, confidence and partnership between the law-enforcement authorities and wider society. The PRP assisted the host country in developing a professional, transparent, accountable and citizenoriented service, specifically through structural changes, tackling crime and fostering community relations. With training support from the CiB, respect for civil and human rights has been integrated into police training, the operational capacity of local investigators and operational search officers increased, and training conditions at the Police Academy and Special Police School were developing towards international standards. Community-based policing has becoming widely known and appreciated among all major sectors of the society of Kyrgyzstan despite that it is a relatively new phenomenon in the country. The community policing component of the PRP produced substantive results lately, particularly in areas such as enhancing joint police-public partnership initiatives, technical capacities, and conveying the concept to the police officers. In fact, there had been a shift from a purely traditional policing philosophy towards an approach that accounts for community’s concerns and widely applies crime prevention efforts. This practice will eventually contribute to bridging police and community as well as to alleviating mistrust towards police from the side of the public. Certain efforts were undertaken by the PRP in order to promote the leading principles/postulates of a comprehensive reform at different levels of Kyrgyzstan’s criminal justice sector. It has to be stressed though that the Government and the MoI were lacking a clear-cut strategy to reform the police system over the past years. The common climate for the programme implementation over the reporting period was not in favour of sweeping changes in the area of policing. A lack of political will from the Government’s side and the Ministry’s resistance to identify a strategic reform process resulted in a slow process of positive moves in promoting and further setting such mechanisms and institutions as transparency, accountability, civil oversight, etc. However, this may have been the result of the authorities’ engagement in the 2010 electoral process or in some activities that were aimed to restore public order in the south. In times of critical tensions the police were concerned about how to resume proper functioning of their forces to prevent any further conflict escalation. Despite these developments, the PRP persistently and rigidly attempted to promote a governance strategy/task (goals-oriented) programme. The next steps towards a comprehensive legal and law enforcement reform in the Kyrgyz Republic would be to start open discussions (through holding the national conference in Bishkek – convening civil society and Kyrgyzstan’s higher authorities) on the scope and parameters of the reform, to analyze the opinions and proposals from all stakeholders, and to find common approaches in implementing the tasks of the reform. 88