donated to remote police stations and substations, as police needs were quite significant in this respect. Local Crime Prevention Centres The 2010 project emphasized the strengthening of Local Crime Prevention Centres (LCPCs) across the country, as this structure has a great potential for developing community-based policing in Kyrgyzstan. The institution provides an infrastructure17 to address community needs and concerns, with a focus on preventing crime and conflicts. It contributes to building trustworthy and constructive relationships between different stakeholders, including the police. In 2010, special attention was given to advisory support and the training component for LCPC members. In total, approximately 190 (out of approximately 600) LCPCs were addressed in the frame of these projects. Some 900 LCPC members in respective provinces completed different thematic training courses (e.g. social partnership, strategic planning, conflict resolution and human rights, effective crime prevention tools and mechanisms, etc.). To sustain the achieved results LCPCs in Issyk-Kul, Naryn, Jalal-Abad and Talas provinces and Bishkek city were advised on developing long-term strategies and action plans18. LCPCs were pioneered and many of them were still active in the Issyk-Kul province, which may partly explain positive trends in public’s confidence and trust in the police in this province. For instance, the results of a public opinion poll in Karakol state that the public’s trust in the police had significantly grown from 2006 to 2009.19 Crime prevention among youth Understanding the crucial role the youth can play in crime prevention efforts, and considering the longstanding negative consequences of falling into a delinquent environment, the project also prioritized crime prevention among youth as one of the key areas. The project supported the setting up of youth centres, which bring together young people from different social and ethnic background in order to address their concerns by means of different methods, including creative efforts such as the ‘art versus crime’ agenda. This was a film festival, held in December, which attracted attention of high officials. Furthermore, a series of forums were conducted to discuss the extent of school bullying in Kyrgyzstan and its effect on the young generation. These forums brought together relevant stakeholders from all major sections of society, with the aim of understanding the role of an inter- and intra-agency approach in preventing and combating this phenomenon, as well as the importance of looking at the problem from the perspective of the youth. Based on the results of these forums a manual for preventing and combating school bullying was developed and published. The manual was planned to be widely distributed among relevant parties in the MoI, local police stations, school administrations and youth committees. A series of public outreach and informational campaigns were conducted by the police with the support of the CiB. These initiatives aimed to raise awareness of young people about road safety rules, causes and effect of school bullying, benefits of active participation in youth centres’ activities, etc. Juvenile Delinquency Inspectors, who paid courtesy visits to schools, distributed brochures, leaflets and other information materials and small souvenirs among the youth in almost all regions of the country. 17 18 19 92 Infrastructure refers to ‘collective values or purposes, partners, [platform] and resources that the programme or project needs before’ it can accomplish its tasks. Best practices were introduced in the Issyk-Kul province by an implementing partner, the public association “Centre of Civil Initiatives Leader”. SocInformBuro, Report on results of the sociological research on public opinion of residents of Karakol and police officers of the Karakol police station, 2009, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.