the level of expertise on papers, documents and hand writing examination increased considerably. Forensic facilities were further modernized to improve the effectiveness of the forensic units’ capacity. The CiB donated 30 crime scene kits for all the forensic units. To promote interaction and co-operation among forensic experts and investigators of the MoI during the crime detection and investigation, a number of two-day training seminars for the forensic experts and investigatory units of the Batken, Osh and Jalal-Abad provinces were organized. The CiB and the SPMU supported three Kyrgyz delegates from the MoI and the Financial Police to attend a regional workshop on “International Cooperation in Criminal Matters” organized by the UNODC jointly with the OSCE in Astana. With the purpose of providing the public with free legal services as well as to develop practical skills of the Police Academy’s students and teachers, a Law Clinic was established with the financial and technical support of the CiB. Senior cadets of the Police Academy will be providing free legal consultations to citizens. On 10 December a round table “Ways of cooperation of law clinics in the country” was organized to discuss ways of co-operation and problems in free legal aid activities. Representatives of other law clinics in Kyrgyzstan, lawyers who deal with provision of free legal aids and governmental structures attended the event. The CiB provided financial support to these activities from its criminal police budget. To strengthen the police capacity in the field of early warning, conflict prevention and resolution, and crisis management, the OSCE facilitated a visit of a police officer of the National Central Bureau of Interpol in Kyrgyzstan (a department of the MoI KR) to Budapest to attend a two-week international training course on post-conflict rehabilitation and peace keeping and civilian crisis management. This basic-level course was conducted in the framework of SPMU activities. The visit of the Kyrgyz police officer was financed from the criminal police budget. Main Investigatory Directorate In order to improve the professionalism and to increase awareness of investigators, experts of the MoI’s Main Investigatory Directorate conducted training courses on contemporary investigational methods and peculiarities of the investigation of certain types of crimes throughout the country. In total, 120 investigators attended the training and increased their knowledge on certain methods of investigations such as robbery, burglary and cattle theft. The training courses were organized with the financial support of the CiB and the local instructors had been previously trained by the OSCE. In addition, an electronic hand-book and an electronic compilation (CDs and DVD) of the law regulations of Kyrgyzstan and other CIS countries were developed with financial support by the CiB. Investigators from remote district police departments were provided with special legal literature: 65 “Forensics Expertise” textbooks, 40 new reference books for investigators “Forensic for Investigators”, 100 textbooks “Investigation, Physiology and Tactics” were purchased. Moreover, the Main Investigatory Directorate received electronic handbooks in Russian and Kyrgyz languages to increase knowledge and help: in investigations, especially in the regions; and on basic legislation and other MoI’s internal documents necessary for the daily work of investigators. Additionally, the CiB donated legal literature to the Talas province police department to restore the literary resources that were lost as a result of the April uprising. 98