5. Any body/board undertaking civilian oversight should consider developing and implement a program of community outreach to educate the public on the rationale and purpose of the new mechanism 3.4 Progress with Recommendations (as of 20 February 2017) Less than two years since the recommendations were made there had been little progress in the establishment of external oversight of police in the countries where independence of oversight mechanisms remained an issue. Continuance of oversight in countries which had previously established robust mechanisms had experienced little change. These systems had been operating, for the most part, effectively, and good practice continued to be evident in PONI, GSOC, and NBIPA. Although there had been few outcomes regarding the establishment of oversight bodies a few projects were under way to consult on and develop models to reflect individual country contexts. A project to establish better independence of police oversight in Ukraine appeared to have stalled. The formation of a National Bureau of Investigation had been ratified by the government in November 2015. In July 2016, a competition was held to appoint the director, the first deputy and deputy director, directors of territorial bodies and heads of departments of the central apparatus of the State Bureau of Investigation, the staff of the internal control departments of the State Bureau of Investigation. However, at the time of writing the bureau was not in operation. There appeared to be some progress in FYROM where a project to establish an external oversight mechanism, supported by the Council of Europe and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, reached agreement that an oversight mechanism should be established. Consultation at a round table event included representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Justice, the Ombudsman office, judges, prosecutors, university professors, lawyers, and representatives from the NGO sector and international community. This approach reflects the assertions of recommendation 1 above. The preferred approach to be adopted in FYROM was the ‘two tier’ prosecutor plus model with a specialised unit within the Public prosecution and the creation of a new civilian review body with appellate functions. 72