on topics related to crime prevention, police-media relations and other effective tools to build reliable police-public partnerships. On 15-18 March 2011, the Office hosted an OSCE team assessing the Community Policing Project in Azerbaijan. The assessment team visited four project sites in Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and met all relevant stakeholders of the project. The team aimed to measure the achievements of the Community Policing Project since 2006 and to produce a report with the recommendations for further follow-up (see also chapter 2). On 9-10 June, the Office facilitated the “International Conference on Community Policing in Azerbaijan”. The Conference brought together senior Azerbaijani police management, Government agencies, civil society and international experts from Estonia, Germany, Ireland and Serbia to present the good practices of community policing in crime prevention and share the development and perspectives of community policing in Azerbaijan. During the Conference, a report on the findings and recommendations of the Community Policing Project Assessment was presented by an SPMU representative and discussed with the participants. On 30 June, the Office organized the celebration of the Police Open Day in Mingechevir. This annual event was established in close collaboration of the Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and local Executive Authorities. It has been a part of the Community Policing Project activities since 2006, and has become a major community-wide event. On 2 July, the Office participated in celebrations related to the Azerbaijani Day of Police in Shabran. Within the frame of the official ceremony the Office discussed issues related to the support of law enforcement in the region with the Governor and representatives of the Ministries of Internal Affairs and National Security and agreed on future co-operation in the field of community policing in Azerbaijan. On 19-30 September, the Office, in co-operation with the Turkish National Police, organized a two-week training-of-trainers course in Ankara. The Office facilitated the participation of nine, high-ranking police officers at the course which focused on supporting the development of community policing in Azerbaijan. The purpose of this course was to increase the conceptual knowledge as well as the practical skills of police officers, who are involved in community policing and who will assume the role of community policing trainers and mentors. Police Education In 2011, the Office actively co-operated with the Police Academy on matters related to police training. On 27 April, the Office attended a conference on the topic of “Pressing Problems of the Criminological Research in Crime.” Professors, scientists, researchers, practitioners and students of the Police Academy attended the conference. The speakers from the Academy of Justice, Baku State University, Gafgaz University and the Police Academy provided presentations on the topics of “Criminal Law and Criminology”, “Prevention of Crime and Number of Pressing Issues of Criminology as a Science”, “Globalization and Aspects of Criminology”, as well as “Cumulative Crime and Specifics of Criminology”. Interactive discussions and an exchange of opinions and recommendations followed the presentations. 84