up, which elaborated a Concept for Police Educational Reforms and a Strategy for the Implementation of the Community Policing Model throughout Yerevan. The Office also assisted in establishing a Police Reform Unit, which co-ordinates the police reform process from within the Police Headquarters Police Educational Reform As provided by the Additional Protocol to the Memorandum of Co-operation, an international expert on police training was invited to assist the Police of the Republic of Armenia (RA) in conducting the reform of the police educational system as planned under the RA Police Reform Programme. The expert continued the co-operation with the Working Group on RA Police Educational Reform. The Joint OSCE-Police Working Group put forward the idea of profound reforms in police educational area. As a result, in 2011 the Government established a Police Educational Complex, where the lowest tier – the Police Training Centre – provides six-month induction training for non-commissioned officers, the intermediate tier – the Police College – provides two-year education for the middle-group police officers and the top tier – the Police Academy – provides BA and MA programmes and refresher training for the police leadership. The Group embarked on a thorough modification of the existing system in both structural and curricular terms to ensure the consistency with the present-day police education and practices, gender equality and to address corruption risks. In 2011, admissions to the Police College and the Training Centre were the result of over three years of painstaking work by all the stakeholders. To ensure a fair admission, a new testing system was developed by leading Armenian psychologists in association with national and OSCE experts. An independent Admission Commission, alongside the police, involved civil society and international organizations. Another positive result of the innovation was that, upon the recommendation of the Office, the 5 percent quota of female admission was dropped, due to which the number of admitted women significantly increased. Among the new cadets of the Police College alone the ratio of women was over 20 percent. Furthermore, the previous practice that female officers would be primarily assigned to administrative posts was changed. A new requirement was established mandating that all new graduates, regardless of their gender must work as street police officers for one year before either continuing education in the Police Academy or applying to other police services. With the support of the OSCE international expert the training programme for the Police Training Centre was fully modernized. The teaching materials on 28 new training topics included into this programme were compiled and delivered to the staff of the Training Centre. The Office also assisted in designing the training programme for the Police College. In addition, the Office organized study tours for the staff of the Police Educational Complex to the Netherlands (from 3-11 October) and Georgia (from 12-17 December) to get acquainted with the police reform process in these countries in general, and educational components in particular. Community Policing The Joint OSCE-Police Working Group, with the support of the international expert on community policing, elaborated a Strategic Plan for the Deployment of the Community Policing Model throughout Yerevan. The Plan was developed taking into consideration the experience of the pilot community policing unit and best international practices. Based on the Strategic Plan, the Head of Police, in December, signed a Charter of Community Policing which included some elements of the Strategic Plan: a deployment model for Yerevan, and job descriptions for community policing. The Charter can be considered as a basis for the 92