POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS SOUTH CAUCASUS issue and developing appropriate skills to address domestic violence cases in schools. On 19 August, the Office and the NGO Social Justice organized another one-day workshop on domestic violence in Ijevan. Twenty-five representatives of the local government, NGOs, and police attended the event. The meeting aimed at raising awareness on domestic violence issues, outlining the role of the respective institutions in combating domestic violence and improving co-operation between police and local bodies. On 23 September, an inter-district meeting on domestic violence in Yerevan was organized jointly by the Office and the NGO Social Justice. The meeting was attended by 25 representatives from local self-government, nongovernmental organizations, and the police, including community police and juvenile inspectors. It aimed at raising awareness on domestic violence issues, outlining the role of the respective institutions in combating domestic violence, and developing appropriate skills to address cases of domestic violence in communities. On 20 November, the Office organized a roundtable in Ijevan for 30 participants from the Ijevan Police Department, Police headquarters, local authorities and civil society organizations. The roundtable was on means to combat domestic violence and improve co-operation on referrals. On the same day, a domestic violence information corner was opened in the Ijevan Police Department, offering referral information useful to all parties in domestic violence cases. Similar information corners opened this month, with the Office’s support, in all five Yerevan police departments. On 26 November, the Office, in co-operation with the Police, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Education and Science and a civil society organization, convened 80 representatives of the police and other agencies to discuss how to enhance partnership among police, state bodies and civil society organizations that deal with domestic violence. OSCE Office in Yerevan’s Community Policing Week Ř The town of Artashat’s local Research, various games, sports various police-related projects of community policing officers competitions, gift-giving and the Office; proposed an event that would other activities, engaging both combine the celebration of children and police officers; International Children’s Day with the community-oriented activities of the police to take place on 1 June. The idea was to bring together the local police and the children from a hostel located in one of the most rundown communities with severely impoverished households. The Office organized, jointly with the NGO National Centre for Legal Ř On 4 June, the Office, DCAF Ř On 5 June, a workshop on Police and Public Relations for middle-rank commanders and the Armenian Police co- and Educational Complex staff organized an international was organized. Experts from conference on strengthening DCAF and the OSCE shared police-public relations for over international good practices 55 high-level participants. on building police-public Discussions focused on the partnerships, while their local role of community policing and Armenian counterparts shared the mass media, as well as the their experiences of introducing practical application of police- community policing and building public partnership models during public trust. 99