4.13 Office in Tajikistan The event was attended by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Heads of Departments, veterans of the MIA and others. On 17 April, the OiT supported the MIA Academy in organizing an “Open Doors Day”. Visitors had access to the Academy’s training premises,  classes, and gym, as well as to performances that included marching and dog training. The  event was attended by the head of the MIA Academy and representatives of the MIA as well as parents of Academy cadets, schoolchildren and others. From 27-29 April, the OiT hosted and organized a roundtable on development of community policing, in cooperation with the US Department of State’s Bureau for International  Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. The roundtable aimed at establishing an open dialogue between law enforcement agencies, Public Councils on Police Reform, and the media. Approximately 130 representatives of Public Councils, police officers, mass media, the OSCE, the Department of State’s Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, and UNODC, as well as two experts from the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and one expert from Northern Ireland, participated in the roundtable. On 17 August, an OiT-supported anti-drug awareness campaign was launched. The campaign, comprising of cultural and sports activities, took place in 17 towns and targeted primarily youth. It concluded on 17 November 2015. From 17-19 December, the OiT and CiB organized a visit for five regional members of  the Public Councils on Police Reform and officials from the MIA to study the Kyrgyz community policing experiences and police reform process. They were introduced to the workings of  the Local Crime Prevention Centres (LCPCs) in Bishkek, Osh, and Batken. Within the framework of the CSI project in Kyrgyzstan, participants were familiarized with the Kyrgyz work in the area of crime prevention, methods and  tools used for problem solving at the community level, and strengthening police-public partnerships. Gender-Based and Domestic Violence From 14-16 October, the OiT organized and hosted a training on countering domestic violence  for 25 police officers representing various regions in Tajikistan. International and  national experts instructed participants on aspects of national and international legislation  related to combating domestic violence, the role of police in domestic violence cases, victim protection and stereotypes. All topics were based on a training needs assessment of police officers. 118 On 25 November, the 16 Days Campaign on Activism: against Gender-Based Violence was launched in five targeted regions in Tajikistan with a series of awareness-raising activities planned by the OiT, in co-operation with local authorities, local law enforcement agencies and civil  society. The OiT published 7,000 leaflets with information on  domestic violence and human trafficking, including contact data on the available services for victims. Copies of the new Law on Prevention of Domestic Violence were distributed during the awareness raising campaign. Furthermore, a specialized training curriculum on countering domestic violence, targeting Police  Academy cadets, was adjusted to the new Law on Prevention of Domestic Violence and was published and handed over to Police Academy. Additionally, the Office provided expert support to the MIA Police Academy to adjust the course on Counteracting Trafficking in Human Beings to the Law on Counteracting THB and Provision Assistance to Trafficked Persons, passed in 2014. The renewed Curricula Guidelines have been printed and handed over to the Police Academy. Throughout the year, the Office supported the MIA in its gender mainstreaming efforts with the Police Reform Program. Four meetings of a sub-working group on gender mainstreaming in the Police Reform Program were organized by the MIA. The sub-working group included 4 new female members who were leaders from the OSCE-supported Women Resource Centres (WRCs). The meetings allowed an active exchange on the practical aspects of increasing protection of domestic violence victims and implementation of the law on domestic violence between civil society, international organizations, and officials from the MIA and the Women Committee on Family Affairs. The meetings also covered aspects of the five functioning Gender Sensitive Police Units (GSPU) and served as a platform to help the MIA establish an additional five GSPU in Kumsangir, Isfara, Penjakent, Garm, and Dushanbe. In November, the Office supported the MIA in refurbishing and equipping six additional GSPUs in Chorku (Isfara-2), Penjakent, Qusmangir, Garm, Kulyab, and Dushanbe (Sino area) to deal with cases of domestic violence. The MIA has appointed female police inspectors, who were trained on handling domestic violence cases, to work in these specialized units on counteracting domestic violence. On 9 December, the Office held its monthly political dialogue meeting in Khujand, focusing on the prevention of domestic violence. The 22 participants represented political parties, ideology departments from  Asht district and Istaravshan, the Sughd Departments of Education, Health, Committee of Women  and Family Affairs, Khujand MIA Department,