In December, the Office organized a four-day study tour for the MIA to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova. That was led by the Tajik Deputy Minister of the MIA; seven other senior managers of the Ministry joined for the visit. The event aimed to familiarize the Tajik MIA senior officials with the reform process of the Moldavian police. The agenda of the meeting partly focused on THB, domestic violence and gender mainstreaming issues in police activities. In the last quarter of 2014, the Office assisted the MIA in efforts aimed to rebuild the specially allocated room for meetings of the Public Council within Regional Department of the MIA in GBAO. Thus, the Office has provided all the construction materials and will support the construction of premises in 2015. Counter-Terrorism To facilitate suspects’ identification procedures and to respect human rights principles in criminal proceeding, the Office has supported law enforcement agencies involved in interviewing and interrogating suspects to enhance identification parades. In order to ensure sustainability, five identification rooms have been renovated and equipped with two-way mirrors, video surveillance cameras and audio systems in the General Prosecutor’s Office, the State Committee on National Security (SCNS), MIA Detention Center, MIA Police station and MIA Academy (for education purposes), which will be followed by a training and developed Instruction on Identification Room usage in 2015. Moreover, the Office already developed the draft Instruction on conveyance and detention of persons suspected of committing a crime and submitted to the MIA for further consideration In January, the Counter Terrorism and Police Assistance Unit finished its needs assessment on terrorism-related issues and identified opportunities to better prevent and combat terrorism. The assessment will be the basis of support to local law enforcement agencies, in particular the MIA, the SCNS and the General Prosecutor’s Office, to enhance their capacity in countering terrorism. From 17-28 February, the Office organized a training course on combating terrorism for law enforcement agencies. A total of 22 officers, took part including officers from the Border Troops, the SCNS, the MIA and the Customs Service. The training provided law enforcement officers with the knowledge and skills to combat terrorism, to identify terrorist networks, to use proactive and intelligence-based border protection systems, and to enhance processes for information sharing among law enforcement agencies. Experts from Turkey’s Combating Terrorism Academy conducted part of the course. From 4-6 May, 11 representatives of the Working Group on violent extremism and radicalization that leads to terrorism participated in a training course at the Hedayah Centre in Abu Dhabi. The course was a result of co-operation between the Office and the Global Counter Terrorism Forum. The training was entitled “Countering Violent Extremism that Leads to Terrorism: An Introduction to Policy and Practice”. Several issues were discussed, such as exploring regional and national dynamics that can lead to violence and extremism, the conceptual framework of countering violent extremism and enhancing national capacities to counter violent extremism. The Working Group consists of representatives from civil society and government bodies. It is currently working on developing a national strategy to counter violent extremism and radicalization that leads to terrorism. From 3-5 November, the first training of trainers on “Parents against Terrorism” was conducted in Dushanbe. The event was co-organized by the Office and the Ministry of Labour, Migration and Social Employment. The goal of the training was to promote an early warning system to raise awareness of marginalized groups (women and youth from migrant families) about radicalism, extremism and terrorism. It brought together 38 participants, a majority of whom were women. 150