International strategies and best practices for community policing explored at OSCE workshop series in Armenia
Sharing international strategies and best practices from across the OSCE region is the aim of an OSCE workshop series for Armenia’s Ministry of Justice and police launched on 17 May 2021. The online workshops are designed to support Armenia’s implementation of police reforms by strengthening community policing strategies.
The workshop series is organized by the Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department and comprises three sessions to be held over the month of May.
The topics covered by the workshops will include community policing as institutional solutions; legislation; community policing functions; target groups, such as young people and people with mental illness; as well as crime prevention and cooperation with the private and public sector.
The sessions will feature presentations by representatives of five OSCE participating States — Canada, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Norway and Sweden. They will share their national community policing strategies and models as well as best practices to further support Armenia in development of its own national strategies.