Police Reform

OSCE trains Tajik police and drug control officers on effective project management

Representatives of Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry (MIA) and Drug Control Agency (DCA) learned how to successfully manage projects and raise funds to implement reforms in their agencies at a training course in Dushanbe. The course was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and took place from 26 August to 13 September 2019. It brought together mid- to senior-ranking officers from different departments of the MIA and the DCA.

During the training, the participants learned about project cycle management, project assessment and monitoring, project proposal writing, fundraising and donor co-ordination skills. In practical sessions the participants developed project proposal drafts, which helped to assess first-hand needs and current priorities in the implementation of the police reform process in Tajikistan. The participants will now guide other officers at their respective agencies as a follow-up to the course. Selected participants will receive additional training to build on what they learned so far.

“This course is a powerful lever for boosting the police reform process in Tajikistan,” said the National Co-ordinator on the Police Reform Programme, Major-General Shodmonzoda Farhod. “Our officers were able to prepare nine project proposals, and I express my gratitude to the OSCE for this opportunity.”

“With this course, the job is not finished for the participants, but it is just the beginning. Now this group of professionals is equipped with the knowledge of proposal writing and project management for the benefit of police reform in Tajikistan,” noted Dmitry Kaportsev, Counter Terrorism and Police Issues Advisor of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe.