Potential donors for Tajik police reform program have got acquainted with new samples of uniform for officers of internal affairs agencies of Tajikistan.
The new samples of police uniform were presented on the sidelines of a meeting of the working group on the police reform that took place at the National Library of Tajikistan yesterday.
The meeting members included representatives of the OSCE, European Union, UNODC, diplomatic missions of the United States, Russia, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, China, Japan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia as well as a number of international organizations active in the country, an official source at the Interior Ministry told Asia-Plus in an interview.
According to him, budgetary funds are not enough for production of new police uniform and Tajik authorities have decided to borrow money from international community.
Donors are expected to provide funds necessary for these purposes, the source added.
Tajik police reform is a reform aimed at improving the efficiency of Tajikistan’s police force and the renaming, under which the country's police force will formally be referred to as “politsia” instead of the Soviet-era “militsia,” is part of what the police reform.
The Police Reform Strategy in Tajikistan (Strategy) is a document, which defines the state policy on combating crime. It reflects the actions that will be implemented by the Government of Tajikistan in a mid-term on police reforming and development of Tajikistan.
The Strategy has been developed by national experts in cooperation with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Office in Tajikistan based on the Joint Needs Assessment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Tajikistan, carried out by the OSCE assessment team in 2008, as well as based on the “Police Reform Assessment” workshop, conducted from November 9 to 20, 2009.
The Strategy is aimed at the identification of goals, priorities and measures on Police Reforming and Development, the implementation of which facilitates the solution of crucial tasks of socio-economic development of Tajikistan in the modern era.
The Strategy represents a completely new approach to developing of internal affairs agencies of Tajikistan, taking into consideration the world practice on development and implementation of similar strategic documents, lessons and conclusions of past phases of Police Development, as well as the current realities and perspectives of its development.
The Strategy is implemented in accordance with the Program (Strategy) of Police Development Perspectives, with the participation of the following stakeholders: the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, internal affairs agencies, civil society institutes, the population of Tajikistan, and international organizations with donor-states.
The Strategy takes into account and envisages the reforms, occurring in the key areas of the society and the state vital activity.
