Community Security Initiative

The Community Security Initiative (CSI) (Russian: Инициатива общественной безопасности) is a project of the OSCE in Kyrgyzstan that aims to help the country's police in their activities.[1] The project was established following the 2010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes.[2][3] The main objective of the CSI is "to increase the respect for and protection of human rights by the police and to build confidence between law enforcement agencies and communities including through the promotion of multi-ethnic policing."[4]

The CSI works in collaboration with the OSCE's Police Reform Programme and High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM). The project also collaborates with a large number of national authorities in Kyrgyzstan, including the Ombudsman, Prosecutor General, the State Penitentiary Service, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Health.

As part of the project, the OSCE has sent unarmed police advisers to several districts across Kyrgyzstan. Since 2011, the OSCE has donated over a dozen mobile police receptions—minivans with basic equipment needed for a mobile police reception—to re-establish and increase police presence in remote areas.[5][6]

Areas of operation

The office of the CSI project in Isfana

The CSI is present in the following districts and cities across Kyrgyzstan:[7][8]

Batken Province
Chuy Province
Jalal-Abad Province
Osh Province

References

  1. ↑ "Several events take place in the south aimed at increasing public trust in the police" (in Russian). Turmush. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kyrgyzstan: The Swiss Government renews its financial support to the Community Security Initiative in the south of Kyrgyzstan". Swiss Cooperation in Central Asia. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Role of community policing in countering radicalization highlighted in new guide by OSCE Community Security Initiative in Kyrgyzstan". OSCE. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "The Community Security Initiative". OSCE. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "OSCE gives the MoI of Kyrgyzstan mobile police reception centers" (in Russian). KirTag. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  6. ↑ Moiseeva, Svetlana (30 June 2014). "Police in the south receive mobile police receptions from the OSCE" (in Russian). Vechernyi Bishkek. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  7. ↑ Moiseeva, Svetlana (13 November 2013). "The OSCE tells about the implementation of a project on community security" (in Russian). Vechernyi Bishkek. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "OSCE and UNODC organize events in south Kyrgyzstan to improve public confidence in police". OSCE. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.

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