Human Rights and Democracy - Official Documents

In the Western Balkans, the Pool focused on three countries which are key for
ensuring enduring stability, cooperation and growth in the region: Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Kosovo and Serbia.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Conflict Pool funded a project to increase the
democratic accountability of the Ministry of Justice and Security through the signing
of an agreement between the ministry and civil society. In south-west Serbia, a
severely underdeveloped region which has seen clashes with and between rival
Islamic communities, the Pool funded activities to reduce community tensions by
encouraging dialogue between Serbia’s central government and Albanian and
Bosniak minorities, with the aim of improving ethnic minority representation in
Serbia.
In the Caucasus and central Asia region, the Pool supported a variety of
organisations and activities, including international and local NGOs working with civil
society and government, and Ministry of Defence-led work on security sector reform.
In Georgia we funded several crisis management and security sector reform projects
with local civil society and media groups, international peace missions, and the
government. In the Nagorno Karabakh region, funding supported the capacitybuilding
of civil society, young people, business and the media. In the Ferghana
Valley, our projects focused on education, access to legal assistance and building
awareness of human rights.
Strategic Support to International Organisations
Under this programme, £6.5 million was disbursed to support the international
community's conflict prevention and response efforts. This included training for
military, police and civilian personnel, including through the work of the British
Military Advisory and Training Team in the Czech Republic, which has trained
around 350 instructors from 30 potential and current troop contributing countries for
UN mandated missions, as well as through direct training assistance to some 1,400
personnel in formed units. We also provided support to the UN's Rule of Law Unit,
the Office of the UN Special Representative on the Prevention of Genocide and the
UN's work to develop operational guidance for peacekeeping mission personnel on
the protection of civilians.
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