Annual Report - Police Reform Programme
Annual Report - Police Reform Programme
Annual Report - Police Reform Programme
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<strong>Police</strong> <strong>Reform</strong> <strong>Programme</strong><br />
(Phase-II)<br />
The VSC database was completed and installed at Dhaka<br />
and Rangamati VSC. VSC staff began entering data at the<br />
end of December 2012. From early 2013, VSCs are expected<br />
to be able to manage their own records of all victims,<br />
including any other relevant information on services taken or<br />
receiving from VSCs.<br />
Six new VSCs are currently being constructed and are<br />
expected to be completed by 2013. The PRP National Project<br />
Director laid the foundation stone of the new VSCs in<br />
Rajshahi and Rangpur during Quarter 3 of 2012 and both<br />
sites are expected to be handed over to the Bangladesh <strong>Police</strong> by January 2013. The other four sites<br />
are expected to be handed over by June 2013.<br />
The third VSC Steering Committee Meeting was held in<br />
Rangamati on 31 December 2012 to ensure that the VSC is<br />
operating smoothly and effectively. The main discussion<br />
points included 2012's successful completion, case reviews<br />
and the extension of NGO services for the next year. NGO<br />
representatives have shown interest in working with the<br />
Bangladesh <strong>Police</strong> during the upcoming year. Additionally, a<br />
meeting held with the Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of<br />
Finance on 26 December included a discussion on the<br />
Bangladesh <strong>Police</strong>'s budget's operational cost in order to<br />
ensure sustainability. Relevant and interested officials were convinced of the importance of including<br />
victim support as a separate code within the budget due to a nationwide expansion of VSCs requiring<br />
efficient delivery of funds.<br />
A public consultation programme on 'The Role of VSCs in Addressing Violence against Women in<br />
Bangladesh' was organized by the Standing Committee on Women and Children Affairs on 13 December<br />
2012 in the Bangladesh Parliament Committee Meeting Room. The participants consisted of Committee<br />
members and relevant VSC officers, with the latter exemplifying addressing VAW. On behalf of VSCs,<br />
Deputy Commissioner, Ms. Shamima Begum, presented a report on VSC activities.<br />
The Bangladesh <strong>Police</strong> established new partnerships with five<br />
NGOs in counselling, medical services, interpreting local languages<br />
and rehabilitation. This novel network was formalised by signing a<br />
Memorandum of Agreement among the Rangamati VSA,<br />
Bangladesh Mohila Parishad, Marie Stopes, Green Hill, Family<br />
Development Services and Research (Surjer Hashi Clinic) and<br />
Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST).<br />
A meeting held with the National Forum of Organizations Working<br />
with Disabled (NFOWD) aimed to improve police services to<br />
persons with disabilities. The PRP recommended holding a further meeting with NGOs that provide<br />
services to the disabled. In order to improve police responses to women and children with disabilities,<br />
two training programmes on the 'Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Bengali Sign Language<br />
Orientation' were organized in Dhaka from 27 to 29 November and 1 to 3 December 2012, attended by<br />
forty-eight participants from the Dhaka VSC and representatives of fifteen NGOs. The trainings were<br />
supported and sponsored by the Society of the Deaf and Sign Language Users.<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2012<br />
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