QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT - Police Reform Programme

Police Reform Programme (Phase-II)
The meeting stressed the importance of coordination among service providers, the value of
increasing the number of female police officers in the VSC, the importance of gender sensitive
policing and of the protection and promotion of human rights of the victims of crime. Mr. Habibur
Rahman, Additional SP (Crime), Mr. Hossain Mohammad Kabir, Senior ASP of Sadar Circle, Mr.
Anwar Al Hoque, Editor the Daily Rangamati, Ms. Muminum Nessa Victim Support Expert and Mr.
Mohammad Alamgir, Communications and Public Relations Officer of PRP, attended the meeting
chaired by the Additional Superintendent of Police of Rangamati, Mr. Ashrafuzzaman.
Another meeting was organized with RDRS on 2nd September 2012 to establish a
partnership with the police and to provide services through the Rangpur VSC.
Additional Activities
Component 5 provided support to the Component 4 during the development of a manual
for Model Thanas and conducted sessions on gender sensitive policing and victim
support for the TOT. Furthermore, the Component jointly organised with the Component
3 basic investigation training for the staff of the two Victim Support Centres.
INFORMATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY
Key Outcome:
Bangladesh Police is progressively making use of cost effective and sustainable
information communication technology to provide better service to the community.
Key Activities and Progress:
Output 6.1:
Activity 6.1.1
An ICT Master Plan for the Bangladesh Police developed
Support efforts to establish governance structures and policy for ICT: Revise and
implement the Bangladesh Police Information Management Strategy and develop
a fully costed Master Implementation Plan for the governance, roll-out and
procurement of ICT Strategy and Enterprise Architecture; Establish ICT
governance, management and policy framework, such as a Police Information
Management (PIM) Division or similar ICT focal point within Police Headquarters;
Support the establishment of affordable maintenance mechanisms and establish
processes to plan and monitor for recurrent costs to ensure sustainable ICT
Progress on construction of offices in the Police Telecom Building at Rajarbagh
Logistics support was provided with the establishment of new offices, located in Rajarbagh, for
the proposed staff of the Police Telecom and Information Management: This included
procurement of office equipment and office fit out. Initial workshops on the development of the
JDFs for the senior positions in the new structure are planned for Quarter 4.
Activity 6.1.2 Support the development and implementation of costed Technology,
Information and Applications (Enterprise) Architectures and implementation
plans for each area of current and proposed future ICT needs
Session conducted on Cloud Computing and its possible use
A presentation was developed and jointly presented (with the Senior System Analyst from PHQ)
at a workshop on Cloud Computing and its possible use for the development and implementation
of applications and systems for government agencies in Bangladesh. The presentation focused
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