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country PPDVP governance mechanisms involving external stakeholders did not take the individualcountry contexts and existing police culture sufficiently into account. The Police Service and otherin-country stakeholders need to reach a certain degree of awareness, partnership and trust, andleadership before they will be ready to create a multi-stakeholder body. In hind-sight, perhaps onemight ask whether the proposed governance structures were appropriate to the specific cultures,and whether the 'time was right' for these structures when the PPDVP began.82. At the PICP's 3ath Annual Meeting, the Chiefs of Police endorsed the recommendation from thePPDVP that Pacific Islands Police should give priority to mobilising effective country governancearrangements for the country programme. Although the governance mechanisms envisioned havenot yet been established across all five participating countries, there has been some progress ineach. Tonga is the only one of the five countries which has fully implemented this countrygovernance structure.83. In each country, domestic violence reports are discussed at regular meetings of Unit Supervisors orPolice Management; some also have a sub-committee which focuses specifically on domesticviolence. In Tonga, domestic violence is a specific discussion topic at the Police Commissioner'smonthly meetings with District Commanders. These meetings are internal to the Police service. Thestructure varies between police services but plays a similar role of oversight and management of thedomestic violence work being undertaken in each Service.8s. Tonga has an effective National Domestic Violence Advisory Committee, and steps are underway inKiribati to establish such a committee as part of the national response to the study on Sexual andGender Based Violence and Child Abuse. The Tonga Committee provides an effective mechanism forthe Police Commissioner to hear stakeholder perspectives on Police practice; during the BaselineUpdate study, participants reported increased transparency, dialogue, early detection of noncompliancewith policy and/or procedures, and effective monitoring of key domestic violenceindicators. In Cook Islands, Samoa and Vanuatu there are either multi-agency committees whichmeet regularly to discuss issues at a case management level, or informal police/NGO/governmentagency meetings to discuss domestic violence issues. These mechanisms have been created in away, and at a speed, which was appropriate for its stakeholders. Each of these mechanismsprovides opportunities for sharing information on how police and other agencies are addressingspecific cases and discussion on domestic violence issues, and are building working relationships andconfidence between the agencies. Reports and feedback indicate that some of these partnershipshave reached the point where police will be held to account (either publicly through the media orprivately to police management) for deviations from the 'agreed' level of response and service.These inter-agency meeting mechanisms could form the nucleus of a Domestic Violence AdvisoryCommittee.8s. In some of the participating countries, government departments have tended to work in silos, withfew cross-agency activities; and in most of the countries the government agencies, including police,are not accustomed to working with non-government agencies. The 'command culture' of somepolice services, and the formal processes for engagement with outside agencies, has not beenconducive to easy working with external stakeholders.8s. Information from the Baseline Studies and Baseline Updates, and from evaluation participants,indicates that has been a lack of trust between police and NGOs, and a lack of understanding bypolice, other government agencies, and NGOs about each other's roles and responsibilities. It wasalso suggested that some agencies may have felt a need to 'get their own house in ordet beforethey would be willing to engage with a wider group of stakeholders where they were potentiallyopen to criticism. The work done to date in building relationships between police and NGOs, and inPPDVP Evaluation Report Page 15
some countries supporting NGOs to improve their service to domestic violence victims, has startedt o break down barriers and address concerns about each other's capacity and willingness torespond.87. Some respondents raised doubts about whether there is a need for a national committee. In somecountries there is a degree of resistance to the establishment of "yet more committees" potentiallyi nvolving the same small pool of people who are on a number of other committees and groups. Thisconcern could be overcome by linking with existing mechanisms such as Sector SteeringCommittees, national Sexual and Gender Based Violence Committees, SafeNet, National CrimeCommittee, or national committees developing relevant legislation. Police and other keystakeholders working in the Domestic Violence field could become a sub-committee of the widergroup. It was suggested by a respondent, that there should be a consultation process before aNational Committee is formed - it should not simply be created by police or any other agency. Therewas also a suggestion that police may not be the most appropriate body to set up, or lead, a nationalcommittee and that it should be headed by another government agency with the lead role inaddressing domestic/family violence.Summary from questionnaires: In-County Management and oversight:[1] = 0; [2] = 0; [3] = 1; [4] = 10; [5] = 7; [6] = 5; DNK = 14; N/A = 1Ranki ng Scales:[I] = very low/poor; [Z] = poor; [J] = below average; [4] = above average; [5] = good; [6] =very high/excellent.DNK = Do not know; N/A = Not applicable-Recommendations for any future uhase:Continue to encourage the formation of structures where police can work in partnership withother stakeholders to ensure a holistic response to dealing with domestic violence issuese-Support and strengthen the existing inter-agency meetings of key domestic violence responseand prevention stakeholdersSupport and encouragement for Pacific Police to strengthen/formalise the internal structures formanagement of their domestic violence engagement and response, and to support police-engagement in a national domestic violence committee (this may require engagement by seniorlevelNZ police)Consultation with other government agencies, and then more widely, to identify an appropriatenational structure where a domestic violence advisory committee (or sub-committee) might sit -and whether there should be a place on this committee for external groups (eg donors, PPDVP,NZP, AFP)Consider what support might be needed for a national Committee if a suitable body doesn'talready exist (eg costs for meeting space, coordination and servicing of committee, participants'travel) and the appropriate lead agency to lead thisquality IndicatorEffectivenessExplanationDVUs have been established with dedicated staff, training of key groupsof police has taken place, and new operating procedures developed andimplemented. Attitudinal changes and institutionalising changes inprocedures take a long time, but the PPDVP has assisted in-country policeservices to take significant steps to improve their response to domesticviolence which is the principle objective of the PPDVP. Relationshipsbetween police and other stakeholders have improved in each country,and working relationships to address domestic violence in a collaborativeway are developing. Objective 4 & 5 are not the 'core business ' of policeservices, however the PPDVP has worked closely with other regionalorganisations and programmes to support and encourage the inclusion ofdomestic violence in their activities.Rating (1-6)5PPDVP Evaluation Report Page 16
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