Quarterly Progress Report: January-March--2008 - Police Reform ...

Bangladesh Police to improve performance and professionalism consistent withbroader government objectives.The programme falls into the relevant service line “Justice and Human Rights” of thesecond strategic corporate goal of ‘Fostering Democratic Governance’. Thedevelopment goal is to create conducive environment for poverty reduction inBangladesh through improved human security particularly for the disadvantaged andvulnerable groups including poor women and children.(2) Description of the key objectives and outputs of the ProjectThe purpose of the Police Reform Programme is to develop a safer and more secureenvironment based on respect for human rights and equitable access to justicethrough police reform, which is more responsive to the needs of poor and vulnerablepeople including women.There are some specific objectives of each component. The key objectives of theindividual components are given below.Crime PreventionTo improve police-community engagement and create an environment that facilitatesprevention of crime and equitable access to justice and minimization of any influencethat may in any manner alter the effective functioning of police.Investigations, Operations and ProsecutionsTo ensure high quality police operations and investigations responsive to the specialneeds of women and children to facilitate the processing of cases in the court and tomove towards modern hard evidence based investigation and court proceduralculture.Human Resource Management and TrainingTo ensure that highly qualified police officers with outstanding ethical and moralprinciples are serving the nation and that well defined Human Resource Managementand Human Resource Development processes will result in unbiased, transparent andeffective recruitment and promotion procedures.Strategy and OversightTo assist Bangladesh Police in establishing and maintaining the standards, systemsand structures necessary to meet current and future policing needs.Programme ManagementTo ensure sustainable program outcomes are achieved through effective andtransparent management of-program resources and the promotion of collaborativework practices.Anti-trafficking of Human BeingsTo ensure effective investigations, disruption, and interception of trafficking in humanbeings, performed by a gender and child sensitive police service.Quarterly Progress Report (January-March) 2008 Page 2 of 27