International Police Coordination Board (IPCB)

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International Police Coordination Board (IPCB)
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Mandate

• Dubai Conference 2006
• IPCB is the main coordination body for
  institutional and police reform within the wider
  context of rule of law
• IPCB directs, prioritizes and coordinates the
  international effort

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Objective

• To ensure a coherent and coordinated approach
  amongst the international community and provide
  support to the Afghan MoI in the development of
  policies, strategy, and plans in the area of
  institutional and police reform

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Members
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Structure
Secretariat
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Wider Decision-Making Process
Security Standing Committee
IPCB
Joint Coordination Monitoring Board (JCMB)
Minister of Interior (Chair) 19 IC members MoI
Minister of Defence / UNAMA (co-Chair) Approximat
ely 30 IC members
Minister of Finance / UNAMA (co-Chair)
Governance Standing Committee
Socio-Economic Standing Committee
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IPCB Secretariat

• Role of the IPCB Secretariat is to guide,
  facilitate and coordinate the activities of the
  IPCB and its associated bodies
• Permanent body (civilian police personnel)
• Provides recommendations to, and receives
  direction from, IPCB
• Facilitates meetings and working groups
• Manages Police Reform Database
• Provides specialist input to key MoI/ANP
  documents

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IPCB Secretariat Staff
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IPCB Subordinate WGs

• Institution Reform
• Senior Police Advisory Group (SPAG)
• Police Assessment WG (PAWG)

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Senior Police Advisory Group

• Composed of senior police from IPCB members
• Meets regularly and upon tasking by the IPCB
• Provides police expertise to IPCB bodies and
  other organisations
• Sub-Working Group Police Assessment Working
  Group
• Response to IPCB/SSC UNAMA ANP growth approval of
  157.000 conditional upon development of
  assessment tool for civilian policing skills
• Expected feedback February 2012

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Strategic Level Context
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Lines of Effort/Plan of Action
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Key Questions
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Road Map for Board (Chicago)
IPCB BOARD/JCMB/CHICAGO SUMMIT
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IPCB RoL Mandate

• Work across agencies and IC to promote transition
  to RoL and Civilian Policing
• Improve linkages and transparency between police
  and justice sector reform
• Encourage transition to evidence-based judicial
  process
• Track transition of Central Prison Directorate to
  the MoI

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Key MoI Reform Initiatives

• National Police Plan (NPP)/National Police
  Strategy (NPS)
• Ministerial Development Plans (MDPs)
• Institutional Police and Policy Development
• Institutional Reform Working Group
• Senior Police Advisory Group
• Police Assessment Working Group
• MoI Legal Review Working Group

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Challenges to RoL Transition

• Illiteracy
• Corruption
• Militarization of Police
• Attrition
• Gender Human Rights
• Police/Prosecutor Relations
• Afghan Law v. Sharia/Tribal Custom

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Police Reform Database

• Operational since Jan 2011
• Administrated by IPCB Sec
• Simple tool to share unclassified information
• Virtual on-line place/tool for information
  sharing
• Prevents duplication of efforts and avoids gaps
  in
• joint coordination activities
• Preserves institutional memory
• Provides overview of intl. contribution with
  regards to police trainings, projects and overall
  police reform

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Police Reform Database
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Police Reform Database
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Police Reform Database
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Police Reform Database
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Police Reform Database

• Who is responsible for populating/updating the
  database?
• Over 100 analysts from various organizations/natio
  ns predominantly IPCB members (EUPOL, NTM-A,
  UNDP, GPPT, US, France, etc.)
• What information does the database contain?
• Contributing countries and organizations, facts
  and figures, interactive map, search engine,
  gallery, library, address book, police trainings,
  projects, etc

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Police Reform Database

• How do I gain access to it?
• Send request to one of the admin officers who
  will create an account for you and provide
  training
• zoran.mamuzic_at_ipcb-afg.eu
• ray.nash_at_ipcb-afg.eu
• mark.whittifield.can_at_afghan.swa.army.mil

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QUESTIONS?
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