The Southeast Europe Police Chiefs Association (SEPCA) held its General Assembly meeting in Skopje, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The three-day meeting took place from April 14-16^th 2011 and was hosted by the Ministry of Interior of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.  The Assembly voted on the SEPCA’s 3-year strategy and Action Plan for 2011, chose the new Executive Board, and reviewed project and partner activities. Under the auspices of SEPCA, UNDP/SEESAC implements a project supporting the Women Police Officer’s Network (WPON) aimed at gender mainstreaming in police practice in Southeast Europe. Ms. Jelena Vasiljevic, Chair of the WPON Council,  and Ms. Bojana Balon, WPON Project Manager, reported to the assembly and received unwavering support from the police chiefs for WPON’s activities and 2011 work plan. The work plan envisages capacity development for the WPON council members and development of guidelines for gender mainstreaming in police practice.  ... read more

The presentation of the report was organized on 11 December 2010 in Sofia, Bulgaria, by the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior, SEPCA and SEESAC, with the financial support of the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC). The roundtable was opened by Deputy Minister of Interior Mr. Pavlin Dimitrov who expressed his strong support for the improvement of the position of women in the Bulgarian police as a means to increase police efficiency. The Head of the Public Order Directorate in the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior also addressed the meeting. Ms Olga Yoncheva, representing SEPCA, stated that the WPON project was the most successful among the SEPCA initiatives and will be supported in future by the Chiefs of Police.  ... read more

On 26^th November 2010 in Sarajevo, the 1^st Annual Meeting of the South East Europe Women Police Officers Network (WPON) was held, during which the WPON was officially launched. At the meeting, jointly organized by SEESAC, the South East Europe Police Chiefs Association (SEPCA) and the Administration of Federal Police in BiH representatives of the nine police services members of WPON elected the first Executive Committee and discussed and approved the annual work plan for 2011. A representative of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia was elected as the first Chair of WPON while the Deputy Chair is a representative of the Ministry of Interior of Croatia. The Executive Committee was completed with the election of a representative of the Ministry of Interior of the Republika Srpska (BiH) as Chair Elect.  ... read more

On 17 November 2010 in Banja Luka, the Ministry of Interior of the Republika Srpska, with the support of SEESAC, organized the presentation of the report Establishing the Southeast Europe Women Police Officers Network (WPON). Following opening statements and a press conference to mark the launch of the report, a roundtable on the improvement of the position of women in policing and the implementation of UNSC Resolution 1325 was held.  ... read more

On 15 November 2010, the National Police Service of Montenegro, with the support of SEESAC, organized the presentation of the report Establishing the Southeast Europe Women Police Officers Network-Research Findings (WPON). Following opening statements and a press conference to mark the launch of the report, a roundtable on the improvement of the position of women in policing and the implementation of UNSC Resolution 1325 was held.  ... read more

The presentation of the report Establishing the South East Europe Women Police Officers Network – Research Findings took place under the high patronage of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, Ms.Jadranka Kosor, in Zagreb, Croatia 5 November 2010. The presentation, followed by the roundtable on the position of women in police services in SEE and mechanisms for gender equality was organized by the Croatian Ministry of Interior and UNDP/SEESAC.  ... read more

On 28 October 2010 the Administration of Federal Police in BiH, with the support of SEESAC, organized the presentation of the report Establishing the Southeast Europe Women Police Officers Network (WPON). Following a press conference to mark the launch of the report, a roundtable on the implementation of UNSC Resolution 1325 was held.  ... read more

SEESAC's project on women police officers features in the Newsletter 6/2010 of the Regional Cooperation Council.  ... read more

On 7 October 2010 the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia, with the support of SEESAC organized the launch of the report Establishing the Southeast Europe Women Police Officers Network (WPON). The launch was followed-up by a seminar on the Position of Women in the Police Services of the Southeast Europe and Mechanisms for the Promotion of Gender Equality.  ... read more

On 9-10 June 2010, representatives of Ministries of Interior and Police Services from Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Federation, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Republika Srpska, Montenegro, Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia met in Belgrade for the Interim Steering Committee of the Women Police Officers Network (WPON) in South East Europe.  ... read more