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HIGHLIGHTS
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Swiss Cooperation programCoginta is managing the policing projects portfolio of the Swiss Cooperation Agency in Romania and Bulgaria |
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Reform of the ministry of Interior and Security in Congo-KinshasaContracted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Coginta provides support to the reform of the ministry of Interior and security in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
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A diagnostic of security for GenevaCoginta conducted a security diagnostic for the canton of Geneva. Results were presented to the press on 14 October, 2011 |
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Best Civilian Oversight Mechanism for the Internal Security Agencies in TurkeyCoginta was tasked with drafting EU guidelines on civilian oversight and recommendations for a best mechanism of civilian oversight for the internal security agencies in Turkey. |
Coginta Backgrounders in police governance
December 2011 - Police Governance. European Union Best Practices
17.10.2011 - Democratic Governance of Police
17.10.2011 - Federalism and Police Systems
Policing Working Paper Series
No 40: JANUARY 2012. David Jenks, Lee Michael Johnson and Todd Matthews, Examining Police Integrity: Categorizing Corruption Vignettes
No 39: NOVEMBER 2011. Jennifer A. Johnson and John David Reitzel Social network analysis in an operational environment: Defining the utility of a network approach for crime analysis using the Richmond City Police Department as a case study
Key Coginta projects and missions during 2011
Egypt
In light of the Arab Spring, Coginta supported UNDP and UNODC initiative to consult with the public authorities in Egypt, mainly the MOI and the MOJ for developping a multi-year programme. Coginta also supported the consultation with civil society actors such as Police and Citizen for Egypt or Human Right associations.
Morocco
We conducted a scoping mission jointly with the International Center for Transitional Justice in Morocco in July 2011 to assist the reform of the policing sector.
Democratic Republic of Congo
Coginta was awarded a UNDP contract to draft a cross-national comparative study on local governance bodies of policing. The study will include case studies in Belgium, Burkina Faso, France, Turkey, and South Africa..
Guinea Conakry
Technical assistance mission to programming an inclusive SSR and facilitation of UNPD coordination role for SSR and Justice reform in Guinea Conakry. The mission includes support to national partners in drafting the national SSR priority plan and support to technical steering committees in finalizing ministerial contributions to the national priority plan.
Congo, Kinshasa
Coginta has been awarded a long-term contract of technical assistance to the "accountability" component of the police assistance project managed by PricewaterhouseCoopers in DRC. We are assisting two legal commissions of the Ministry of Interior in drafting decrees on a General Secretariat for Security and on Provincial and Local Security Committees.
Romania and Bulgaria
A Consortium member with DCAF and TC Team Consult, Coginta was selected by the Swiss Cooperation Agency as managing agent for policing projects in Romania and Bulgaria for the period 2011-2013. More info on the web site of the Thematic Funds Security of the Swiss Cooperation.
Nepal. Study on the federalization of policing - January 2011
Mandated by DCAF, Geneva, Coginta drafted a study on the federalization of policing in the context of Nepal constitutional change
A series of conferences on the security sector reform and civil society, Rabat and Agadir, Morocco - 2010-2011
Coginta, in partnership with ICTJ (International Center for Transitional Justice), provided an introduction to the governance of internal security to civil society organizations and to the Advisory Council of Human Rights or Conseil Consultatif des Droits de l'Homme in Rabat and Agadir from December 2010 to March 2011". See the "role of civil society in the Security Sector Reform" as well as the "Turkish experience".
New Book on Comparative Community Policing
Dominique Wisler and professor Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe, Texas Southern University, published with CRC Press in 2009, London, a comparative volume on community policing.
World Database on Policing
We are currently upgrading the World Database on Policing. We work to make it accessible on this website progressively starting in the coming days. See the World Database on Policing in progress (Monday, August, 9, 2010)