IOM and the Indonesian National Police (INP) this week hosted a
one-day seminar on enhancing the role of the National Police
Commission (Kompolnas).

The seminar, which is part of a broader six-year IOM police
reform programme funded by the Netherlands, included keynote
speakers from the Japanese National Police Agency and the United
States International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance
Program.

Kompolnas chair Widodo AS opened the event, which was attended
by members of Kompolnas, senior INP officers, members of the House
Representatives, academics, NGOs and donor representatives.

The objectives of the seminar were to redefine the role of the
appointed, supervisory Commission in the development of democratic
policing in Indonesia and to strengthen its role in defining and
developing future INP policy.

Since 2004, IOM has helped the INP to train almost 100,000
policemen and women in community policing and human rights. The
programme will eventually train a total of 200,000 police personnel
throughout Indonesia.

For more information, please contact:

Jihan Labetubun

IOM Indonesia

Mobile: +62 811 190 7028

E-mail: "mailto:jlabetubun@iom.int">jlabetubun@iom.int

or

Monica Tanuhandaru

E-mail: "mailto:mtanuhandaru@iom.int">mtanuhandaru@iom.int