Computer-based Training Center opens at Police Academy of Armenia

PanARMENIAN.Net - On September 7, Mr. Dirk Boberg, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Armenia, Lieutenant General Alik Sargsyan, RA Chief of Police and Mr. Carel Hofstra, Acting Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan opened a Computer-based Training Center at the Police Academy of Armenia.

The establishment of the Center was initiated in the framework of UNDP “Anti-Trafficking Program: Capacity Developing Support and Victims Assistance” project and is aimed at assisting the senior management of the RA Police Academy to further improve the quality of training processes and introducing modern technologies to counter organized crime and other criminal activities.

“Trafficking is a serious challenge for human development and I am delighted to noted that this issue is high on the agenda of Armenian authorities. Law enforcement bodies play a very important role in the fight against human trafficking and, therefore, it is essential to develop the capacities of national institutions in their fights this phenomenon,” Mr. Boberg said.

“Establishment of this Center was included in 2010-2011 police reform program,” Lieutenant General Sargsyan said, for his part. “By the end of 2011, we will have reorganized Police.”