[{"bbox": [97, 102, 371, 131], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.3 Cross-cutting issues"}, {"bbox": [95, 142, 1074, 462], "category": "Text", "text": "**Gender:** Efforts to promote gender within the MoI have so far brought rather disappointing results. While the number of female staff has increased, it has not corresponded with improvements in the police response to gender based violence (GBV). Only few female staff have reportedly been spared from abuse, discrimination or harassment by male colleagues. Addressing and improving the situation of female staff, and also empowering the ANP to react more effectively to GBV, are priorities in this action. LOTFA puts emphasis on increasing the role of women in the Afghan police force, for the first time a gender work plan and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework was developed and a series of trainings were held to change the discriminatory attitudes towards female police and to ensure the effective implementation of gender tasks assigned to the MoI, also equipping the MoI with effective complaints mechanisms to better female-related complaints."}, {"bbox": [96, 459, 127, 489], "category": "Text", "text": "[T] [F] [SEP]"}, {"bbox": [95, 489, 1074, 752], "category": "Text", "text": "**Human rights and rule of law:** Human rights and rule of law are critical in the police professionalisation efforts, but important also in the wider ministerial functioning. Hence promoting the inclusion of human rights into national legislation is a priority. Although the MoI Strategic Plan (MISP) endorses the promotion of human rights, the latest assessments conclude that there are still substantial risks inherent to the ANP's operations, including torture and ill treatment of conflict-related detainees, recruitment of children and sexual harassment and violence towards female police women; abuses largely carried out with impunity. The risk assessment also reviewed existing accountability and mitigation measures and found a trend of support for greater accountability and mitigation of violations, but a noticeable lack of capacity to follow through and implement reforms."}, {"bbox": [95, 761, 1074, 851], "category": "Text", "text": "**Anti-corruption and PFM:** Fighting corruption and transparent PFM in the security sector are key objectives both for donors and the GoA and will be targeted with priority through this action in an ongoing effort to increase accountability and transparency of the MoI."}, {"bbox": [95, 860, 1074, 951], "category": "Text", "text": "**Environment:** A stabilised and improved security situation through an effective police force will support the implementation of government policies in all sectors (including, e.g., environmental protection and climate change adaptation and mitigation)."}, {"bbox": [97, 986, 453, 1014], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [97, 1028, 350, 1058], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Objectives/results"}, {"bbox": [95, 1068, 1074, 1129], "category": "Text", "text": "As per the Multiannual Indicative Programme (MIP) 2014-2020 for Afghanistan, the overall objective is to strengthen the civilian police force."}, {"bbox": [95, 1138, 1074, 1257], "category": "Text", "text": "The first **specific objective (SO1)** is improved efficiency and transparency of the MoI's payroll management system. The second **specific objective (SO2)** is the improved capacity of the ANP to enforce law and order. The third **specific objective (SO3)** is an improved citizen relationship, institutional accountability and professionalism of the ANP in providing law enforcement services."}, {"bbox": [95, 1267, 1074, 1328], "category": "Text", "text": "The **expected outputs O1 to O7** refer to the LOTFA-component, whereas **O8 to O11** refer to the Police Advisory Team-component:"}, {"bbox": [95, 1363, 528, 1394], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Support to Payroll Management (SPM):**"}, {"bbox": [95, 1403, 1074, 1465], "category": "List-item", "text": "**O1:** Updated policies implemented, business processes developed and applied to support independent MoI Payroll management;"}, {"bbox": [95, 1463, 971, 1494], "category": "List-item", "text": "**O2:** Capacity of MoI personnel improved to undertake all payroll processes and tasks;"}, {"bbox": [552, 1605, 589, 1630], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "[11]"}]