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The Community Policing Engagement Project entered its next phase with the first and second officer training held in Abuja. Officers from Garki District engaged in an intensive session focused on ethics,public trust and crisis intervention. Five more trainings are planned.
We are excited to announce the expanded partnership with the Ministry of Internal Affairs Moldova (MIA). Through the signing of a new cooperation agreement, we are taking a significant step towards building a more efficient, open, and citizen-oriented security sector in the Republic of Moldova.
With a joint workshop in Chișinău, the GS-Foundation and the Moldovan Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) have officially launched a groundbreaking project. The goal: to gather, consolidate and expand the Moldovan drone expertise of all institutions, with the possibility of establishing a drone competence centre in the future, subject to a political decision.
In late March, a delegation from the Republic of Moldova – including representatives from the National Police, Border Police, and other internal security bodies – took part in a two-day workshop hosted by Thales in Bucharest.
From March 31 to April 4, 2025, GS-Foundation hosted its first Train-the-Trainer course of the year in Abuja, aimed at empowering Gender Desk Officers of the Nigeria Police Force in their response to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).
As part of our EQUALFORCE project, which promotes gender equality in policing and security institutions in Moldova and Ukraine, we had the pleasure of facilitating a high-level exchange last week in Kyiv. A delegation from the Moldovan police visited Ukrainian partner institutions for a multi-day program.

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