The International Network to Promote the Rule of Law INPROL www'inprol'org

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The International Network to Promote the Rule of
Law(INPROL)www.inprol.org



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INPROL The Inaugural Year

• Some Key Statistics
• 13 Consolidated Responses issued 4 pending
• 800 documents in Digital Library
• 249 user responses on forums
• 335 jobs posted on job board
• 79 web resources/links added

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Consistent Growth

• Membership has almost tripled since April 2007

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Community Discussion Forums



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General Rule of Law Forum Community Status
Report

• Membership
• 744 members in COP (May 2008) (grown from 241
  members in April 2007)
• Cooperating Organizations
• Core founding organizations, such as PILPG, with
  new ones being added on an ongoing basis, e.g.,
  UNODC.

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General Rule of Law Forum Community Issues
Addressed

• Rule of Law Forum Queries and Postings
• 28 ROL Queries (requests for info) received since
  launch (March 2007)
• 8 ROL Consolidated Responses (2 in progress)
• Consolidated Responses
• 1. South Sudan Police Act, submitted by Jeremy
  Mull
• 2. Judicial Independence and Financial
  Disclosure, submitted by Justice Sandra OConnor
• 3. Planning and Evaluating Corrections Training,
  submitted by Tunde Gere
• 4. Measuring the Impact of Judicial Training,
  submitted by Libor Chad
• 5. Prison Security in Societies Emerging from
  Conflict, submitted by Peter Chege
• 6. Witness Protection in Countries Emerging from
  Conflict, submitted by Anais Salvin
• 7. Recording of Court Proceedings, submitted by
  Barry Walsh
• 8. Vetting of Magistrates, submitted by Miguel
  Gordo

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General Rule of Law Forum Pressing Issues for
the Community

• Challenges
• Addressing and supporting all stages of the ROL
  Officer life cycle
• Pre-Deployment Know before you go
• Orientation Getting started quickly and
  effectively
• Programming How to design and implement various
  programs
• Monitoring and Evaluation Measuring program
  impact
• Integrating ROL into dialogues that range beyond
  traditional areas, e.g., property rights
• Opportunities
• Increased ROL staff footprints in the field.
• Growth in ROL doctrine and guidance.
• Widespread awareness of the need to capture
  lessons and share information

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General Rule of Law Forum Building and
Expanding the Community

• Participation from the Field
• Multinational Operations
• Bilateral Operations
• Intermittent Field Actors
• Participation from Headquarters
• Multinational Operations
• Bilateral Operations
• Think Tanks, Technical Assistance Providers,
  Universities, et. al.
• Cooperating Organizations
• Bringing in new cooperating organizations that
  can provide additional cash and in-kind
  contributions to expand INPROL capacity

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Police Facilitating Organizations
Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (Current) Swedish
National Police Board (Future)



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Police Commander Forum Community Status Report

• Membership
• 237 members in COP (May 2008) (grown from 64
  members in April 2007)
• Cooperating Organizations
• International Association of Chiefs of Police
  (IACP)

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Police Commanders Forum Queries 7 queries
received since launch (March 2007) 2
Consolidated ResponsesList of queries1.
Police Election Security, submitted by Neil
Pouliot2. HIV/AIDS and Effectiveness of Police
Forces in Developing Countries, submitted by
Hilary Pearce 3. Community Policing Anecdotal
Evidence of Best Practices, submitted by Mark
LaLonde4. Determining Public Opinion on Police
Services, submitted by Colette Rausch5.
Education and Training Course on Safety and
Security, submitted by Nadia Gerspacher6. Safe
and Secure Environment USIP Course, submitted by
Nadia Gerspacher7. Educating communities about
how to be policed in a democracy, submitted by
Robert BereiterList of Consolidated
Responses1. Election Security in Nepal, by Neil
Pouliot and Scott Worden2. Educating communities
about how to be policed in a democracy, by Neil
Pouliot
Police Commander Forum Community Issues
Addressed



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Police Commander Forum Pressing Issues
for the Community

• Challenges
• Locating previous UN Police Commissioners
• Capturing operationally relevant documents
  produced by previous missions
• Opportunities
• Support DPKO Police Divisions forthcoming
  Doctrine Development Group
• Support Organization for Security and Cooperation
  in Europe (OSCE) field missions
• Support DPKO Standing Police Capacity

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Police Commander Forum Building
and Expanding the Community

• Current and previous UN Police Commissioners
• Focal Points in OSCE field missions
• National Police Training Centers
• Cooperating Organizations
• - International Association of Law
  Enforcement Planners
• - International Police Executives
  Symposium
• - International Police Womens Association

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Stability Police Forum Facilitating Organization
Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units
(CoESPU) Vicenza, Italy



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Stability Police Forum Community Status Report

• Membership
• 212 members in COP (May 2008) (grown from 52
  members in April 2007)
• Cooperating Organizations
• International Tactical Officers Training
  Association (ITOTA)

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Stability Police Forum Queries/Posts 12 queries
received since launch (March 2007) 4
Consolidated ResponsesList of Consolidated
Responses1. Intelligence Led SPU Operations,
submitted by LTC Giorgio Romano2. Formed Police
Unit (FPU) Tasks, submitted by Don Bohn3. Job
Descriptions for FPU Proficiency Testing and
Training Team Members, submitted by Richard
MonkConsolidated Response in Progress1.
Preparation Course for FPU Proficiency Testing
and Training Teams, submitted by Richard Monk
Stability Police Forum Community Issues
Addressed



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Stability Police Forum Pressing
Issues for the Community

• Challenges
• Cooperation and information sharing expanding
  contributor base
• Leveraging knowledge and experiences of those
  conducting missions or who have conducted
  missions
• Opportunities
• FPU Standards and Review Team Report
• Developing and applying standards
• Certification of FPUs (Proficiency testing and
  training teams)
• Evaluation/validation of standards
• Development of doctrine
• Evaluation/validation of doctrine
• Standard Training Module

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Stability Police Forum Building and
Expanding the Community

• Current FPU coordinators
• European Gendarmerie Force
• National FPU training centers
• - China, India, Jordan, Nepal, Nigeria, Senegal
• COESPU graduates
• Others?

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The Greater INPROL Community

• Breaking information barriers INPROL links
  members
• - across institutions
• - among different missions
• - over time
• Includes individuals and organizations
• Multinational character

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Broad International Access

• Access from 160 countries

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International Representation

• Cooperating Organizations

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INPROL Success Factors

• Responsiveness
• - Facilitator interaction ensures targeted,
  timely response
• - Forum posts to hundreds of members at once
• Utility
• - Documents that are on point and practical
• - Direct response from those who have been there,
  done that
• Participation
• - Practitioners and experts with relevant
  experience
• Member to member interaction
• Institutional cooperation

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Need for Knowledge-Sharing in the Field

• Ad hoc nature of rule of law activities
• Institutional memory lacking - high staff
  turnover and inadequate handover processes
• Missions fail to utilize lessons of past
  experience
• No systemic approach to knowledge management and
  sharing
• Daunting task to distil those lessons into a
  useable body of knowledge

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Difficulties in Implementing Knowledge-Sharing
Practices

• Tragedy of the Commons - Limited time and
  resources with which to contribute
• Institutional Stovepipes - Organizational
  barriers to sharing and a culture of
  protectionism
• Quality vs. Quantity - Difficult to balance
  resources and member expertise
• Principle of Least Resistance - High information
  transaction costs for knowledge-seekers

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Knowledge-Sharing Best Practices

• Expert facilitators make best use of time and
  resources
• Network of cooperating organizations reduces
  stove-piping
• Advisory Council and Council of Experts ensures
  quality with quantity
• Incentives to participation and critical mass of
  qualified members overcome traditional barriers
  of resistance

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Future Features

• Future Features Resources
• Readers Guides
• - Narrated expert resource lists for RoL
  topics(legal aid) or tasks (drafting an
  anti-corruption law)
• Virtual Handover
• - Capturing papers, notes, and contacts from
  those departing a mission
• What Works
• - Success stories for rule of law activities

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Future Features

• Future Features Tools
• Project Space
• - Document/draft sharing working papers
  resources chats (e.g. Iraq Constitutional Review
  Commission)
• Donors Database
• - Bilateral and multilateral donors info on who
  funds projects in each category of rule of law
  activity and how to submit an application

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Future Features

• Future Features Interaction
• Recognition of Excellence in Promoting the Rule
  of Law
• Recognize superior contributions to the rule of
  law in each of INPROLs communities of practice
• Rostering/International Talent Search
• - Mapping links between INPROL members and
  related mission personnel assist deploying
  agencies to locate expertise for key leadership
  posts in field missions

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