From 15 February to mid-April 2021, the regional project “Strengthening access to justice for victims of discrimination, hate crime and hate speech in the Eastern Partnership” will train 16 police officers in the Republic of Moldova as trainers who will carry out educational and capacity building activities for the General Police Inspectorate in the Republic of Moldova on equality and non-discrimination.

The 16 police officers will deepen and improve their knowledge in practical implementation of concepts related to human rights and equality, that will contribute to a respectful approach in interacting with different social groups. After this training, the participants will conduct training sessions at the local level for other police officers.

This training of trainers is based on the findings of an analysis carried out by the project on harmonising law enforcement training in the Republic of Moldova on non-discrimination and combating hate crimes. 
 The analysis is now available in Romanian. 

In the last report of monitoring racism and intolerance in the Republic of Moldova, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance emphasized the necessity of training the staff responsible for law enforcement on non-discrimination themes, including police officers.

The regional project “Strengthening the access to justice through non-judiciary redress mechanisms for victims of discrimination, hate crime and hate speech” runs from 1 February 2019 to 31 December 2021, in the framework of the Partnership for Good Governance Programme. The goal of the project is to strengthen access to justice for victims of discrimination, hate crime and hate speech through non-judicial redress mechanisms in Eastern Partnership countries, and the main expected result is the improvement of legislation on anti-discrimination, hate crime and hate speech and a more effective enforcement, in line with European human rights standards, in the beneficiary countries.