Three online sessions were organized for police staff of the Republic of Moldova, with a focus on the developments and adjustments of the database on hate crimes, and related issues to be addressed when working on the disaggregated data collection. Sessions followed-up on the project support to the national beneficiaries in the Republic of Moldova to improve and harmonise the data collection methods, that started in 2019. The sessions were organised in cooperation with the General Police Inspectorate to inform and keep up to date the operators of the database with new developments within the data collection system, but also to ensure systematic discussions and learning from each other’s experiences in the area of disaggregated data collection on hate crimes.
Along with the training, participants –141 operators of the database from the General Police Inspectorate, including criminal investigation officers and statisticians from police inspectorates of Central, North and South regions of the Republic of Moldova - have been provided with an instruction on data collection on hate crimes. The document was prepared by the project jointly with the General Police Inspectorate, in conformity with the needs and requirements of the institution in the given field of work.
In concluding the sessions, it was agreed to continue the cooperation and further assistance on data collection reported and recorded by the Police, as this represents an important pillar for providing systemic responses to discrimination and hate crime. An increased level of reporting by the Police builds stronger trust in the institution by the general public and by vulnerable communities, in relation to redress mechanisms to discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes.
This event was organised in cooperation with the General Police Inspectorate of the Republic of Moldova, in the framework of the joint European Union and the Council of Europe project “Strengthening the access to justice through non-judiciary redress mechanisms for victims of discrimination, hate crime and hate speech in Eastern Partnership countries”, part of the programme “Partnership for Good Governance II, 2019-2022”.
