Training and non-security aspects of the police democratisation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

In any country, either ‘democratised’ or in transition, training institutions play a key role in the police management. Basic but also permanent training are crucial to the adaptation of the police forces to a con stantly changing environment. It is especially true in post-conflict areas, where new paradigms of policing and security management replace systems that often tended to be undemocratic and regime-oriented. Based on the principle that the goals of the training must follow those of the service, new paradigms in policing require new paradigms in training. However, it is only recently that reform projects of the security sector have integrated this training perspective into their strategies, beside or ganisational and material cooperation. Taking Bosnia and Herzegovina as an example, this article provides with a range of tools and concepts applicable to the reform of police training. It also emphasises the challenges that this country and the international community now face to ensure the sustainability of an 8 year-long police reform.