Community Policing Partnership Project
The Community Policing Partnership Project supports the development of local partnerships between police and Muslim communities across Australia.
Joint community and police projects, which aim to build trust, respect, inclusion and participation, are eligible to receive funding of up to $10,000.
The Community Policing Partnership Project aims to address issue raised by Muslim communities in previous HREOC projects, including the Ismaع report and Unlocking Doors.
Some concerns raised were a fear of victimisation if incidents of discrimination were reported and a general lack of trust in law enforcement agencies
The Community Policing Partnership Project aims to respond to these issues by:
- improving trust and understanding between Muslim communities, police and support services
- promoting awareness of human rights and avenues for complaint
- increase awareness of the diversity of Muslim communities and the issues that are important to them among police officers
- identifying good practice in policing at the local level to enhance community policing activities, and help respond to complaints relating discrimination and abuse.
HREOC is working with police services and the Australian Multicultural Foundation, which has extensive experience working with both Australian police services and multicultural communities, to deliver this program. Click here in 
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The first round of funding closed in March 2008; 19 projects were approved in this round. Please click here to view or click here to download in PDF [25 KB]
Subsequent funding rounds will follow in 2009 and 2010. Please check this page closer to the date for application and funding guidelines
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- First steering committee meeting held at the Australian Multicultural Foundation, 28 Feb 2008
