Enhance the Professional Capacity of State Justice providers including respect for due process through establishment of NLTC Indicator 2.3: Number of National Legal Training Centre chapters operational The annual target for this activity result is one additional NLTC chapter established With the groundwork laid for the establishment of the chapter, this target is on schedule. On 27 January, JHRA, the Ministry of Higher Education and Herat University agreed on a framework for the establishment of the NLTC in Herat. Other preparations for the launch of the centre have also been undertaken a curriculum for the centre was finalised, and a mission to Herat will take place in April in order to complete a needs assessment on equipment required to activate the centre. The aim of the NLTC is to give law and sharia graduates and judiciary staff an opportunity to develop their skills through systematic, structured training. This is the first effort to establish coordinated, comprehensive and continuous platform for training in the province. Previous training has been ad hoc. According to the plan for the centre, recent law and sharia graduates will receive training for the stage, or qualifying exams, while staff of justice sector institutions will receive short term capacity building training in 2015. Longer term programs will be instituted in the future. It is expected that the centre will be established and training sessions will start in Q. EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR During Q 2015, a total of USD 134,664 were spent for this output. For more details, please see Annex 2. A recent graduate of Herat University attends the signing of the framework for the establishment of the NLTC in Herat. The centre will provide training for graduates like her to take qualifying exams. Credit: UNDP, January 2015.