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1.- Organized activities Preconfiguration session of CEPOL In the years 2000 and 2001, as the start of CEPOL, France organized a cycle of seminars named "preconfiguration" of the European Police College, with the collaboration of Germany. The venues to hold them were the French Senior Police National School (ENSP) in Lyon and the Police Direction Academy (PFA) in Münster (Germmany). The dates and topics dealt were the following:
Feasibility study of the European Police College Three seminars cycle organized by Italy (Police Forces Perfection School) and Sweden (National Police Academy). The venues and dates were:
Non-Military Crisis Management Course Directed by Austria, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, France and Germany, its aim is to train senior police officers of the member states which are going to play responsibility roles in the European Force which participates in peace keeping or restablishment missions. 2.- Activities 2002 2.1.- Priorities In configurating the programme, the Governing Board took into account the priorities expressed by the Council of the European Union, in particular, the outer borders, and the priorities delivered in the meeting in july 2001, referred to the external control of borders, public orden and the harmonization of international or European content courses in the different State Members. During 2002 several courses and seminars have been held and will be developed on those matters which the Governing Board considered as priorities: Non-Military Crisis Management: The European Councils held in Helsinki (December 1999), in Santa María Da Feira (june 2000) and Nize (december 2000) adopted concrete aims in the field of non military crisis management. Human trafficking and outer border control: This priority is aimed at border control courses, human trafficking and crime control. Cooperation with candidate countries: The activities for candidate countries are aimed at preparing them to enter the European Union. Although all training courses and activities are open to candidate countries, the programme includes three specific activities: Police Ethics, Police Systems in the European Union and migration control. Human Rights: The respect for democratic guarantees is still a highest priority, not only for candidate countries but also for Member States. A related subject is included, community policing, because of its importance in the democratic police models and because the heads of police work chose it as a priority in their meeting in Paris. Public Order: Due to problems arisen in Goteborg and Genova, the JAH Council suggested on 13 july 2001 that CEPOL should organize a course on public order. Violence on sports events is a field related. Therefore, both have been included in the 2002 programme. Anti-terrorism: The events on 11 september 2001 in New York have turned it into an urgent need. Spain (Guardia Civil and National Police) takes part as organizer in the courses to be developed. Knowledge of police systems: This priority is expressed in the article 6.2,a of the Council Decision and has been combined with the article 7,j (language skills) as part of a continuous topic for coming programmes. Leadership: It is a constant need to develop common rules and to improve the cooperation and understanding between senior police officers and, therefore, this activity is included to put in common the heads of police forces to provide solutions. Learning and development: Training is an expensive activity. The development of more efficient ways of providing learning in the workplace can reduce future expenses. Thus, a course for Heads of police is included in the programme. 2.2.- Additional activities Harmonization of training programmes (article 7.b Council Decision) According to article 7,b of the Council Decision,
CEPOL must contribute to the preparation of harmonized programmes
for the training of mid-rank police Officers, specialized police
Officers and police Officers in the cross-border cooperation between
the police forces in Europe, and must contribute to establish advanced
training programmes. Dissemination of best practice and research recommendations (art. 7,e Council Decision) To fulfil this task, CEPOL must obtain more information and knowledge about the non-stop research and scientific projects within the State Members Police Academies, in candidate countries and Norway and Iceland; expanding these activities also to Universities and other external Institutions. In this sense, in the first semester of 2002 a conference on research and science was organized, with participants of the Police Academies, Universities and other Institutions. Development of an electronic network (art. 7, I Council Decision) The discussion net of the European Police must be an easy access electronic infrastructure for internal communication and the exchange between CEPOL experts, teachers and Governing Board members. The number of participants in this network is estimated at about 200 people in 2002. A second step in the development of the network is the expansion to a Knowledge Net of European Police which will qualify Officers to know the operational police procedures and to good practice in the different scopes of police work in the State Members of the EU. Developing and providing training for candidate countries (art. 7,g Council Decision) To provide specific training for the police authorities of applicant countries to enter the EU, CEPOL must have an idea on the training needs of police forces from these countries. Therefore, a meeting with candidate countries will be organized to fulfil this task in an efficient and responsible way. Training for teachers (art. 7, d Council Decision) Developing a vision of learning and teaching which can be used within CEPOL to teach teachers from European training centres is one of the most important missions of the learning Committeee management. 3. Foreseen activities for 2003 Following the activities marked by the Council of the European Union, the Governing Board of CEPOL has approved for 2003 the accomplisment of 24 courses and seminars which will be organized and held in different EU countries, on the topics now mentioned:
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