One of the highlights of the Police University College’s CEPOL presidency will be the meeting of CEPOL’s Management Board organized by the College at Raatihuone, Tampere, between 19 and 20 November. The meeting of CEPOL (European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training) in Tampere is an official side event of Finland’s EU presidency.
”CEPOL now goes back to its roots: the decision to establish the agency was made in the EU Summit in Tampere 20 years ago. The meeting of 1999 is considered one of the most important meetings in the history of the EU. At that time, the EU member states agreed on a common European police college that will assemble all institutions offering law enforcement training in Europe”, says Kimmo Himberg , Director of the Police University College.
Himberg is Chair of the Management Board of CEPOL from January 2019 until June 2020. The management representatives of the Agency will attend the meeting in Tampere, together with representatives from the EU Commission and the law enforcement training organizations of EU member states. The opening speech at the meeting will be given by National Police Commissioner Seppo Kolehmainen .
Decisions about future guidelines
The meeting will decide upon CEPOL’s common future guidelines and operating policies. The Agency currently plays an important role in law enforcement cooperation: CEPOL provides training for the police, customs, border guard and prosecution authorities of EU Member States. A total of 29,000 persons participated in CEPOL’s training last year. CEPOL also runs an exchange scheme for officials.
”The cooperation helps to combat, for example, cross-border crime. CEPOL is in key position to provide information on new methods through which we can more successfully prevent, investigate and combat crime”, says Himberg.
You can follow the meeting on social media with the hashtag #cepolMB.
