EUROPEAN POLICE COLLEGE (CEPOL)

European Police College (CEPOL) is an agency of the European Union that brings together senior police officers across Europe with the aim of encouraging cross-border co-operation in the fight against crime, maintenance of public security and law and order. CEPOL relocated to Budapest, Hungary in 2014.

CEPOL has been running training activities since 2001. It organises between 70 and 100 courses, seminars and conferences per year. The implementation of the activities takes place at the national police training institutes of the Member States and the activities cover a wide range of topics.

CEPOL is managed by a Director, who is accountable to the Governing Board made up of representatives from the EU Member States, usually the Directors from the national police training institutes. The Chair of the Governing Board is a representative of the Member State holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Governing Board normally meets two times a year. The Governing Board can be supported by Working Groups, Project Groups and Sub-groups. CEPOL has about 30 staff members who carry out the day-to-day work, within two departments; the Learning, Science, Research & Development Department and the Corporate Services Department.

Expertise

• Counter Terrorism
• Civilian Crisis Management
• Domestic Violence
• Drug Trafficking
• Economic Crime
• Money Laundering
• Forensic Human Rights
• Organised Crime Police
• Police Ethics and Corruption
• Science Security
• Training