Management Europees Politiecollege onder Litouws voorzitterschap (en)

On 21 June 2013 an event dedicated to the European Police College (hereinafter CEPOL) Presidency handover by the Irish colleagues will take place in the Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior. On 1 July 2013 Lithuania will begin presiding over the Council of the European Union for the first time in its history. At the same time, it will take over the Presidency and representation of CEPOL in different EU formats.

Every half a year representatives of the country in charge of the EU Presidency matters and responsible for CEPOL activity in their state forward the Presidency experience and continuous issues to the country taking up the role of the Presidency.

Therefore, the Irish representatives will transfer the Presidency to the Lithuanian Police. Greece will also participate in this event, due to the fact that it is the following state to be responsible for carrying out the EU Presidency after Lithuania.

The event of CEPOL handover will take place on 21 June in the Police Department, Lithuania. In the course of the abovementioned event the Irish representatives will inform the participants of the meeting about the results achieved during their Presidency and the remaining continuous issues to be considered. In their turn, the Lithuanian colleagues will present the Lithuanian Presidency priorities. Moreover, the agenda of CEPOL Management meeting taking place on 11-12 November 2013 will be considered and the official Presidency handover report will be signed.

During the CEPOL Presidency the Lithuanian Police will grant its special attention to the issue of enhancing cooperation between the EU and Eastern Partnership countries. Strengthening cooperation and establishing durable networking is one of the main CEPOL activity priorities, which is being implemented with the help of CEPOL exchange programme. This programme enables the officers from diverse European law-enforcement institutions to exchange positive experience, cooperate effectively in the process of crime investigation, create and maintain common European police culture. In the course of the Lithuanian Presidency special attention likewise will be paid to improving and developing the quality of distance learning, as well as creating conducive conditions for using CEPOL electronic services which expand the possibilities to exchange the best practice and expert knowledge on different questions by distance means.

The European Police College was established in 2005. Its main goal is to encourage cooperation among the Member States by improving police officers’ qualification, as well as to form common understanding and value judgement of fight against criminality, crime prevention and ensuring public safety via common trainings.

The main activity of CEPOL is development of cooperation among the European police and other law-enforcement institutions in the process of organizing joint trainings. In every Member State there is a National Contact Point (NCP) which represents its country in this network, participates in taking common decisions on CEPOL activity issues, proposes suggestions on improving and developing CEPOL activity and organizes CEPOL trainings and meetings in its state. In Lithuania the role of the NCP is granted to the Training Division of the Human Resources Board of the Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior.

Every year CEPOL organizes about 100 different events on topical issues relevant for all the police forces of Europe. Over 4000 police officers from Europe participate in different trainings, seminars, conferences and webinars organized by CEPOL every year.

CEPOL as the EU agency was established on 20 September 2005 by the Council Decision 2005/681/TVR. CEPOL headquarters is in Bramshill, The United Kingdom.