PURPOSE:
presentation of the final accounts of the European Police College (CEPOL) for
the 2008 financial year.
CONTENT: this
document sets out a detailed account of the implementation of the College’s
budget for 2008. It indicates that the College’s final budget amounted to EUR
8.7 million in 2008 with the following allocations between budget titles:
- Title 1:
Expenditure relating to persons working within the College: EUR 3 237 500
- Title 2:
Buildings, equipment and miscellaneous expenditure: EUR 493 500
- Title 3:
Operational expenditure: EUR 4 969 000.
As regards the
staffing policy, the College, whose headquarters are in Bramshill (UK)
officially had 22 members of staff and 2 national seconded national experts.
In 2008,
CEPOL’s main activities consisted of:
- Courses
and seminars:the College organised
87 courses and seminars. Activities increased on 2007 with 2 078
participants. The College Secretariat organised nine activities in
support of the network. Two major conferences were organised in Paris
under the aegis of the College. The College Annual Conference: ‘Crime,
Police and Justice in the 21st Century’. The meeting of the General
Directors of the Police, Customs and Security Services from the MEDA
regions and the EU Member States, organised under the Euromed Police II
project developed by the College.
- Cooperation: the College continued to formalise cooperation with key
institutions. A cooperation agreement with Interpol was signed in
December 2008. The College continued work on furthering agreements with
Frontex and Eurojust. Agreements will be signed in 2009.
- European
Dimension: the College conference ‘European
Dimension -Enhancing Europe in Police Training’ took place in October
2008 in France.
- Electronic
Network (e-Net): the implementation of the College’s
e-Net was concluded.
- Common
curricula: three ‘new’ common curricula were
developed (civilian crisis management, drug trafficking and management
of diversity). The revision of the common curriculum on counterterrorism
was finalised.
- Evaluation: a new system for evaluating the College activities was developed
and a post-course evaluation system introduced.
- Exchange
programme: the College/Agis exchange programme
came to a successful conclusion with the publication of ‘Exchanging
places: sharing police knowledge and practice in the European Union’.
- Research
and science: the College developed the concept
for a ‘European Police Science and Research Bulletin’. The 2008 CEPOL European
Police Research and Science Conference focused on ‘Comparative policing
research from a European perspective’ with a focus on organised crime.
- Euromed
Police II project: nine preparatory
meetings, eight seminars and five study visits took place for senior police
officers in the MEDA countries. A meeting of the General Directors of
the police, customs and security services from the MEDA regions and the
EU Member States was organised. A specific section of the College
restricted website on e-Net was developed and became operational in November
2008.
Full details
of the College’s accounts are available from the following address: http://www.cepol.europa.eu/index.php?id=final-accounts