Official Presentation of CEPOL – European Police College

CEPOL brings together senior police officers across Europe with the aim to encourage cross-border co-operation in the fight against crime, public security and law and order.

Established as an agency of the European Union (EU) in 2005 (Council Decision 2005/681/JHA of 20 September 2005), the CEPOL Secretariat is based at Bramshill in the United Kingdom, approximately 70km from central London.

CEPOL organises between 80-100 courses, seminars and conferences per year. The implementation of the activities takes place at the national police training colleges of the Member States and the activities cover a wide-range of topics.

CEPOL has an annual budget of about 7.5 million euro (2007).

The CEPOL Secretariat is managed by Director Ulf Göransson, who has been appointed for a four-year period, ending February 2011.

The Director is accountable to the Governing Board which is made up of representatives from the EU Member States, usually the Directors from the national 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 four times a year and has established four committees:

 Annual Programme Committee (APC)

 Budget and Administration Committee (BAC)

 Training and Research Committee (TRC)

 Strategy Committee (SC)

Committees are supported by working groups, project groups, ad hoc working groups and sub-groups. CEPOL’s Secretariat has about 25 staff who carry out the day-to-day work, within two units; the Programme Unit and the Administration Unit.

The acronym CEPOL is French and stands for Collège européen de police – European Police College in English.

More informations on the CEPOL website