Objectives
- To offer comprehensive training on the different EU police communication channels and EU information exchange mechanisms and instruments
- To exchange best practices regarding the functioning of Single Points of Operational Contact (SPOCs), and/or to establish a format for regular contacts of SPOC heads and staff, focusing on training needs and activities
- To identify common workflow requirements for SPOCs in Member States and development of related guidelines as a basis for SPOC staff training
Activities
- Developing an effective coordination of training on law enforcement information exchange for SPOCs staff and relevant SPOC “stakeholders”
- Organising awareness campaigns on SPOCs activities
- Promoting a common law enforcement culture and creation of a consolidated proactive network of SPOC Heads and staff
- Creating a repository of good practices regarding training on EU law enforcement information exchange, taking into account related existing curricula and results of related initiatives
- Setting up of an European Network of SPOC staff and Heads of SPOC
Results
- National quality manual for international law enforcement cooperation
- SPOC training platform (on line learning modules, webinar, educators’ support)
- SPOC Roadshows, local seminars for raising interest in SPOC activities in favor of field officers
- Study visits in EU and EU associated countries, Workshop on study visit outcomes, Meeting for discussion on SPOC training tools proposals, training strategy – modules included
Partners
- Coordinator: Ministero dell’Interno – Direzione Centrale della Polizia Criminale – SCIP Servizio per la Cooperazione Internazionale di Polizia (Italy)
- State Police Latvia (Latvia)
- General Inspectorate of Romanian Police (Romania)
- The Malta Police Force (Malta)
- Ministry of Interior – International Operational Cooperation (Bulgaria)
- Ministry of Interior – Deputy State Secretariat for EU and International Relations (Hungary)
- Belgian Federal Police (Belgium)
- Southeast European Law Enforcement Center – SELEC (Romania)
- CESIE (Italy)
