Activities calendar

The aim of this activity is to enhance public security and order by deepening the knowledge of public order specialists and increasing their competencies on the level of security requirements for large-scale events and of cross-border cooperation in that context. To improve threat assessment and management of major public events in order to prevent and/or effectively contain attacks carried out by lone-actor terrorists or violent lone criminals.

The aim of this activity is to ensure effective and high quality CEPOL training by providing tools and knowledge that allow Activity Managers to implement the Curricula and Programmes in line with CEPOL quality standards.

The course aims to enable participants to achieve a Common European Framework of References for languages (CEFR) to the level of B1 - independent user, in Police English Language.

The specific objectives for participants of this course are:

1. To have the ability, in accordance with CEFR, to express themselves briefly in familiar situations and to deal in a general way with non-routine information in writing, in speaking, in reading and in listening;
2. To enrich their Police English Language vocabulary and use it appropriately in situations where police specific terminology is required;
3. To practice cooperation on a European level, which they can later on utilise in cross-border communication.

The course is scheduled to take place in the period of 6 September – 29 October 2021.

The curriculum content will focus on online self-paced, as well as, trainer guided activities and related assignments in the following subject knowledge areas:

• English Police Station, Equipment and Officers
• Money laundering
• Cybercrime
• Europol
• Schengen
• Counterterrorism
• EU Policy Cycle
• Joint Investigation Teams
• Immigration

Reading, speaking, writing and listening skills will be practiced in the context of the abovementioned topics.

The content of the course will be presented in CEPOL's virtual learning environment where participants will engage in activities extending and practising their Police English Language skills.

Participants are expected to study around 12-15 hour per week in order to be able to achieve the aim. This course is fully flexible and learners can progress along the weekly activities at their own pace, however sometimes they are offered to attend real time sessions with the trainers and must submit certain assignments on time. Participants should follow the course continuously, preferably on a daily basis.

Nomination: The online course offers 100 seats altogether. In case you are interested to participate, please contact your local CEPOL National Unit / CEPOL National Contact Point at your earliest convenience to receive detailed information on the application process. Deadline for nominations by CEPOL National Units: 16 July 2021.

The aim of this webinar is to improve Law Enforcement Agencies capabilities to understand the political or personal motivation and subculture behind European lone actor violence.

By the end of this webinar, the audience will be able to:

• Distinguish different forms, signs and ways of radicalisation of lone-actors
• Recognise the issue of ‘lone-actor terrorism’ (LAT) in Europe: incidents, discourse and definitions and identify key characteristics for further analysis
• Highlight risk Indicators / factors that can lead to Radicalisation (certain political, personal or religious beliefs)
• Identify different types of subcultures in the left-wing, right-wing and Islamist scenes and what are their respective dynamics

The aim of this activity is to strengthen the prevention, the detection and the enforcement work in daily operations in the area of juvenile crime and domestic violence by exchanging good practices in this context.

The aim of this seminar is to improve the effectiveness of Joint Investigation Teams (JITs) by enhancing the competencies and deepen the understanding of law enforcement officers of the set-up and functioning of Joint Investigation Teams.

The aim is to enhance the participants awareness on children in migration at risk of trafficking and effective measure to identify and safeguard these vulnerable children.

By the end of this webinar, the audience will be able to:

• Describe the main migration routes where children are at risk of trafficking
• List indicators of potential child victims of trafficking in migration flows
• Outline effective measures to identify and to safeguard these children

The aim of the webinar is to enhance the detection of fraudulently used documents by better understanding the concept of document fraud, morphing attack detection and face comparison, mainly in the context of iMARS Project.

By the end of this webinar, the audience will be able to:

• Summarise the main goals and outcomes of iMARS Project in relation to document fraud;
• Outline the general concept of morphing attack detection;
• Outline the general concept of face comparison in the context of document checks.