24th Governing Board Meeting Held in Budapest

The 24th Governing Board meeting, the first to be hosted by the Hungarian Presidency, took place in Budapest, Hungary from 9 to 10 March 2011. The meeting was opened by Dr. Sándor Pintér, Minister of Internal Affairs who declared: „10 years of CEPOL has lead to common training of police officers and Hungarians are committed to supporting it further”. Dr. Pintér would want the 5 Year recommendations to have sufficient support at the high level conference on 18 May and wished good results in these endeavours.

The main topics discussed in the meeting were:

• CEPOL 5 Year Evaluation and Report
• The Secretariat Activity Report December 2010 – March 2011
• Annual Activity Report for 2010
• CEPOL Strategy
• Update Report on the Inter Agency Cooperation Scorecard
• Exchange Programme 2011
• Reimbursement for Courses and Seminars – update the GB Decision 30/2006
• Status Report on Centralisation of the Booking of flights for CEPOL meetings
• Proposal for Public Private Partnerships
• Annual Audit Plan
• Hungarian Proposal to invite Candidate Countries to the 25th GB
• Results of NCP meeting
• CEPOL SIRENE Training Support for SIRENE – Status Report
• Approval of Updated Internal Control Standards

The Governing Board adopted a number of decisions, including:

• Adoption of the CEPOL 5 Year Report
• Amendment to GB Decision 30/2006
• Approval of the Annual Report 2010
• Appointing the CCWG Chair and Deputy Chair
• Approval of the new Internal Control Standards

The Chair of the Governing Board announced:

• The Chair announced that as agreed by the 23rd Governing Board, a letter of support has been sent to Mr. Stefano Manservisi, Director General EU Commission DG HOME
• The importance of adopting the 5 Year Report

The Chair presented:

• CEPOL 5 Year Evaluation and Report
• Reimbursement for Courses and Seminars – update the GB Decision 30/2006
• Audit Panel: Annual Audit Plan
• Any other Competent Business

The Director presented:

• The Secretariat Activity Report December 2010 – March 2011.
• The Annual Activity Report for 2010
• Update on the Inter Agency Cooperation Scorecard
• Proposal for Public Private Partnerships
• NPIA – Memorandum of Understanding

The Deputy Director presented:

• Annual Report 2010
• Exchange Programme 2011
• Status Report on the Centralisation of the Booking of Flights for CEPOL meetings
• CEPOL SIRENE Training Support for SIRENE – Status Report

Head of Corporate Services Department presented:

• Provisional Financial Statements and Accounts 2010
• Roadmap of the Information Management Strategy, ICT Strategy and Communication Strategy

The 25th Governing Board meeting is scheduled for 14-15 June 2011 in Balatonalmádi, Hungary.