28th Governing Board Meeting held in Cyprus

The 28th Governing Board meeting took place in Nicosia, Cyprus from 13-14 November 2012. Mr. Zacharias Chrysostomou, Chair of the Governing Board, opened the meeting by welcoming the representatives of the Member States, the Commission, EUROPOL, the President of AEPC, and the representatives of the candidate and associate countries.

The main topics discussed at the meeting included:

• Agency Progress Report – To October 2012
• CEPOL Legal Basis

- Update on the New legal Basis for CEPOL

• European Training Scheme (ETS)

- Update on the European Training Scheme (ETS) Policy

• Policing in Europe

- Report on the progress on development of accredited Master Course “Policing in Europe” and the proposed way forward

• Evaluation of CEPOL Training Activities
• Databases for Researchers, Teachers & Lecturers
• Stakeholder Survey
• CEPOL Strategy
• Audits
• Training Need Assessment
• Budgeting and Planning

- Budget Implementation 2012

- Budget and Work Programme 2013

- Preliminary Draft Budget and Work Programme 2014

- Multi Annual Staff Policy Plan (MASSP 2014-2016)

• Implementing Rules to EU Staff Regulations
• Rationalisation of CEPOL – Working Groups

- Assessment of implementation of Decision 13/2012/GB and its impact on the Agency’s business continuity

- Establishing Working Groups

• CEPOL Sub-strategies
• External Relations
• Certification of Management System
• Irish Presidency Priorities

The Governing Board adopted the following decisions:

30/2012/GB Adopting the European Police College’s Updated (Multi -Annual) Strategy Plan 2010-2014 and amending decision 43/2010/GB and 31/2011/GB

31/2012/GB Adopting the European Police College’s Key Performance and Performance Indicators 2013 and amending Decision 34/2011/GB

32/2012/GB Adopting the Work Programme 2013

33/2012/GB Adopting the Budget for the Financial Year 2013

34/2012/GB Adopting the Preliminary Draft Work Programme 2014

35/2012/GB Adopting the Preliminary Draft Estimate of Revenues and Expenditures for the Financial Year 2014

36/2012/GB Adopting the Multi-Annual Staff Policy Plan 2014-2016

37/2012/GB Establishing the Working Group for Planning, Programming, Training Needs Analysis and Budgeting

38/2012/GB Establishing the Working Group for the Cybercrime Online Learning Module

39/2012/GB Establishing the Working Group for the SIS II – SIRENE Online Learning Module

40/2012/GB Establishing the Working Group for the Money Laundering Online Learning Module

41/2012/GB Establishing the Working Group on the Implementation of the Master Course “Policing Course”

42/2012/GB Establishing the Working Group on the Implementation and Evaluation of CEPOL Research and Science Activities for Knowledge Transfer

43/2012/GB Adopting the Communications Strategy

44/2012/GB Approving the Working Arrangement with Russia

The Chair of the Governing Board presented:

- The Draft Outcome of Proceedings of the 27th Governing Board Meeting for adoption

The representative from Cyprus, Ms Kyriaki Lambrianidou presented:

- The Outcomes of the Presidency Conference “Overcoming Attrition in Domestic Violence through Policing”, which was held in Cyprus, 10 – 12 July, 2012.

The Director presented the following:

- Agency Progress Report until October 2012

- Stakeholder Survey. The Governing Board took note of the /report.

- Update of the CEPOL Strategy 2010 -2014

- Update of KPIs and PIs

- Annual audit by the European Court of Auditors (ECA). The Governing Board took note of the documents.

- DG Home – ISEC Exchange Programme. The Governing Board took note of the documents.

- Rationalisation of CEPOL – Working Groups. The Governing Board took note of the document concerning the Assessment of implementation of Decision 13/2012/GB and its impact on the Agency’s business continuity.

- External Relations. The Governing Board took note of the document concerning the Progress Highlights.

- Certification of Management System

The Deputy Director presented the following:

- Policing in Europe

- Evaluation of CEPOL Training Activities. The Governing Board took note of the documents.

- Databases for Researchers, Teachers & Lecturers

- Work Programme 2013

- Preliminary draft Work Programme 2014

- Preliminary Draft Work Programme 2014: Annex A Preliminary List of CEPOL Activities. The Governing Board took note of the documents.

- European Training Scheme (ETS)

- CEPOL Legal Basis

- Any Other Competent Business

The Head of Corporate Services Department presented the following:

- Budget Implementation 2012 [including budget transfers]. The Governing Board took note of the documents.

- Draft Budget 2013.

- Preliminary Draft Budget 2014. The Governing Board took note of the documents.

- Implementing Rules to EU Staff Regulations. The Governing Board took note of the documents.

The Acting Head of Training Unit presented the following:

- Training Need Assessment. The Governing Board took note of the documents.

The Chair of the Audit Panel presented the following:

- Internal Audit Panel. The Governing Board took note of the documents.

The European Commission presented the following:

- The issue of the possibility of merging CEPOL and EUROPOL within the topic “The New Legal Basis for CEPOL and European Training Skills (ETS)”.

The representative of Ireland presented the following:

- Irish Presidency Priorities

The 29th Governing Board meeting is scheduled for 19-20 March 2013 in Ireland.