The CEPOL Management Board (MB) held its 13th meeting this week in Budapest (19-20 November).
Opening the meeting, on behalf of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, Dr. Sándor Pintér, Minister of Interior has acknowledged the importance of law enforcement training at EU level, as it provides the necessary knowledge and skills to combat crimes beyond borders. He noted that since 2014 Hungary has provided the seat of CEPOL, and expressed his country’s support towards the agency by underlining the recent renewal of the headquarters agreement.
Taking the floor, CEPOL Executive Director Marín Lόpez focused on the agency’s success stories in 2024, and shared CEPOL’s operational plans for 2025. Furthermore, she provided an overview of the agency’s progress towards full recovery from the recent cyberattack, including CEPOL’s data protection post-cyberattack communications. In her closing remarks she highlighted the upcoming CEPOL Research and Science Conference taking place in Ostia, Rome in March 2025.
During the 2-day meeting, chaired by Ms. Maria Pilar Muniesa Tomás, Head of Sector in the Directorate General of Studies and Coordination of the State Secretariat of Security in the Spanish Ministry of Interior, and MB voting member for Spain, the Board adopted the Single Programming Document 2025-2027, setting CEPOL’s multiannual objectives and annual work programme for 2025, and discussed the prioritisation of the prospective CEPOL training deliverables from 2026 onwards.
Among other topics, participants were updated on the agency’s activities addressing EU internal and external security priorities, the EU Strategic Training Needs Assessment (EU-STNA) methodology, and the progress made in the development of CEPOL’s new Learning Management System. The MB was also informed about the conclusions of the 16th CEPOL National Units (CNU) meeting held earlier this year in Budapest, the status of preparations for the agency’s move to its new Headquarters at the beginning of January 2025, and the priorities of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU.
The new Chair and Deputy Chair of the CEPOL Management Board were elected and will assume their duties on the 1st of January 2025: Mr. Costas VEIS, Superintendent B', Deputy Director of the Cyprus Police Academy / Cyprus Police - Ministry of Justice & Public Order of the Republic of Cyprus, and MB voting member for Cyprus, will be the new Chair. Ms. Irmina GOŁĘBIEWSKA, col. PhD, Deputy Director of the Bureau of International Police Cooperation, and MB voting member for Poland, will be the new Deputy Chair.
All MB decisions adopted during this meeting, will be available soon on the dedicated page of the CEPOL website. The next CEPOL Management Board meeting is planned to take place in May 2025, during the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU.
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About CEPOL Management Board
The CEPOL Management Board is made up of representatives from EU Member States and the EU Commission. The Chair of the Management Board is a representative of one of the three Member States that have jointly prepared the Council of the European Union’s 18-month programme. The Management Board meets at least twice per year, in order to discuss current and future developments and assess the overall performance of the Agency. The Management Board meeting is an official event of the rotating EU Presidency.
