Assessment of regional law enforcement training needs

The EU Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) Regulation 2015/2219 foresees support to Member States (MS), upon their request, in the development of regional and bilateral cooperation through training. CEPOL’s tasks include the provision of training modules, focusing on a specific:

a) geographical region,

b) area of criminal activity, 

or c) set of professional skills. 

CEPOL Strategy 2023-2027 defines that CEPOL will respond, with its training offer, to the regional needs and priorities of the Member States, in particular to unforeseen emerging needs. Under ‘Objective 2.2. Develop new, innovative, specialised and multi-layered learning solutions’, one of the tasks is to `Facilitate a regional training response to MS Priorities and main threats’ (2024-2027). In addition, Council Recommendation 2022/915 on operational law enforcement cooperation calls upon CEPOL’s role to support MS in the implementation of the recommendation with regards to recommended actions in the field of training.

This report investigates the regional law enforcement training needs across the European Union by examining existing bilateral and multilateral cooperation between Member States and training needs at a strategic and operational level.