PageStrategic training needs assessments
CEPOL’s Regulation mandates our Agency to incorporate training needs assessments and analyses in our planning.
To this end, we conduct strategic training needs assessments to identify strategic level training priorities in the area of internal security for EU law enforcement officials.
The EU Strategic Training Needs Assessment (EU-STNA) is developed to identify gaps in knowledge, skills and competencies among law enforcement officials. It aims to ensure qualitative and consistent training for law enforcement to close gaps between training needs and the training currently available in the EU during the four years following the release of the report (EMPACT cycle).
The analysis and recommendations outlined in the report are the result of a participative process, including extensive consultations with policy makers and experts across the EU. To conduct this major multiannual diagnostic exercise, CEPOL polls a vast number of organisations and undertakes extensive desk research of strategic documents.
Strategic training priorities of law enforcement training, as ranked by Member States, for the EMPACT Cycle 2022-2025, are as follows:
| CORE CAPABILITY GAPS | THEMATIC TRAINING AREAS |
|---|---|
Digital skills and use of new technologies High-risk criminal networks Financial investigations Cooperation, information exchange and interoperability Crime prevention Document fraud Forensics Fundamental rights and data protection | 1. Cyber-attacks 2. Criminal finances, money laundering and asset recovery 3. Counter-terrorism 4. Trafficking in human beings 5. Drug trafficking 6. Migrant smuggling 7. Child sexual exploitation 8. Online fraud schemes 9. Organised property crime 10. Border management and maritime security 11. Firearms trafficking 12. Missing trader intra-community fraud 13. Corruption 14. Excise fraud 15. Intellectual property crime, counterfeiting of goods and currencies 16. Environmental crime 17. External dimensions of European security 18. Other thematic areas |
How is the EU-STNA completed?
EU-STNA consists in step-by-step analysis of strategic level EU documents detailing crime threats that were then discussed in expert and focus groups by Member State and EU specialists with a view to extract capability gaps and training needs that should be addressed by training implemented at EU level. The list of EU-level training needs is then prioritised by Member States. The EU-STNA report provides an overview of horizontal and thematic areas enlisting the capability challenges and related training needs of law enforcement in priority order. The Report guides training providers to build up their training portfolio and helps avoid overlaps in training delivery at EU level.
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Download the EU Strategic Training Needs Assessment (EU-STNA) 2022-2025:
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