On 17 September 2018, the 24th CEPA Special Course on "Cross-border cooperation in compensatory measures and border police tasks" was opened in Kreuzlingen/Switzerland. The responsible course instructor Mr. Thomas Zehnder, Commander of the Border Guard Corps Region II, welcomed the course participants to the first course week and wished them every success.

The representative of the Central Coordination Office of MEPA in Austria, Colonel Andreas Wolf, welcomed the participants and thanked the organisers of the Border Guard Corps. The necessity of this training, which is unique in Europe in this way and on this subject, was mentioned.

The 16 participants from the CEPA States will be presented in 4 weeks at the locations Kreuzlingen, Ljubljana, Michalovce and Budapest the cultures of the countries and the working methods of the police units in the individual CEPA States in the field of border surveillance. Speakers from Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria, together with national speakers from the course locations, will give lectures on border police tasks.

The course graduates will also get to know operational procedures in the individual CEPA States in the course of excursions and practical exercises.
 
To the topics

◦Is The Schengen Agreement still up to date or does Dublin IV provide the solution?
◦Border Police 2025 - What should the border police look like after the experiences with the migration situation in Europe in 2015?
◦How does the `successful` illegal migrant in Europe behave?

 

several workshops will be attended. At the end of the course on 12 October 2018 in Budapest, the participants will present the results of their workshop work to a panel of experts.