​On 30 Mai 2016 the 2nd CEPA OC-Course started in Brdo/Slovenia, related to the topic "Prevention and Combatting of Organized International Crime".

This Course is co-financed by the European Union under the Framework of the ISEC-funded project „Central European Police Online Website and Organized Crime Course in English" – CEPOOCEN".

Mr. Franci Kregar of the Directorate-General of Criminal Investigation Services of Slovenia highlighted in his welcome address the importance of the international co-operation in the field of combatting organized crime.

The representatives of the Central Coordination Office (Austria) and the respective National Contact Points from Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic and Hungary welcomed the course participants warmly and wished them a successful course progress. Sincerest thanks were offered to the organizers of the Slovenia course week.

The CEPA as such is a unique institution, because it constitutes an institution which provides enhanced training on the same level in both English and German, whereas – as already mentioned above – the course in English is co-financed by the EU.

23 Participants of the 7 CEPA Member States will be introduced to the work procedures of the police forces over the following four weeks at the locations Brdo/Slovenia, Prague/Czech Republic, Budapest/Hungary and Bratislava/Slovak Republic. Trainers from all CEPA Member States will hold lectures related to topics of criminal police. Legal and international regulations will complete the programme for the participants. Moreover, the participants will be made acquaint with operative processes by the means of practical exercises, carried out via excursions.

As it goes for the CEPA "Main Course" 2016, also the students of the OC-Course will participate in a workshop dealing with "Joint Investigation Teams –JIT". They will have to prepare case studies related to three different topics. The participants have to present their findings in front of an expert group at the end of the Course in Bratislava on 24 June 2016. These elaborations can be found on the CEPA Website as well.

On the occasion of the closure of the Course the fact of the co-funding of the Course as well as the new CEPA Website by the EU will be highlighted once again.