​From September 1 to 3, the course instructors' conference for the 29th CEPA Main Course 2021 was held in Vienna at the Security Academy.

The course instructors and police experts from the seven CEPA countries planned the schedule for the 29th CEPA Main Course on Preventing and Combating Internationally Relevant Crime to be held in the CEPA countries in 2021. At the same time, the contents for this course were defined, with the focus on the fight against organized crime. 

The CEPA Main Course will last seven weeks and have a total of 26 participants. The participants will be sent from the seven CEPA countries. The course duration of seven weeks requires that one course week be held in all CEPA countries. The last week will be organized by Hungary, where the ceremonial end of the course will also be celebrated.

The course starts on September 13, 2021 in the Czech Republic in Prague and ends on October 29, 2021 in Budapest with the ceremonial end of the course. 

During the MEPA course, experts from the MEPA countries will present to the participants the latest trends and methods for fighting organized crime. The focus will be on international and regional cooperation. The current forms of crime on the Internet and the associated fight strategies will also be given special emphasis in the course. The focus of this CEPA training course is on working on a practical case study, which will be elaborated in a workshop.  At the end of the training the participants will present their results on the workshop topics to an international audience of experts.