​On 12 September 2016 the opening ceremony of the 22nd CEPA Special Course related to "Cross-Border Co-operation on Compensatory Measures and Border Police Duties" was held. The course manager responsible, Mr. Markus Finger of the German Federal Police Academy – Lübeck – bided welcome to the course participants for the first week of the course and wished them a successful  course outcome.

Mr. Thomas Leudhardt, Head of the German Federal Sports Training Centre highlighted the importance of the international co-operation in this field, as the topic of migration in Europe is a major issue for the police forces. In this context, the international importance of the CEPA in the area of advanced training was mentioned, as well as the uniqueness of the CEPA in the training landscape of Europe.

The representative of the Central Coordination Office of the CEPA Austria, Mr. Johannes Tober, welcomed the participants and expressed his thanks to the organizers of the German Federal Police. Also in his statement, the needs of this further training, which is unparalleled in Europe in this kind, was stressed. Specifically, the mass-migration flows and the resulting illegal border-crossing and the border security measures  means a much closer international police co-operation.

The 20 participants, stemming from the CEPA Member States will be introduced during the four-week Course at the locations Bad Endorf, Holešov, Budapest and Vienna made familiar with the work processes in the CEPA Member States on boder security and police duties. Lecturers from Switzerland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, working closely with the national lecturers, will give a thorough insight into the border-police related issues.

Legal and international relations will round off the theoretical programme. The participants will also have the opportunity to be made familiar with the work processes related to border police in the CEPA Member States by the means of excursions and practical exercises.

The participants will also attend various workshops during the Course on the topic of migration and the related forms of police co-operation. The workshops were elaborated by Mr. Akim Yazici and Mr. René Döhla and divided into three sections. At the end of the Course, on 7 October 2016 in Vienna, the participants will present the workshop results in front of a forum of international experts.