From 7 to 9 March 2016 the Course Leaders Conference related to the 22nd CEPA Special Course took place in the premises of the Federal Police Inspection of Berggießhübel nearby the city of Dresden.

The course leaders and the experts in the field of border policing from the seven CEPA countries designed the contents and the schedule for the Special Course on Compensatory Measures on Border Police, which will take place 2016 in the CEPA countries Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria.

The Special Course will last for four weeks and is foreseen for a total of 24 participants from all seven CEPA countries. The duration of four weeks means that in each of the three locations two CEPA countries will be responsible for the contents of the course, whereas it will be additionally up to Austria to organize the solemn closure ceremony.

The Course will start on 12 September 2016 in Bad Endorf in Germany and will be terminated on 7 October 2016 in Vienna. During the duration of the Course, the participants will be travelling from once Course location to the respective next one. The note for application for the Special Course will be published within the next weeks.

In the sequence of the course the participants will be informed about the recent trends and methodologies in combatting trans-border crime. The international and cross-border co-operation and the definition of common co-operation measures will form the cornerstone of the Course. Furthermore, also the actual situation of the mass-migration will have a high priority in this Course.

The participants will be instructed furthermore in effective and up-to-date measures in border control policing.

Moreover, the participants will attend workshops during the training sessions, where they will elaborate three exposés dealing with various subjects on border policing. The overarching workshop theme will be the current issues related to "Mass-Migration in Europe". At the end of the Course the findings of the workshops will be presented to a forum of experts. The workshops will be moderated and conducted by experienced border police officers from Germany and Switzerland.