​From 07 to 09 September 2021, the course leader meeting for the CEPA course 2022 was held in Budapest.

This CEPA Course 2022, formerly called CEPA Main Course, appears in a new format because this MEPA advanced training has been assigned on NQF Level V since 01 July 2021.  

The course instructors from the seven CEPA countries planned the schedule and content for this practice-oriented advanced training on the central theme of "Preventing and Combating Transnational Crime. 

In 2022, course participants will be introduced to the latest trends and methods for combating organized crime by experts from the CEPA countries. The focus will be on international and cross-border cooperation and the development of joint combat strategies. The topics will include the classic OC crimes. The participants will also be presented with modern and latest methods of fighting OC.

As in previous years, participants will attend a workshop as part of their training. At the end of the course, the elaborated results will be presented and assessed in front of an examination board after written evaluation by the workshop supervisors.

At the end of the course, each course participant has to conduct a technical discussion in front of the examination commission, in which the elaborated results of the workshop are defended and questions are assessed in terms of the learning outcomes.

Following the positively completed oral examination, each participant receives the certificate for acquiring the qualification title "CEPA Course - Preventing and Combating Transnational Crime".