On 26 June 2015, the 1st OC course 2015 was concluded in Budapest with a final ceremony including handover of certificates.

This CEPA further training course is sponsored by the European Union as part of the ISEC project “Central European Police College Online Website and Organized Crime Course English”.

Attended by high-ranking national and international guests, the final ceremony for the course participants was held in the premises of the Hungarian Ministry of the Interior in the International Further Training Centre in Budapest.

From 1 – 26 June 2015, twenty police practitioners from the CEPA Member States who are dealing with criminal police tasks were given the opportunity to participate in this CEPA further training activity held at four locations:  Prague (CZ), Brdo (SLO), Bratislava (SK) and Budapest (H).

This further training activity was focused on the transfer and deepening of knowledge on investigation and combating strategies in the field of cross-border / international crime as well as on the corresponding extension and improvement of regional police cooperation.

During the course, the participants worked in the workshop on the core issue of “Joint Investigation Groups (JIT)”. The results of the workshop were finalised in writing and presented to an international audience during the final ceremony.

The written workshop results will be made available to all investigation officers in the CEPA countries so that also those policemen not taking part in the course will profit from the results. In addition, the results will be provided for download from the CEPA insider homepage.

During his speech vice-rector JUDr Marek Kordik from the police academy in Bratislava mentioned the significance of CEPA for international police cooperation.

The participant from Slovakia, Mr Jakub Gajdos, in his speech referred to the unique character of this CEPA further training activity and thanked all CEPA actors for the implementation of this course.

Representing the Hungarian board member, the head of department of the international relations section of the Hungarian Ministry of the Interior, Istvan Erdös, and the head of CEPA in Hungary, Zoltan Feher, handed over the certificates for the successful completion of the 1st CEPA OC course.

As part of the closing event also the meeting of the course managers of the CEPA main training course was held. In addition to the results of the present OC course the experts and representatives of CEPA defined the first concrete tasks for the 2nd OC course in 2016.