2007 discharge: European Police College CEPOL
PURPOSE: presentation of the final accounts of the European Police College for the 2007 financial year.
CONTENT: this document sets out a detailed account of the implementation of the College’s budget for 2007. It indicates that the College’s final budget amounted to 7.5 million in 2007 (compared to EUR 5 million in 2006) – 100% of which is derived from a Community subsidy.
As regards the staffing policy, the College, whose headquarters are in Bramshill (UK) officially had 22.5 posts provided for in the establishment plan, of which only 12 were occupied in 2007 and 9 further posts (seconded national experts and contract staff, etc) amounting to 21 effective posts.
In 2007, CEPOL’s main activities consisted of:
Courses, seminars and conferences: 85 conferences.
Training and research
- 2 working groups for training involving 49 tutors from all the Member States;
- recommendation on trainers and course standards has been adopted;
- European approach for police science adopted;
- reference groups for the e-Network and for E-learning have been established;
- e-doc database and CEPOL’s glossary have continued to be developed.
External relations
- agreements signed with Eurojust, Frontex and Europol;
- organisation of two specific activities for candidate countries;
- launch of the Euromed II project;
- preliminary contacts initiated for cooperation with international (OSCE, Interpol) and national organisations (Russia, European Neighbourhood Policy countries).
Full details of the College’s accounts are available from the following address: