The 24th Governing Board meeting, the first to be hosted by the Hungarian Presidency, took place in Budapest, Hungary from 9 to 10 March 2011. The meeting was opened by Dr. Sándor Pintér, Minister of Internal Affairs who declared: „10 years of CEPOL has lead to common training of police officers and Hungarians are committed to supporting it further”. Dr. Pintér would want the 5 Year recommendations to have sufficient support at the high level conference on 18 May and wished good results in these endeavours.
The main topics discussed in the meeting were:
- CEPOL 5 Year Evaluation and Report
- The Secretariat Activity Report December 2010 – March 2011
- Annual Activity Report for 2010
- CEPOL Strategy
- Update Report on the Inter Agency Cooperation Scorecard
- Exchange Programme 2011
- Reimbursement for Courses and Seminars – update the GB Decision 30/2006
- Status Report on Centralisation of the Booking of flights for CEPOL meetings
- Proposal for Public Private Partnerships
- Annual Audit Plan
- Hungarian Proposal to invite Candidate Countries to the 25th GB
- Results of NCP meeting
- CEPOL SIRENE Training Support for SIRENE – Status Report
- Approval of Updated Internal Control Standards
The Governing Board adopted a number of decisions, including:
- Adoption of the CEPOL 5 Year Report
- Amendment to GB Decision 30/2006
- Approval of the Annual Report 2010
- Appointing the CCWG Chair and Deputy Chair
- Approval of the new Internal Control Standards
The Chair of the Governing Board announced:
- The Chair announced that as agreed by the 23rd Governing Board, a letter of support has been sent to Mr. Stefano Manservisi, Director General EU Commission DG HOME
- The importance of adopting the 5 Year Report
The Chair presented:
- CEPOL 5 Year Evaluation and Report
- Reimbursement for Courses and Seminars – update the GB Decision 30/2006
- Audit Panel: Annual Audit Plan
- Any other Competent Business
The Director presented:
- The Secretariat Activity Report December 2010 – March 2011.
- The Annual Activity Report for 2010
- Update on the Inter Agency Cooperation Scorecard
- Proposal for Public Private Partnerships
- NPIA – Memorandum of Understanding
The Deputy Director presented:
- Annual Report 2010
- Exchange Programme 2011
- Status Report on the Centralisation of the Booking of Flights for CEPOL meetings
- CEPOL SIRENE Training Support for SIRENE – Status Report
Head of Corporate Services Department presented:
- Provisional Financial Statements and Accounts 2010
- Roadmap of the Information Management Strategy, ICT Strategy and Communication Strategy
The 25th Governing Board meeting is scheduled for 14-15 June 2011 in Balatonalmádi, Hungary.
