Application for CEPOL Exchange Programme 2025 opens on 3 February

Are you a law enforcement official interested in taking part in an international professional exchange? Our CEPOL Exchange Programme 2025 might be the right opportunity for you! The application phase opens on 3 February.

As part of its training portfolio, CEPOL offers law enforcement officials the possibility to participate in a European learning programme facilitating the exchange of knowledge and experiences. CEPOL Exchange is a two-way cross-border programme allowing selected law enforcement institutions to host officials from another country, giving them the chance to exchange insights and good practices, build trust, initiate cooperation projects, and foster deep and long-lasting learning and networking opportunities. The programme fulfils one of CEPOL’s key objectives - developing a European law enforcement culture.

More than 5,000 law enforcement officials from different services (police, customs, border and coast guards, tax authorities, prosecutors) have taken part in this learning experience since the programme was launched in 2007.

Exchange opportunities in 2025

Participation in the CEPOL Exchange Programme in 2025 is possible through any of the following modules:

The CEPOL General Exchange Programme, which encompasses exchange opportunities for law enforcement officials from EU Member States (Denmark as self-payer), Western Balkan countries and Türkiye, as well as EU associated countries (as self-payers);

The CEPOL-EJTN Exchange Programme, which encompasses exchange opportunities related to judiciary cooperation in a joint collaboration with the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN);

The CEPOL General Mentoring Programme, which is a cooperative partnership (as mentor and mentee) between law enforcement officials from EU Member State (MS) countries, Western Balkan countries and Türkiye;

The CEPOL International Cooperation Exchange Programme, which encompasses exchange opportunities within the frame of the following CEPOL International Cooperation projects: EU4Security Moldova, CT INFLOW and TOPCOP. 

To take part in the programme, you must have:

• a reasonable level of English (at least level B2) enabling professional communication with CEPOL and colleagues about enforcing the law on the selected topics; 

• minimum three years’ work experience and expertise in the defined specialised category; 

• a need and readiness for individual learning; the ability and willingness to cascade newly gained knowledge both in a European/international and on a national level;

• not participated in the Exchange Programme during the last three years preceding the launch.

Find out more about the CEPOL Exchange Programme 2025 on our dedicated webpage.