CEPOL Management Board approves the Pilot OTNA reports on CSDP Missions and Counterterrorism

CEPOL's Pilot Operational Training Needs Analysis (OTNA) reports on CSDP Missions and Counterterrorism have been approved by CEPOL Management Board on the occasion of its 4th meeting which was held in Sofia on the 15th and 16th of May.

The OTNA methodology consists in a structured training needs analysis procedure which takes in consideration deliverables of the EU-STNA process. The two reports outline training priorities in the area of CSDP Missions and Counterterrorism for 2019 based on the analysis of the data received from law enforcement agencies and CEPOL National Units (CNUs).

For CSDP Missions, the most relevant topic for law enforcement officials in the area is related to pre-deployment preparation (93.33% of Member States found it relevant – full report here); while for Counterterrorism, the most relevant topic was related to foreign terrorist fighters (85.71% of Member States – full report here).

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