On 12 October, CEPOL had the pleasure to receive for the fourth time a delegation of CHEMI (Centre of Higher Studies of the French Ministry of Interior/Centre des hautes études du ministère de l’ Intérieur), headed by its Director Mr Jean-Martin Jaspers, at its Headquarters in Budapest.
The visitors, hosted by the CEPOL Executive Director, Mr Detlef Schröder, and the Head of Operations Department (a.i.), Dr Stefano Failla, were informed about CEPOL’s crucial role in providing quality training to law enforcement officers from Europe and beyond and had the opportunity familiarise themselves with the agency's legal mandate and Work programme.
During the visit, the CEPOL Executive Director and his counterpart from CHEMI had the opportunity to discuss other possible options of cooperation within the scope of further strengthening the partnership between the two entities. The visit was also an opportunity to exchange views about the importance and the challenges surrounding European law enforcement training.
CHEMI provides advanced professional training for senior officials of services of the French Ministry of Interior and cooperates with CEPOL in the context of the Programme d’ Études Parlementaires de Sécurité Intérieure et de Liberté (PEPSIL), together with the French Gendarmerie and the Spanish Guardia Civil.