CEPOL Exchange Programme
The CEPOL Exchange Programme is a multilateral exchange of senior police officers and police trainers from Member States of the European Union. The aim of the programme is to promote mutual trust between training staff and senior police officers, resulting in the support and development of a European dimension to police cooperation and training. It provides the participants with the opportunity to get to know colleagues and working methods in other countries.
The programme was set up in accordance with the adoption of the Member States of the Hague Programme in 2004. The Hague Programme aims at strengthening freedom, security and justice and emphasises the importance of the European Commission developing with close cooperation with CEPOL, systematic exchange programmes for police cooperation and training.
Financial support for the 2009 Programme is provided by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security under the framework programme “Prevention of and fight against crime.”
Further information can be found on this website and in the 
Exchange Programme Handbook.
Promote and develop coordination, cooperation and mutual understanding among law enforcement agencies and other bodies in EU Member States and countries; Exchange knowledge, experience and best practices between Member States and third countries;
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The exchange is multilateral - each sending country also functions as a hosting country. Due to an amendment of the project, it has become possible to make the exchange programme accessible to more senior police officers and training staff throughout Europe.Read more...
If you are a senior police officer working in specific fields of policing which correspond with the ‘Priority Topics’, or you are a training staff member of a police college/academy in Europe, you are a potential candidate to be selected by your country for the Exchange Programme. Read more...
As a Tutor, you are a professional who has expertise in the specified ‘Priority Topic’ area and have been selected by your country to guide the exchangee(s). You will be the primary contact person for the exchangee(s) in an environment which is unknown for them.Read more...
Documents, Forms and Templates have been prepared specifically for the Exchange Programme. In order to access this documentation please login to the Exchange Programme area of e-Net's Learning Management System (LMS).Read more...
In 2006, CEPOL created a multilateral European Exchange Programme to promote mutual trust and to improve the quality of police cooperation. Financial support for the 2007 and 2008 exchanges was provided by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security in the framework of the AGIS Programme. Read more...
The CEPOL Exchange Programme Team has prepared and issued regular Newsletters dating back to 2006. If you are interested in reading about past news and participants' experiences then please browse through the newsletters in this section.Read newsletters...
