8-9 December 2015 Budapest, Hungary

Workbook

“Safer Europe - together against organised and serious international

crime”

EU Policy Cycle conference

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CONTENT

PROGRAMME » » » 02

CONFERENCE THEME » » » 03

FIRST WORKSHOP » » » 04

SECOND WORKSHOP » » » 06

THIRD WORKSHOP » » » 08

FOURTH WORKSHOP » » » 10

PRACTICAL INFORMATION » » » 12

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02 I PROGRAMME

PROGRAMME

Monday 7 December

- Arrivals of delegates

- Welcome buffet dinner at hotel President (19:00-21:00)

Tuesday 8 December

09:00 - 17:00

- Welcome (CEPOL)

- EU Policy Cycle – Five years of joint experience (Europol)

- Benefit of Operational Action Plans actions for Member States (Drivers, Co-Drivers)

- Independent Evaluation Mechanism (European Commission )

- Cross-cutting elements (Europol)

- Dinner at CEPOL premises (18:00-19:30)

Wednesday 8 December

09:00 - 14:00

- The role of COSI in the Policy Cycle (General Secretariat of the Council of the EU)

- EU Policy Cycle - Capacity building and training for law enforcement officials (CE-POL)

- Conclusions

- Departure of MS delegates (12:00)

- Dedicated session for Drivers and Co-Drivers (Drivers, Co-Drivers)

- Departures of Drivers, Co-Drivers, Europol and other EU institutions` delegates (14:00)

EU Policy Cycle – five years of joint experience

The EU Policy Cycle for serious international and organised crime has the objective of tackling the most important serious and organised criminal threats to the EU in a coher-ent and methodological manner through optimum co-operation between the relevant services of the Member States, EU Institutions and EU Agencies as well as third coun-tries and organisations, including the private sector where relevant.

Therefore, the Conference would like to create an environment for peer-to-peer exchange between the representatives of the Member States and the Drivers and Co-Drivers of the EMPACT priorities in order to create synergies and support the mecha-nism of the EU Policy Cycle. The EU Institutions and EU Agencies will play their role in facilitation in line with their mandates, in particular Europol by providing a platform for information exchange and operational coordination.

Main conference themes:

- Benefit of Operational Action Plans for Member States - Independent Evaluation Mechanism - Cross-cutting elements - Role of COSI in the EU Policy Cycle- Law enforcement capacity building (workshops)

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04 I FIRST WORKSHOP

Benefit of OAP actions for Member States (1st workshop)

There have been many successful actions delivered within the Operational Action Plans led by various Member States. The possibility of having the funding facilitated by Europol grants has increased the potential for a fruitful cooperation.

During the Conference, we wold like to highlight the examples of successful actions and find out how the Member States can benefit from leading an action or participat-ing in the OAP 2016 actions. Drivers and Co-Drivers are investing concerted efforts in order to get the Member States actively involved.

Hence, we would like to promote close connection between the Drivers` teams and Member States and assist them in their task to ensure successful operational actions. Drivers and Co-Drivers are invited to highlight the advantages of being an active par-ticipant in an OAP action.

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06 I SECOND WORKSHOP

Independent Evaluation Mechanism (2nd workshop)

The European Commission and the Member States are called upon to elaborate an independent evaluation mechanism in 2015. The start of the evaluation has been scheduled in 2016 with the involvement of MS, Agencies and COSI.

The report on the outcome should be submitted to the Council in March 2017. The Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security (COSI) will play a central role, since COSI should adopt the mechanism before the end of 2015 and evaluate lessons learned from the Policy Cycle with the aim of integrating them into the next Policy Cycle.

We would like to offer an opportunity for an open exchange of views regarding the evaluation.

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08 I THIRD WORKSHOP

Cross-cutting elements (3rd workshop)

Coming into the fifth year of operational action plans it has been noticed that there are notable cross-cutting elements relevant for a number of EMPACT priorities, such as:

- Darknet- External dimension outside EU- Financial investigation & assest recovery - Joint action days- Role of customs- …..

Keeping in mind the intelligence-led, future-oriented and targeted approach to crime control, we would like to invite you to explore the potential for synergies when tackling issues relevant for more priorities and analyse the options for joint way forward.

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10 I FOURTH WORKSHOP

EU Policy Cycle - law enforcement capacity building (4th workshop)

The European Police College (CEPOL) participates in the EU Policy Cycle since it has been launched and complements the operational actions by providing learning and training possibilities.

Having the new Regulation recently approved by the Co-legislators, CEPOL would like to strengthen the role of law enforcement training and continue in its effort of supporting all EMPACT priorities with the aim of enhancing knowledge and skills approaching a wider target group of law enforcement officials.

Taking into account the opportunities given by the expanded mandate we are inviting you to reflect on the role of training with regard to the EU Policy Cycle.

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION I 1312 I PRACTICAL INFORMATION

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Venue

CEPOL O utca 271066 Budapest

Accomodation

Hotel President, Address: Budapest, Hold street 3-5, 1054 HungaryPhone:+36 1 373 8200, Website: http://www.hotelpresident.hu/en/

Dinner

The Conference official dinner (Tuesday, 8th December, 18:00) will be held at CEPOL premises at O utca 27.

Practicalities

Taxi For any question related to the taxi, please contact Cepol reception at +36 1 803 8030 and +36 1 803 8031

Flight For any question related to the flights, please contact Seneca BCD Travel at +39 0871 803685 or through their website at www.senecabtc.com

Organiser`s team

Conference manager Zuzana Liskova, 0036 30 627 2393

Assistant manager Radu Todoran, 0040 762 62 66 28

Hotel welcome desk David Gergo

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