Objectives of CEPOL
Article 3
1. CEPOL shall support, develop, implement and coordinate training for law enforcement officials, while putting particular emphasis on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the context of law enforcement, in particular in the areas of prevention of and fight against serious crime affecting two or more Member States and terrorism, maintenance of public order, in particular international policing of major events, and planning and command of Union missions, which may also include training on law enforcement leadership and language skills. More specifically, CEPOL shall: (a) support Member States in providing training in order to raise awareness and knowledge of: (i) the implementation and use of international and Union instruments on law enforcement cooperation; (ii) Union bodies, in particular Europol, Eurojust and Frontex, their functioning and role; (iii) police and judicial aspects of law enforcement cooperation and practical knowledge about access to information exchange channels; (b) support Member States, at their request, in the development of regional and bilateral cooperation through law enforcement training between Member States, Union bodies and third countries; (c) develop, implement and coordinate training addressing specific criminal or policing thematic areas; (d) develop, implement and coordinate training which aims to support Member States and Union bodies in training law enforcement officials for participation in Union missions and law enforcement capacity-building activities in third countries; (e) train trainers and assist in improving and exchanging best learning practices. 2. CEPOL shall develop and upgrade learning tools and methodologies and shall apply them in a lifelong learning perspective to strengthen the skills of law enforcement officials. It shall evaluate the results of such actions with a view to enhancing the quality, coherence and effectiveness of future actions at Union level. 3. CEPOL shall bring together a network of Member State training institutes for law enforcement officials and shall liaise with a single national unit in each Member State functioning within the network. 4. The learning activities referred to in paragraph 1 shall be carried out by CEPOL in cooperation with the network of Member State training institutes in accordance with the financial rules applicable to CEPOL.