EUROPOL 2024 v1

CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN NON-EU COUNTRIES

2028

2024

2020

Transition

TOPCOP

EUROMED Police

WB PaCT

Enhancing the capacity of the Western Balkans' authorities to fight organised crime and terrorism.

Strengthening strategic and operational cooperation in the EaP to fight against organised crime.

Enhancing institutional capacity in the EU South Neighbourhood to fight organised crime.

Funded by DG NEAR

CEPOL (project lead) & EUROPOL54 months

Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Tunisia, AFRIPOL, League of Arab States

Enhancing institutional capacity in the EU South Neighbourhood countries to fight organised crime

EUROMED Police V

Other Partners:European Commission services, EEAS, EUDELs, Frontex, Eurojust and other donors and international/regional organisations in the area

Exchanges

+135%

Achieved

127

Target

54

Training participants per region

Total training activities

Achieved

2640

Total participants

Participants in training activities

Target

855

+208%

+101%

Achieved

1,623

807

Target

7%

Others

2%

Int. Org.

Middle East

North Africa

44%

47%

+10%

-8%

12

13

Target

Exhange and Mentoring programmes

Participants online/onsite

Achieved

44

Target achieved

40

Target

Exchanges

Mentoring programmes

55%

45%

Exchanges

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Funded by DG NEAR

CEPOL (project lead) & EUROPOL48 months

Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Tunisia, AFRIPOL, League of Arab States

Enhancing institutional capacity in the EU South Neighbourhood countries to fight organised crime

EUROMED Police VI

Other Partners:European Commission services, EEAS, EUDELs, Frontex, Eurojust and other donors and international/regional organisations in the area

Exchanges

Exchanges

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Strategic analysisPriority crime area InsightCommunity building, exchange and coordination

OTNATraining portfolio

Increased analytical dialogue

Increased knowledge and operational capacities

Strategic cooperation forum EMPACT Thematic Working Groups

Improved strategic and support networks

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TOPCOP Training and Operational Partnership Against Organised Crime

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Exchanges

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Exchanges

121%

Achieved

Target

325

258

Total activities

Target

9%

10%

GE

AZ

1,278

Target

25%

43%

13%

MD

UA

AM

166%

Achieved

10

101%

Achieved

121

120

Target

Exchanges

Exhange and Mentoring programmes

Participants online/onsite

Training participants per country

209%

Participants in training activities

Achieved

Target

Achieved

2,672

1,692

Total participants

4,129

244%

Mentoring

31%

69%

Exchanges

Exchanges

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Other Partners:European Commission services, EEAS, EUDELs, Frontex, Eurojust and other donors and international/regional organisations in the area

Funded by DG NEAR

CEPOL (project lead) & EUROPOL48 months

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine

Training and Operational Partnership Against Organised Crime

TOPCOP

Exchanges

Exchanges

Exchanges

Strategic analysisPriority crime area InsightCommunity building, exchange and coordination

OTNATraining portfolio

Increased analytical dialogue

Increased knowledge and operational capacities

Strategic cooperation forum EMPACT support network

Improved strategic and support networks

Exchanges

Exchanges

Exchanges

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia

WB PaCT

Western Balkans Partnership Against Crime and Terrorism

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11 % Other

3 % Border

4 % Customs/Tax

9 % Judiciary

73 % Police

Sectoral representation

Gender balance

1,247

Overall participation per beneficiary

28%

Total participation in training activities

Actual

Target

Actual

Target

1,599

67

Total activities

76

66%

34%

WB PaCT ACHIEVEMENTS

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Other Partners:European Commission services, EEAS, EUDELs, Frontex, Eurojust and other donors and international/regional organisations in the area

Funded by DG NEAR

CEPOL (project lead) & EUROPOL48 months

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia

WB PACT II

Western Balkans Partnership Against Crime and Terrorism II

Exchanges

Exchanges

Exchanges

Rapid response training package

Operational Training Needs Analysis (OTNA)

Multiplication training courses

Strategic Cooperation Forum

CT Support Network

EMPACT Support Network

Emerging threats and analysis

8 COMPONENTS

Training portfolio

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Component 7: Operational Training Needs Analysis 2026

Collection, analysis of data, and consultation with experts and practitioners

Assess, prioritise, and respond to the specific training needs

Improve and update training framework

Identify the gaps in knowledge, skills & competencies

Enhance skills, knowledge and capabilities, improve operational effectiveness and safety of LE

Component 1: Training portfolio

Regional Training priorities

Multiplication

Mentoring

Train the Trainer

ILP/CLP

Training cycles

Fraud, economic and financial crimes

Drugs trafficking

High risk criminal networks

Cyber-attacks

Cross-cutting

Migrant smuggling

Counter Terrorism; Anticipate

7 areas

Participants in activities per country

Online

Onsite

1155

674

343

244

256

Component 8: Rapid training response

Delivery of the Training Packages

Development of the Training Packages

Presenting findings of assessment to interested parties

Assessment against urgency and proficiency

Consultation with Europol to ensure consistency with EMPACT

Collection of proposals from beneficiaries and partners

Provide rapid response training according to immediate needs

Community building, exchange and coordination

Participation in EU Criminal analysis convention, study visits and CONAN

Strategic analysis

Analysis products on relevant criminal threats, incl. workshops

Priority crime area insight

Workshops on priority crime areas

ANALYTICAL dialogue

For ANASPOCs Refined analytical capabilities and knowledge exchange, promotion of the adaptation of a methodology-driven approach to strategic analysis and facilitation of deepened insight into regional trends in relevant crime.

Component 3:

EU CrimACon

Component 2: Emerging threats and Analysis

Information and study visits

Strategic Analysis/SOCTA

Enhance analytical capabilities

Strategic and support NETWORKS

To facilitate inter-agency cooperation and exchange the knowledge, information and good practices across the regions in the field of criminal investigations and fight against organised crime

Component 1:

Identification and validation of needs and solutionsPromote information exchange

Fostering a multidisciplinary approachDevelopment of guidelines and methodologies

Strategic Cooperation Forum

EMPACT Thematic Working Groups

Component 4: CT Support Nework

CT workshops

FTF and reintegrationViolent extremismTerrorism content onlineRadicalization

Guidelines on CTFto be distributed

Create and disseminate good practices

Improve regional response to CT

Identify needs, gaps and requirement for innovative solutions

Component 5: Strategic Cooperation Forum

Agree on rapid training response priorities

Validate the OTNA report

Revise and verify the relevance, and recommend adjustments

Cross-checks training priorities

Expert group for the development and approval of OTNA

Heads of Operational/Training Units

Enhance multinational LEcooperation and coordination

Component 3: EMPACT Support Nework

ESNworkshops

National EMPACT awareness meetings

Participation in OAs strategic meetings

Enhance capacity to participate in EMPACT

OTNA

KNOWLEDGE and operational CAPACITIES

A multiannual, multidisciplinary, and multi-layered, hands-on and interactive training portfolio focusing on the identified crime priorities and qualifications.

Component 2:

Info

Regional, sub-regional and national training coursesDigital learningTrain-the Trainer and multiplication coursesMentoring and Exchange programme

OTNA Report 2024 and 2026Identification of core capability gaps

Training portfolio

Component 6: Multiplication training courses

Pool of national trainers

Multiplication training courses

Internal trainers within the operational units, subject matter experts, curriculum developers

Linked with the regional curricula

Improve outreach of training programmes and increase the number of trained LE officials