The Working Arrangement, signed by the Deputy Director of CEPOL, Mr Detlef Schröder, and the Head of the ESDC, Mr Dirk Dubois, provides a firm basis for more active engagement in providing CSDP training for law enforcement officials, e.g. through cooperation in the organisation of courses, seminars, conferences and webinars, and in developing and implementing common curricula and course material.

The ESDC, established in 2005 with the aim of providing strategic-level education in area of the CSDP, has been a long-standing and valuable partner for CEPOL. Cooperation is already very intensive in the field of CSDP training, which is also part of CEPOL’s mandate in terms of training law enforcement officials for participation in Union missions and law enforcement capacity-building activities in third countries.