Welcome to CEPOL - European Police College
CEPOL brings together senior police officers across Europe with the aim to encourage cross-border cooperation in the fight against crime and maintenance of public security and law and order. Established as an agency of the European Union (EU) in 2005 (
Council Decision 2005/681/JHA of 20 September 2005), the CEPOL 
Secretariat is based at Bramshill in the United Kingdom, approximately 70km from central London.
CEPOL operates as a network where the activities - courses, seminars, conferences and meetings - are implemented in and by Member States, mainly at the national senior police training institutes. CEPOL organises between 70-100 courses, seminars and conferences per year which cover a wide-range of topics relevant to policing in Europe today.
CEPOL's vision is that the agency is acknowledged by allied agencies and authorities in the policing and academic world to be the primary source of learning and development in the field of education and training for better cooperation and policing in Europe.
The acronym CEPOL is French and stands for Collège Européen de Police - European Police College (in English).
CEPOL has an annual budget of 7.8 million euro (2010) funded by the European Communities.
The CEPOL Secretariat is managed by a Director. The Director is accountable to the Governing Board which is made up of representatives from the EU Member States, usually the Directors from the national senior police training institutes. The Chair of the Governing Board is a representative of the Member State holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
The Governing Board normally meets four times a year and has established four committees to support its work:
* Annual Programme Committee (APC)
* Budget and Administration Committee (BAC)
* Strategy Committee (SC)
* Training and Research Committee (TRC)
Committees can be supported by Working Groups, Project Groups and Sub-groups.
The CEPOL Secretariat has about 30 staff members who carry out the day-to-day work, within two units; the Programme Unit and the Administration Unit together with the staff members working on projects and Seconded National Experts.
