International
The Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei (DHPOL - German Police University) has been assigned with providing a platform for the cooperation with research institutions from abroad and with sharing information and know-how on an international level. This is done in accordance with both the corresponding treaty on the DHPol and a number of complementary resolutions made by the German Conference of the Ministers and Senators of the Interior.
Foreign relations
One of the main tasks of DHPol is the cultivation of foreign relations. Long-standing close contacts to comparable institutions abroad exist. The AEPC (Association of European Police Colleges) www.aepc.net organizes regular meetings of the directors of European police colleges. The AEPC promotes cooperation and coordination between the member institutions beyond the EU and supports e.g. the development of training in southeast-European states. Another important international integration of DHPol is the membership in the European Police College CEPOL (Collège Européen de Police) www.cepol.org . DHPol is the German part of the CEPOL-network. Per decision of the EU-Council, CEPOL in 2006 became an agency financed by the EU-budget. It deals with the improvement of cross-border police cooperation in Europe. This is achieved by e.g. by organizing training activities within the frame of this network. Another task is the support of training in member states by developing harmonised curricula.
Furthermore, DHPol is member of the MEPA (Middle European Police Academy) www.mepa.net, which carries out training for senior executives from the eight middle-European member states, particularly in the field of cross-border organized crime.
Within the frame of the mentioned institutional and further bilateral cooperation, DHPol allows foreign senior police officers to study and participate in training courses in Germany and German police officers to study in the European states and beyond the borders.
Furthermore, DHPol is member of the MEPA (Middle European Police Academy) www.mepa.net, which carries out training for senior executives from the eight middle-European member states, particularly in the field of cross-border organized crime.
Within the frame of the mentioned institutional and further bilateral cooperation, DHPol allows foreign senior police officers to study and participate in training courses in Germany and German police officers to study in the European states and beyond the borders.