OSCE Mission and Dutch Government assist Serbia and Montenegro in reforming police education
Reforming police education in Serbia and Montenegro. (FoNet Agency) Photo details
BELGRADE, 27 September 2004 - As part of an assistance programme aimed at reforming police education, the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and the Embassy of the Netherlands today handed over equipment and materials to the ministries of interior of Serbia and Montenegro.
The equipment, worth 20,000 euros, is part of a donation by the Dutch Government to the Interior Ministry's Ministry of Interior for the OSCE Curriculum Design Project. The entire donation to the Law Enforcement Department amounts to 250,000 euros and will help raise human rights standards and increase the level of professionalism within the police service.
At the same event today, 32 police officers from all over Serbia were certified as National Trainers, and eight officers from Serbia and Montenegro as National Curriculum Designers.
This is the first group of officers to graduate from a three-week Curriculum Design Course during which they learned to assess training needs, develop training plans and evaluate existing education curricula. The graduates will play an important role in designing and developing new national training curricula for the Serbian and the Montenegrin police services.
The course is designed to enhance the institutional capacity within both the Serbian and Montenegrin Ministries of Interior and develop modern police education criteria in line with international human rights standards. It is supported by the OSCE Mission's Law Enforcement Police Education and Development Programme.
The equipment, worth 20,000 euros, is part of a donation by the Dutch Government to the Interior Ministry's Ministry of Interior for the OSCE Curriculum Design Project. The entire donation to the Law Enforcement Department amounts to 250,000 euros and will help raise human rights standards and increase the level of professionalism within the police service.
At the same event today, 32 police officers from all over Serbia were certified as National Trainers, and eight officers from Serbia and Montenegro as National Curriculum Designers.
This is the first group of officers to graduate from a three-week Curriculum Design Course during which they learned to assess training needs, develop training plans and evaluate existing education curricula. The graduates will play an important role in designing and developing new national training curricula for the Serbian and the Montenegrin police services.
The course is designed to enhance the institutional capacity within both the Serbian and Montenegrin Ministries of Interior and develop modern police education criteria in line with international human rights standards. It is supported by the OSCE Mission's Law Enforcement Police Education and Development Programme.