06-08, 13:30–13:50 (Europe/Vilnius), Panel Room III - I-408
Digitalisation, one of the key elements addressed by CEPOL in law enforcement training, is carried out based on the continuing and emerging technological innovations that needs to be given the highest priority across the European law enforcement community.
The new European Union Strategic Needs Assessment (EU-STNA), defines the strategic EU-level training priorities of law enforcement officials for the next 4-year cycle, 2022-2025, in line with the EMPACT priorities, emphasizing the importance of digital skills and use of new technologies, as one of the main horizontal aspects that should be addressed in all training activities.
Cyber-attacks, had the highest prioritising, as EU training need, within the Member States, indicating more than 7600 officials that would need to be trained. Law enforcement and judiciary authorities would need further awareness raising regarding cyber security, cyber-enabled and cyber-dependent crime, but also further improvement in dealing with e-evidence and international cooperation mechanisms.
Taking into consideration the deliverables of the EU-STNA process, CEPOL has further launched a structured training needs analysis in 2021, the OTNA on Digital skills and the use of new technologies, in order to define the training portfolio addressing digitalisation of law enforcement for 2023-2025. Amongst most relevant training topics of the responding countries, we can highlight the Digital investigations, use of new technologies and digital forensics, that would need to be included in law enforcement training activities.
Keywords: digitalisation, digital skills, new technologies, law enforcement training, EU priorities
Iulian Coman is currently analyst/training officer - seconded national expert at the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training from 'Alexandru Ioan Cuza' Police Academy Bucharest, with a broad experience in law enforcement training, international cooperation, public relations and analysis. Formerly a border police investigator dealing with cross-border criminality at the Romanian Coast Guard, international relations officer, trainer, spokesperson and PhD candidate in public order and national security with the 'Alexandru Ioan Cuza' Police Academy Bucharest.
Being the Head of Exchange, Research and Analysis Sector at CEPOL Noemi Alexa`s main responsibility is support the design of law enforcement training by coordinating training needs assessment and analyses. Prior to joining CEPOL she worked as an assistant professor at the Central European University teaching at MBA and Executive MBA courses with research focusing on leadership and business integrity. Before her academic carrier she was the Executive Director of the Hungarian chapter of Transparency International. In this position, she coordinated and conducted several applied research activities linked to the anticorruption field. She holds a PhD in Multidisciplinary Social Sciences from Budapest Corvinus University.