Strategic partnership for improving training in law enforcement public institutions Erasmus Project

Project Title

Strategic partnership for improving training in law enforcement public institutions

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Home and justice affairs (human rights & rule of law); New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

In EU space, there must be a security environment for each citizen in which freedom, security and justice are guaranteed. The partners, public institutions with responsibilities in the field of law enforcement, identified the need to develop common non-formal training programs which would enable a better cooperation at EU level, bring added value in carrying out daily responsibilities, open up opportunities for innovative approaches that produce long-lasting effects leading to improvement of professional environment within the organization, introduce new methods of non-formal training in the workplace. The overall objective was to develop a strategic partnership with similar institutions and institutions specialized in the field of education, aiming to improve the quality of continuous training, to bring forth institutional modernization and furthermore to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the duties performed daily. The relevance of the project to the objectives set consists in significant increase of training capacity to improve the quality level of skills and competences of our employees by promoting lifelong learning. The project activities were 1. Project management; 2. Policy learning and collection of good practices; 3. Training needs analysis; 4. Curriculum development, competencies profiles, on-line platform for non-formal training; 5. Train the trainers program; 6. Piloting the non-formal methods, tutoring, mentoring and job rotation; 7. Setting up monitoring and evaluation instruments for non-formal training process; 8. Strategic documents development. Regular meetings of the project management teams were organised in order to ensure the effective coordination of activities, to compile monitoring reports and observe the conditions of eligibility. As an approach of the management process, the activity was based on the five functions of management: planning, organization, coordination, training, and control. Specific deliverables were technical and financial reports. The implementation teams provided the necessary data needed to draft and submit periodic reports. The final assessment provides information regarding the achievement of objectives, the impact of the project on the target group, the prospects for further development in light of the acquired experience, satisfaction level of target groups, compliance with the proposed financial targets. Through the activities, the project does not only bring fundamental changes to the curriculum design, but also creates an authentic framework or practical implementation of this concept, through instruments able to sustain a convergence in the design and development of trans-disciplinary competences. The elaboration of innovative approaches will lead to enhance professional career developments. Attracting young and new employees in tutoring programs will foster their professional development. Attracting experienced professionals in mentoring programs will preserve their knowledge and will capitalize on it in the interest of the institution. The participation of specialists in policy and strategic planning in project activities contributed to the dissemination of institutional commitment for mentoring, tutoring and job rotation. At the level of target group the impact is the increased interest of all colleagues to take part in similar training activities, increased intercultural awareness, better cooperation among colleagues in EU and international missions. The practical implementation of the project outcomes will produce a lasting impact onto the consolidation of a sustainable training program in this field, which seeks to address a broad range of barriers that may inhibit individuals from seeking and maintaining interest in continuous professional improvement. It will also contribute to the preservation of the knowledge in institutions when personnel with huge expertise retire. The participation in non-formal training programs will lead to increased interest in and openness to EU best practices, reflected better in the improvement of their own training methods and own work, application of new teaching and learning methods, introduction of new learning contents and focus on the European dimension in training, as well as better capability of dealing with a diverse or multicultural groups, improved quality of foreign language used during common missions at EU level. The strategic partners have developed a stronger European dimension of their day to day life in the institutions, have established partnerships and cooperation relations among them and have introduced new management strategies, ideas and practices.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 120148,35 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNITATEA DE POLITICI PUBLICE MINISTERUL AFACERILOR INTERNE & Country: RO

Project Partners

• Landeskriminalamt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• BUNDESMINISTERIUM FUER INNERES
• INSTITUTUL DE STIINTE ALE EDUCATIEI
• www.ecg.eu GmbH