The fast-evolving security environment in the Euro-Mediterranean region has urged international, regional and state actors to engage in strategic and operational cooperation way beyond the traditional law enforcement areas. Security challenges have entailed the readiness of EU and MENA countries to work together to enhance their citizens’ security by reinforcing law enforcement cooperation through joint capacity-building efforts under the aegis of the Euromed Police projects. The longstanding partnerships, training activities, tools and mechanisms fostered by the Euromed Police throughout its past four project phases have rendered Euromed Police an acknowledged regional actor in the Euro-Mediterranean law enforcement environment. The tangible achievements of the project mainly lie in its unique approach allowing for different levels of involvement by partner countries and flexible geographical scope focusing on the identification of operational needs addressing concrete operational issues raised in the context of serious and organized crime areas.
Author: Katalin Berényi & Zoé Freund
Katalin Berényi, Ph.D. works as Key Expert IV within the Euromed Police IV project team in charge of the planning and facilitation of Euromed capacity-building events and the direct implementation of the Euromed Knowledge Base while deployed at CEPOL in Budapest, Hungary.
Ms. Zoé Freund acted as Project Assistant and currently as Operations Manager within the Euromed Police IV project team based in Brussels, Belgium.