OSCE Mission to Serbia supports development of online training for police

Some 40 senior managers from the Serbian Interior Ministry discussed the advantages of online professional development courses for police officers at an OSCE-supported event in Belgrade on 22 January 2013.

The event is part of joint efforts by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Ministry to enhance the Serbian police training system and improve their capacities. The European Police College (CEPOL) presented an external evaluation of the Interior Ministry’s e-learning efforts to date, including two pilot e-courses on communication skills and the use of specialized software for crime investigators delivered at the Ministry in 2012.

“This presentation was organized with the aim of raising awareness and ensuring wider acceptance of online training as an efficient and accessible form of education, which will further support professionalization and democratic policing in Serbia,” said the OSCE Mission to Serbia Law Enforcement Department Head, Roar Larsen.

In 2011, the Serbian Interior Ministry in partnership with the OSCE adopted a strategy on e-learning aimed at modernizing its police training and education system.