This Symposium was aimed at the heads of national, regional and international entities in charge of police capacity building, training and development. As such it was of interest and value to any police managers interested in learning about and sharing major training challenges and best practices in the area of capacity building for police forces. In order to advance the theme “Enhancing the Efficiency of Law Enforcement Learning Activities”, the Symposium addressed the following major police training concepts:

• Innovation in police training;
• Training quality assurance; and
• International cooperation in police training.

The symposium was opened by Mr Assefa Abiyu Commissioner General, Ethiopian Federal Police and  Mr Dale Sheehan, Director, INTERPOL Capacity Building and Training Directorate. The following symposium presentations were delivered and included discussion:

• Ms Chor Ping Woo, Assistant Director, INTERPOL Capacity Building and Training Directorate , presented INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI): overview and capabilities
•  Mr Dieter Korhummel, Assistant Director, INTERPOL Capacity Building and Training Directorate , presented an overview of capacity building and training at INTERPOL
•  Mr Marcellino Ramkishun Regional Technical Specialist -Immigration and Border Management, International Organization for Migration (IOM), presented an overview of the African Capacity Building Center (ACBC) in Moshi, Tanzania
•  Mr Wayne Snell  Assistant Director,  INTERPOL Capacity Building and Training Directorate, delivered a presentation entitiled   ‘Hi Jingo’ and stakeholder management for police training center managers
•  Mr Seymour Jones,  Senior Advisor for International Training and Security Sector Assistance, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) delivered presentation on  Training needs assessments and training quality assurance  as well as on Curriculum design and instructional methodology in international training
•  Mr Sven Middelraad, Detective Inspector, Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) unit for police training aid-ProjectEast Africa presented on Police training assistance in East Africa: Project East Africa II
•  Dr Roger Maclean, Professor,John Abbott College, preseted briefings on
  • Mental illness empathy training of police technology students
  • The Tandem Project: training police technology students in cultural intelligence using cultural/ethnic mentors
  • E-Learning to integrated blended learning
• Mr Jean-François Gadeceau, Assistant Director, INTERPOL Capacity Building and Training Directorate:, presented briefings on:
  • Contemporary research findings on how the human brain learns
  • E-Learning at INTERPOL

• Mr Tofik Murshudlu, Chief of Implementation Support Section, UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), presented entitiled  initiatives in building capacities of law enforcement agencies including in the field of training
• Mr Alexandru Caciuloiu, Digital Crime Officer, INTERPOL Cyber Innovation and Outreach Directorate  presented on Cyber training strategy for the INTERPOL Cyber Innovation and Outreach Directorate
• Dr Ali AfsharHead of Educational Department,  presented an introduction to the Encyclopedia of Police Science
• Mr Andre Roux, Senior Researcher and Training Coordinator for Police,Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Training police officers for peace operations
• Mr Ayele Mulugeta, Academic Vice President, Ethiopian Police University College Police training and education in Ethiopia: development, challenges and the need for international cooperation
• Mr Michael Niemeier, Director -International Coordination Department, presented on  Police training and technical assistance: challenges of international coordination
• Mr Wayne Snell   then facilitated a collective discussion concerning expectations of member countries on the role of INTERPOL;  How to expand police training cooperation, and the future role, structure, and activities for the INTERPOL Group of Experts on Police Training (IGEPT)