03/04/2025

Marko Vujević, Director of the Agency for Education and Professional Training, received a delegation of the EUPA4BiH Project (European Union Support to Police Agencies in BiH) led by Dijana Stevanović, a deputy of Eric Vincker, the Project Manager.

Director Vujević introduced the Agency, its main responsibilities, capacities, and current projects. The EUPA4BiH Project is valued at approximately 10 million euros. The project is financed by the European Union and implemented by a consortium of partners led by the Centre for International Legal Cooperation (CILC, Netherlands), in partnership with the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ Germany), CIVIPOL (France), the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Legal Affairs (FIAP, Spain), and the Central Project Management Agency (CPMA, Lithuania).

The project is aimed at improving the efficiency of institutions in BiH involved in the fight against organized crime, corruption, terrorism, financial crime, and money laundering, as well as promoting inter-agency and international cooperation among law enforcement agencies and collaboration with judicial bodies, and providing equipment to strengthen the capacity of law enforcement agencies. The project, which officially began in September last year, is expected to last for the next 54 months.

More about the EUPA4BiH project, divided into five interconnected clusters, was shared by Frans Moorman, an international expert on international cooperation, Dieter Gast, an international expert on the project component related to organized crime, Igoris Krzeckovskis, an international expert on financial crime, money laundering, and the confiscation of illegally acquired assets and Brian Robinson, who covers the areas of terrorism, criminal intelligence systems, etc.

Cluster I focuses on the fight against cross-border organized crime by building capacities to combat transnational organized crime, human trafficking, drug trafficking, corruption, cybercrime, and strengthening border security. Cluster II focuses on building capacities to fight terrorism and prevent violent extremism. Cluster III deals with financial crime and building capacities to combat financial crime and money laundering. Cluster IV is about internal cooperation and enhancing the collaboration between law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and judges, aligning legislation with EU acquis, and developing proactive investigations, confirmed indictments, and final judgments against organized crime and corruption. Cluster V focuses on external cooperation, aiming to improve collaboration and coordination with external partners, including EUROPOL, INTERPOL, CEPOL, EMPACT, and PCC to improve information exchange.

At his meeting Director Vujević was accompanied by Deputy Director Predrag Šupljeglav, Head of the Support Department Dunja Galić, Director’s Assistant for Training Elvir Velić, and the heads of the basic and specialized training departments, Maid Pajević and Ivan Pinjuh. During the tour of the complex, they presented to the guests the Agency's capacities for organizing professional and specialized training courses, teaching, mentorship, and capacity building through both theoretical and practical methods.