Czech Presidency of the EU - News
Press releases and photos about current activities of the Ministry of Interior and its representatives during the Czech Presidency of the EU
May 2009
G8 Meeting
- Rome, 28th–30th May 2009 – A meeting of G8 Ministers of the Interior and Justice took place in Rome.The Czech Republic was represented by Minister of the Interior Martin Pecina and the Minister of Justice Daniela Kolářová. Meetings of the Ministers of the Interior and Justice have taken place regularly once a year since 1997. The participants are the USA, the Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada and Russia. The representants of the EU Council, the Ministers of the Interior and Justice of a presiding country of the EU and the Secretary General of Interpol are also invited to this meeting.
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Participants of MEPA course
- Budapest, 28th – 29th May 2009 – During the ending of the three-month main course MEPA 2009 (Central European Police College, the international project of eight European countries), which was devoted to organized crime, was held the meeting of the Board MEPA. The defense of the case study on the topic of child pornography was a part of the solemn closing. The Czech Republic was represented by the director of Education and Administration of the Police Education JUDr.Helena Tomková, who is a member of the top authorities of MEPA – the Board and the Trustees, and the Head of the International Police Training Department Mgr. Karin Jancyková. The Observer from the Czech Republic also was Executive Director of the section of Social and Health Security and Professional Training Ing. Mgr. Miroslav Kroc.
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CEPOL Board Meeting
- Český Krumlov, 26th-27th May 2009 – The 16th CEPOL Governing Board Meeting took place. The meeting was chaired by JUDr. Helena Tomková, the Director of Education and Police Schools Administration Department of the Czech Ministry of the Interior. It was attended by 80 delegates from EU member countries, EU associated countries, deputies of the Council of EU, the European Commission and Europol. The main topics of discussion were oncoming education and training activities, the modernization of structures of the Agency, the budget for the year 2010, the evaluation report for the year 2008 and finally the managment of the Secretariat of the Agency. The deputies of the Council of EU and of the European Commission highly appreciated the open approach and the ability to solve problems by CZ PRESS. During this meeting the Director of the Secretariat of CEPOL announced his resignation on 1st January 2010.
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Conference on Child
Alert Systems
- Prague, 19th May - Conference on Child Alert Systems. The conference was opened by Czech Interior Minister Martin Pecina. “The theme of child alert systems is closely related to one of the Czech Presidency priorities – ‘an open and safe Europe’. The number of children who go missing is increasing not only in the Czech Republic, but in the whole of Europe. This problem must be dealt with in a comprehensive way at European level, particularly in view of the almost unlimited freedom of movement in Europe”, said Interior Minister Pecina.
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Kaliningrad
- Kaliningrad, 14th-15th May 2009 – The EU-Russia Permanent Partnership Council Summit attended by Ministers of the Interior and Justice Ministers was held in Kaliningrad, Russia. EU was represented by the Czech Minister of the Interior Martin Pecina, Czech Minister of Justice Daniela Kovářová, Director General of the European Commission's Justice, Freedom and Security Department Jonathan Faull, Director of Europol Robert Wainwright and representatives of Frontex and Eurojust. The Sweden, which takes over the Presidency of EU after Czech Republic, was represented by Beatrice Ask, Minister for Justice, and Tobias Billström, Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy. The Russian delegation was led by Alexander Konovalov, Minister for Justice and Russian representative for cooperation with the European Union in the field of freedom, security and justice, and the Minister of Interior Rashid Nurgaliev.
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Martin Pecina and Viviane Reding
- Prague, 11th May 2009 – The Minister of the Interior Martin Pecina and the Minister of Industry and Trade Vladimír Tošovský met the Commissioner for information society and media Viviane Reding. Martin Pecina hasinformed her for example about the conferences “eID and public registers” and “Safer Internet for Children” that were organized by the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic and thanked her for a fruitful cooperation. They also discussed the preparations of the TTE council taking place in Luxembourg on June 12th 2009.
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CEPOL
- Bramshill, 7th May 2009 – In the seat of the European educational agency CEPOL (European Police College) in Bramshill, Great Britain, there was held the 15th Strategy Committee meeting. The meeting was chaired by JUDr. Helena Tomková, the director of Education and Police Schools Administration Department of the Czech Ministry of the Interior. This Commission is composed of the representatives of the states which chaired or will chair the Presidency of EU. A participant in the discussion was also the president of the CEPOL Training and Research Committee. The other participants were the representatives of CEPOL Secretariat headed by the director. The main topics were points from meeting of Budget and Administration Committee and „enlarged“ Troika. The Director of Department chaired this meeting in the second half of April. The topics were for example financial managment agencies, the results of managment for the year 2008 and one of the main priorities – the new structure of the agency.
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Informal meeting at Zbiroh
- Zbiroh, 5th-6th May 2009 – An informal meeting of the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum took place at the Castle of Zbiroh in the Czech Republic. After the Council of Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs and the COREPER II, this Committee is the highest level of the Council where issues of migration, asylum and protection of external borders are discussed. Although this Committee usually meets regularly in Brussels, it has become a tradition for this Committee to meet once during a Presidency on an informal basis in the presiding country. This informal meeting is a good opportunity to discuss serious and strategic issues at high level, but also a possibility for the presiding country to show others a bit of its tradition and culture.
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