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Police in Donetsk region receives instructions on usage of donated first aid kits

February 24, 2021

The National Police (NPU) in Donetsk region will receive over a thousand medical kits in the upcoming weeks within the PRAVO Police project. This equipment, regular and specifically designed for emergency situations, will enhance the capacities of the police to effectively administer first aid for citizens and officers when needed. The first aid kits will […]

The community of change-makers undergoes EUAM’s Open Source Intelligence training

February 23, 2021

Open Source and Social Media Intelligence was the topic of the EU Advisory Mission (EUAM) flagship training programme known as ‘Leading the Change’ last week. A tailor-made training course is developed for reform-minded managers from the agencies of Ukraine’s civilian security sector such as the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice, National Police, Office of […]

EUAM helps SBGS launch info campaign to address smuggling in western Ukraine

February 11, 2021

As part of EUAM Ukraine’s support to Ukrainian Civilian Security Sector institutions in the field of strategic communications, the State Border Guard Service launched an information campaign entitled ‘Smuggling is an illegal activity, not earnings’. Every year smuggling causes significant damage to the state budget in Ukraine. Quite often people can’t see a connection between […]

#UnitedAgainstCorruption: 196 Odesa region community members meet to exchange views on corruption

February 05, 2021

This week, 196 law-enforcement personnel from Odesa region participated in a webinar organised by EUAM’s Odesa Field Office

EU and UNOPS enhance regional prosecutors’ technical capacity in view of the COVID-19 pandemic

February 03, 2021

The EU and UNOPS delivered 45 video-teleconferencing systems and computers to 19 regional prosecutor’s offices, which will speed up and simplify coordination between the Office of the Prosecutor General, regional and local prosecutor’s offices. The majority of the equipment will be distributed to the conflict-affected areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. “The ongoing pandemic has […]

EUAM builds a community of practitioners who share common vision for reform

February 02, 2021

Some of the main actors within Ukraine’s Civilian Security Sector last week participated in the latest edition of one of EUAM’s flagship training programmes, a two-day tailor-made programme known as ‘Leading the Change’. ‘Leading the Change’ is part of EUAM’s good governance support to Civilian Security Sector agencies. The programme focuses on public policy, […]

EU and UNOPS provide Donbas police with life-saving first aid kits

February 01, 2021

The EU and UNOPS delivered 718 First Aid Kits that will be used in patrol police and specialised task forces cars in the Donbas Main Department of the National Police. These kits, both regular and specifically designed for emergency situations, will enhance the capacities of the police to effectively administer first aid when needed. “Equipping […]

EUAM advises on de-escalation techniques that ‘can save officers’ and citizens’ lives’

January 29, 2021

This week, more than 315 police personnel from the Main Department of the National Police of Ukraine (NPU) and from the Patrol Police Department in Donetsk region participated in a two-day webinar organised by the EU Advisory Mission (EUAM) on de-escalation techniques. In cases of conflict, how can law-enforcement officers resolve the situation without using […]

Digest: the best moments of the Online Safety Conference 2020

January 28, 2021

Last week, EUAM Ukraine supported the Ministry of Digital Transformation in organising its Online Safety Conference on “Contemporary Challenges 2020”. Today as we celebrate #DataProtectionDay, find below the best moments of this two-day conference

EUAM presents best techniques in interviewing children for criminal proceedings

January 18, 2021

Finland’s leading experts in the field of interviewing children as part of criminal proceedings were keynote speakers at a webinar organised by the EU Advisory Mission (EUAM) last week. The online event gathered over 180 participants from Ukraine’s police, courts, prosecution, regional authorities and academia in Kharkiv, Lviv, Kyiv, Mariupol and Odesa. The event elaborated […]

EUAM donates cutting-edge IT equipment to the National Police of Ukraine in Donetsk region

December 24, 2020

The European Union Advisory Mission (EUAM) continues to enhance institutional capacities of Ukrainian partners in regions during COVID-19 outbreak. The International Police Cooperation Unit of the National Police in Donetsk region, which conducts cooperation with Interpol, Europol and international organisations working in Ukraine, received IT support from the Mission today. The Unit coordinates activities of […]

EUAM provides e-tools to partners in Lviv assisting them to cope with pandemic challenges

December 22, 2020

Lviv has become a centre for EUAM’s technical assistance this week. The European Union Advisory Mission (EUAM) has delivered several batches of equipment worth over €30,000 to various law enforcement agencies in the region. Currently, law enforcement agencies are faced with specific tasks due to the challenging conditions of the pandemic in addition to ensuring […]

#StandUp4HumanRights: improving the civilian security sector’s response to hate crimes

December 18, 2020

This week, representatives from the law enforcement authorities and civil society, as well as experts from other international organisations, sat around a virtual table for the launch of a new project to improve the Ukrainian civilian security sector (CSS)’s response to hate crimes, carried out by the EU Advisory Mission (EUAM Ukraine). This new project […]

EUAM funded textbooks to standardise criminal-analysis education in Ukraine

December 08, 2020

In line with the concept of intelligence-led policing (ILP), which EUAM Ukraine has been advising on since 2015

EU supports creation of state-of-the-art data centres to enhance National Police operations

December 04, 2020

Today the National Police of Ukraine (NPU) announced the launch of two state-of-the-art modular data centres at undisclosed locations, networked with existing NPU telecommunications infrastructure