Norwegian Financial Mechanism Setting up the SIRENE Bureau and training for participation in the SIS 9th November 2010 Lenka Kopačková SIRENE CZ

Brief History  project application submitted  project approved  terms and conditions accepted  9-10/2006 Grant agreement signed  start of the project activities  end of the project activities  official termination of the project Project applicant: Police Presidum of the Czech Republic

Purpose of the Project To strengthen the capacity of the Police Presidium of the Czech Republic (esp. of SIRENE CZ) to train police officers in Schengen co-operation To contribute to the full integration of the Czech Republic into the Schengen area without checks at internal borders

Objectives of the project  To train SIRENE staff and other police officers in Schengen issues  To create convenient conditions for training  training room  equipment for training at police units  educational and informational materials  To contribute to setting up SIRENE Bureau  equipment of the communication centre  further development of SIRENE work-flow system

Budget  Total project costs EUR  Eligible cost EUR  Non-eligible cost EUR (van) Grant EUR Grant rate of 85%  The project generates no revenue  Co-financing ensured from state budget

Norway funds in the Czech Rep Total amount of Norway grants alocated in CZ: 62,4 mln.EUR Priority no.7-Schengen and Judiciary: EUR Project CZ 0005: EUR, i.e. 20 % of the budget of Priority no.7

Budget structure

Management structure  General project manager – former Deputy Police President, nowadays Police President  Financial manager of the project - Deputy Police President for economics  Project manager - Head of Bureau of Criminal Police and Investigation Service  Project co-ordinator – employee of SIRENE CZ  Financial co-ordinator of the project - The Economic Administration Department

Monitoring and controlling system of the project  External monitoring system  Ministry of Finance  Authorities appointed by the Financial Mechanism Office  Other bodies entitled to carry out control activities within the Ministry of Interior (i.e. for example Supreme Audit Office)

Monitoring and controlling system of the project  Internal monitoring and controlling system of the project  ensured by the standard control mechanism of the Czech Police and the Ministry of the Interior  Subjects responsible for internal control o the Economic Administration Department o Internal Control Department o Internal Audit and Supervision Department

Monitoring and controlling system of the project – carried out controls  Departement of Financial control of the Ministry of Interior (3/2007)  Transparency International+ Scanteam (November 2007)  Monitoring visit of the Norwegian Embassy in Prague and Scanteam (January 2008)  Internal Audit and Supervision Department of the Ministry of Interior (10-11/2009)  On the spot control by Ernst &Young and Ministry of Finance (May 2009)

Project Implementation (January 2007–October 2010)

Project activities  Activity 1 - Training of the SIRENE staff and other experts  Activity 2 - Creating of appropriate material conditions for training  Activity 3 - Setting up of the SIRENE CZ

Activity 1- Training of the SIRENE staff and other experts  Training of SIRENE CZ staff in the Czech Rep. and abroad (study visits)  Study visits of SIRENE CZ staff focused on preparing of evaluation abroad  Consultancy on preparing for evaluation in the Czech Republic  Cosultancy during the time of joining the SIS  Courses on Schengen terminology in English language  Study visit of the Czech police IT experts abroad  Study visit of experts from the Ministry of Interior on regional airport focused on the control of the passangers from non-schengen countries  Training of police officers in regions & Prague  Study visits for Criminal Police and Investigation Service in accompaniment of SIRENE CZ staff abroad  Coordination meetings (initial and final meeting)

Activity 1- Study visits of SIRENE CZ staff abroad

Activity 1 -Training of police officers in the Czech Rep.  South Bohemia České Budějovice (75)  Central Bohemia 21.,22., Praha – Zbraslav (122)  East Bohemia 28., Hradec Králové (94)  West Bohemia Plzeň (99)  North Bohemia Ústí nad Labem (103)  Prague Praha (162)  South Moravia Brno (60)  North Moravia Frýdek-Místek (139)  Command Centres Praha (54)  Alien and Border Police Praha (35)  Criminal Police Brno (63) ═ Total number of trained police officers 1 006

Activity 1- Study visits of Criminal police and Regional police directorates abroad  Criminal police and investigation service  Regional police directorates

Activity 1- Training of SIRENE CZ staff in the Czech Rep. by foreign experts

Activity 2 - Creating of appropriate material conditions for training  Establishing of the training room  Educational and training materials  Equipment for training at police units in the Czech Republic

Activity 3 - Setting up of the SIRENE CZ  Adjustment of the current workflow (EVIN)  Partial equipment of the communication centre

Prolongation of the project  Planned termination of the project  Substantials savings ( EUR, i.e.34 % of the project budget)  Prolongation of the project activities till  Prolongation of so far carried out activities as well as completely new activities

New activities of the project in 2010  Seminars for staff of the Regional Directorates of Police of the Czech Republic abroad  Seminars for the Czech police IT experts in the Czech Republic

The Project contributed to:  Training of more of 1000 police officers (training of trainers)  Successful evaluation (only country with no remark on further training)  All Czech alerts in the SIS during the first 3 weeks after connection  High number of hits in the SIS  Creating convenient working and training conditions for SIRENE CZ

Thank you for your attention Any questions? Lenka Kopačková phone: fax: