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Police training centre opens in Sremska Kamenica with OSCE Mission to Serbia support
BELGRADE 5 December 2007
BELGRADE, 5 December 2007 - A new Basic Police Training Centre, the result of close co-operation between the OSCE Mission and the Government of Serbia, opened in the northern Serbian city of Sremska Kamenica today.
A total of 129 cadets, including 32 women and 10 members of ethnic minorities, will soon begin a one-year training course, to be followed by a six-month field training programme.
"The new police training facility will help break away from the past, and allow men and women to train together after they complete their secondary education," said Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, the Head of the OSCE Mission, who took part in the opening ceremony together with Serbian Interior Minister, Dragan Jocic, and Norwegian Ambassador to Serbia, Haakon Blankenborg.
"The new training programme introduces a reformed curriculum in line with the principles of fundamental human and minority rights. It will enable the cadets to prepare for serving the public and being responsive to the needs of their communities."
The transformation of the former Police High School into a modern Basic Police Training Centre started in 2006. Since then, a new curriculum was created, dormitories and classrooms were reconstructed. The project was funded by Norway and the Serbian government's National Investment Plan.
A total of 129 cadets, including 32 women and 10 members of ethnic minorities, will soon begin a one-year training course, to be followed by a six-month field training programme.
"The new police training facility will help break away from the past, and allow men and women to train together after they complete their secondary education," said Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, the Head of the OSCE Mission, who took part in the opening ceremony together with Serbian Interior Minister, Dragan Jocic, and Norwegian Ambassador to Serbia, Haakon Blankenborg.
"The new training programme introduces a reformed curriculum in line with the principles of fundamental human and minority rights. It will enable the cadets to prepare for serving the public and being responsive to the needs of their communities."
The transformation of the former Police High School into a modern Basic Police Training Centre started in 2006. Since then, a new curriculum was created, dormitories and classrooms were reconstructed. The project was funded by Norway and the Serbian government's National Investment Plan.