International conference in Gdansk (2016)
On 16-18 March 2016 in Gdańsk there is held international conference organised by the International Police Cooperation Bureau of the National Police Headquarters under project „New challenges for SIS users related to SIS II implementation co-financed from Norway Grants (2009-2014). It is dedicated to preventing and combatting terrorism, including threats posed by the so-called foreign fighters.
The conference was opened by insp. Jarosław Rzymkowski, Commander of the Regional Police Headquarter in Gdańsk and podinsp. Łukasz Wliński, Deputy Director of the International Police Cooperation Bureau of the National Police Headquarters.
The topic of the conference is a continuation of the issues discussed during the previous conferences - international conference (Cracow 02-04.09.2015), national conference (Wrocław 08-10.10.2015) and national conference (Poznań 17-19.02.2016) when the issues related to the massive influx of immigrants to Schengen zone and risks liaised with it were presented. Apart from them recent events, in particular terrorist attacks are covered.
According to the agenda, there will be presented tools and forms of international cooperation of appropriate national services, channels of information exchange (SIS, Interpol, Europol), increase of effectiveness of SIS II usage, experiences of Member States, preparation of Polish services to the aforementioned threats and events, including the forthcoming mass international events in Poland in 2016 (World Youth Days and NATO summit), state-of-art in legislative works in the field of terrorism,
In the conference 60 participants take part.
The next conference under project „New challenges for SIS users related to SIS II implementation” will be held on 16-18 March 2016 in Gdańsk (PL.
More information about Norway Grants: www.norwaygrants.org.
Photos: Regional Police Headquarters in Gdańsk