Brussels, 26/04/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 23 April, EU member states undertook to develop an exchange programme, similar to the Erasmus scheme, for police officers. Conclusions adopted by the Council say that CEPOL, as the EU body specialised in police training, “should eventually be responsible for managing Union exchange programmes regarding training for all police officers, whether high ranked, middle or basis ranked police officers and police students”. The scheme, to run for an initial period of four years, is for all policemen and women and civilian employees of member states' police forces. The ultimate aim of these exchanges is “to promote mobility and mutual trust between law enforcement departments, to promote the European dimension in police work”. To establish this police Erasmus scheme, the Council asks the Commission to examine as soon as possible, and at the latest by the end of June 2012, the financial implications of a possible legislative proposal to enlarge the scope of activity of CEPOL as appropriate so that it can manage and financially support the exchange programme. At the Council meeting, a number of legislative projects and conclusions were also adopted: - a Council; decision supplementing the Schengen Borders Code as regards the surveillance of the sea external borders as part of the operation cooperation coordinated by the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders; - amendments to the 2001 Council regulation on the adoption of specific restrictive measures against certain persons and entities as part of the fight against terrorism; - a Council resolution on a Model Agreement for setting up joint cooperation teams; - Council conclusions on improving prevention of violence against women and care to victims of such violence within the scope of law enforcement; - Council conclusions on improving the rules governing the administrative control and identification of, and the exchange of information and intelligence on criminal activities in relation to, speedboats, recreational craft and their motors; - Council conclusions on systems and mechanisms for the enhancement of the security of explosives; - a report on the preparedness and consequence management in the event of a terrorist attack; - Council conclusions on the use of a standardised, multidimensional semi-structured instrument for collecting data and information on the processes of radicalisation in the EU; - Council conclusions on strengthening cooperation between national bodies or structures responsible for analysis of the terrorist threat; - Council conclusions on prevention of forest fires within the EU; - Council conclusions on Schengen evaluation of Bulgaria, Romania and Germany; - Council conclusions on an action plan to implement the Concerted Strategy to combat cybercrime; - adoption of the action-oriented paper on strategic and concerted action to improve cooperation in combating organised crime, especially drug trafficking, originating in West Africa. (B.C./transl.rt)