In order to develop all training material, including common training standards, and to ensure a broad scope of training activities, Frontex has developed a network of Partnership Academies in nine Member States. These training centres host Frontex-organised training courses—both theoretical and practical—as well as training development conferences. The training courses at these facilities are focussed on small groups (of 10 to 20 participants) and include areas as diverse as Communication in the field (e.g. between helicopters, boats and planes), sea survival training for helicopter crews, mountain survival training, use of Night Vision Goggles (NVGs), and tactical training, as well as less tangible fields like fundamental human rights, ethics, languages or cultural sensitivity.
The aim of such courses is not to standardise procedures across the EU, but to facilitate effective co-operation during joint operations and to foster a common sense of European “border-guardship” with a set of shared values and practices. The hope is that as national representatives train together and share experiences, mutual compatibility and a European border-security culture will naturally evolve.
“Harmonisation is not about quantity, it’s about quality.”
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Politia de Frontiera Romana Iasi, Romania |
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Polizia di Stato Cesena, Italy |
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Bundersministerium fur Inneres Sicherheitsakademie (.SIAK) Traiskirchen, Austria |
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The Finnish Border Guard Espoo / Imatra, Finland |
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UK Border Agency Gatwick / Dover, United Kingdom |
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Koninklijke Marechaussee Apeldoorn, The Netherlands |
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State Border Guard Service Vilnius, Lithuania |
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Border Guard School Medininkai, Lithuania |
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Police Academy Bratislava Bratislava, Slovakia |
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Bundespolizeiakademie Luebeck, Germany |
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Cuerpo Nacional de Policía Madrid, Spain |
