Information Sessions and Study Visit to the Basic Police Training Centre

10. November 2011.

During the latter part of 2011, it is anticipated that the Ministry of Interior will publish a call for applications for the enrolment of new candidates to the Basic Police Training Centre in Sremska Kamenica.

In an effort to encourage increased diversity within the police service, the Ministry of Interior and the OSCE Mission to Serbia are organizing an initiative to inform youth from the ethnic Albanian community about careers in the police service and encourage them to enrol as candidates to the Basic Police Training Centre. This initiative, made possible by a donation from the Government of Germany and in cooperation with the Government of Serbia’s Coordination Body for Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, will consist of three outreach sessions to promote the work of Basic Police Training Centre. We are inviting all interested youth to join the sessions which will take place on the following dates:

- 14 November 2011 at 16:00 in Centre for Culture in Medvedja

- 15 November 2011 at 16:00 in Centre for Culture in Presevo

- 16 November 2011 at 16:00 in Centre for Culture in Bujanovac

During the outreach sessions representatives of the Basic Police Training Centre, local police stations and the Coordination Body will present the work of the police and BPTC to the participants.

Following the outreach sessions, a select group of Albanian youth will be invited to participate in a study visit to the Basic Police Training Centre to learn more about the enrolment process and training programme. Study visit will be organized from 24 till 25 November 2011.

We would like to emphasise that the participation in the study visit in no way guarantees future acceptance to the police training programme.

It is important to note that those candidates, who are interested in participating in the study visit, must fulfil the following criteria:

To be a citizen of the Republic of Serbia with an address and residence in the Republic of Serbia,
Not be in possession of a dual citizenship,
No previous convictions, and no current criminal or misdemeanour proceedings against him/her (no security issues),
To be between 18 and 26 years of age
To have completed 3 years or 4 years of secondary school (by June 2011 at the latest)
To be mentally and physically fit (to possess mental and physical abilities necessary to conduct police business)
Minimum height of 163cm for women, and 170cm for men,

We strongly encourage Albanian women to apply.

All interested applicants who fulfil the above-mentioned criteria should submit an application form to the email address studijskaposeta@osce.org or by post to:

The OSCE Mission to Serbia,

Democratization Department - BPTC Programme

Cakorska 1, 11000 Belgrade.

Applications must be received by close of business on Wednesday, 16 November 2011.

Accepted candidates for the study visit will be informed on Tuesday, 22 November

Application form for the participation to the study visit to the BPTC
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All interested applicants who fulfil the above-mentioned criteria, should submit the following application form to the email address studijskaposeta@osce.org or by post address Cakorska 1, 11000 Belgrade, OSCE Mission to Serbia, Democratization Department, by 17:00 hours on Wednesday, 16 November 2011, at the latest. Accepted candidates for study visit will be informed by 17:00 hours on Tuesday, 22 November.