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Rwanda National Police to host the 3 rd IACP Sub-Saharan Africa Executive
Policing Conference from 3rd to 4th March, 2014
The Rwanda National Police, in collaboration with the International Association of
Chiefs of Police (IACP), will host the 3rd Sub-Saharan Executive Policing Conference in
Kigali, Rwanda from 3-4 March 2014.
The conference will be held under the theme: “Contemporary policing for a safer
world.”
It will bring together about 150 participants from African countries including Chiefs of
Police, IACP international members and other senior police officers.
Background
The IACP was founded in 1893 and is a dynamic organization that serves as a
professional voice for law enforcement. It is a comprehensive professional organization
that seeks to ‘serve the leaders of today and develop the leaders of tomorrow’ through
providing top-notch education on the most pressing law enforcement topics with
renowned keynote speakers, forums and technical workshops, among others.
The IACP advances professional police services; promotes enhanced administrative,
technical, and operational police practices; foster cooperation and the exchange of
information and experience among police leaders and police organizations of
recognized professional and technical standing throughout the world.
It champions the recruitment and training of qualified persons in the police profession
and encourages all police personnel worldwide to achieve and maintain the highest
standards of ethics, integrity, community interaction and professional conduct.
Building on its historical successes, it addresses cross-cutting issues affecting Policing
and law enforcement, in particular, through advocacy programs and research, training
and other professional services.
Objectives
The
3rd Sub-Saharan
Executive
Policing
Conference
will
focus
on
enhancing international police cooperation against emerging transnational crime.
Expected outcomes
The conference will strengthen the professionalism, cooperation, exchange of
information and experience among police forces.
Various Police bodies and institutions are also expected to form unique partnerships to
cooperate in various Policing areas.
The IACP conference precedes other international conferences to be held in Rwanda,
including the Annual General Assembly of the international Police body – Interpol – to
be held next year.
The Rwanda National Police is committed to bringing together regional and international
Police forces and Police organizations to exchange best practices and cooperate
against transnational and organized crimes.
Rwanda’s idea of bringing together all African Interpol Regional settings to form an all
African Police Force (AFRIPOL) was adopted by Police heads in Africa during their
meeting held in Algiers, Algeria on February 10-11, 2014.
AFRIPOL will boost efforts to fight common challenges on the continent such as
terrorism, organised trans-national crime such as drug trafficking, cybercrime,
counterfeit medicines, environmental crimes as well as serious disturbances of public
order and social peace.
As the IACP conference kicks off in Kigali this week, Rwanda is also preparing to host
the Interpol General Assembly, come 2015.