The conference was officially held by the Foreign Affairs Bureau – Indonesian National Police Agency in the duration from 27^th to 30^th of October 2015 with the presence of the representatives of training management agencies and training institutions of member countries, the ASEANAPOL Secretariat, the representatives of dialogue partners and observers including the Russian Interior Ministry and the Australian Federal Police Force.

At the conference, the Philippine police leader as the chairman of 5th APTCM Conference made a report of 5th conference’s results and handed over his power for the Director of Foreign Affairs Bureau to operate the 6^th APTCM. On the basic of the agreement of the 5^th, delegates discussed and shared experience about the competence and requests for academies and training institutions about 6 educational priorities that had been confirmed at the previous conference such as Anti-High-Tech and Cyber Crime, Prevention and Investigation of Human Trafficking, Cross Border Crime Prevention, Integrated ASEANAPOL on Police Academy Training Program, Language/Cultural Training Program, Faked Pharmaceutical Investigation Training Program.

Delegates visited the Mobile Police Regiment 

– Indonesian National Police Department

Via co-reports and discussions, the police training institutions were highly aware of the significance of police education particularly in the context of ASEAN Community to be established as well as the challenge of non-traditional Security issues in the process of integration. Having affirmed the priorities of reality-based police education of their own countries, the members of training institutions put forward various competent standards and requirements to promote effectiveness of training following 6 above-mentioned fields. Simultaneously implementing one of the 6 models passed by the conference, the ASEANPOL Secretarial Board shared information and discussed plans about the model of Prevention and Investigations of human trafficking with the attendance of member countries that would be scheduled to take place in September, 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

According to the report, besides traditional educational models, many nations organized the student exchange programs, cooperation in organizing the joint training courses, international seminars in order to enhance competence of law-enforcement forces in general and lecturers, trainers in particular such as Thailand, Viet Nam, Singapore and the Philippines. In addition, delegates put an emphasis on the principal roles of law, foreign language and culture education for law-enforcement forces of the countries in the region in the context of up-coming establishment of ASEAN community by December 31st, 2015. In this issue, both Vietnam and Thailand were highly appreciated their recent student exchange programs. 

Major General, Assoc. Prof. Dr Pham Ngoc Ha presented souvenir 

for Director of Police Department of the Jakarta Capital

The representatives of conversational sides took part in discussing about cooperation and support to employing the ASEANAPOL training mechanism. The representative of Russian Federation Department of Interior Affairs appreciated this mechanism and informed that they would consider the supporting mechanism in this field. In the short term, in the year 2016, Russian Federation will hold the special training courses for the police of ASEAN members. The Liaison police officer of Australian Federation Police affirmed to continue to support ASEANAPOL police training through Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC). Closing the Conference, the Malaysian delegation took responsibility in hosting the 7th ASEANAPOL Police-Training Cooperative Conference.

After the meeting, the delegates of the PPA visited and worked with the Bureau of Investigation Police, Regiment of Mobile Police belonging to Indonesia National Police Agency and Jakarta Police Department. In the places of visiting and working, the delegates were reported about the situation of crime, investigation and prevention the high-tech crime, transnational crimes and watched the performance of disabling bomb and rescuing hostages.

Head of delegations of member countries at the Conference

It could be said that although the mechanism of ASEANAPOL Police Training Cooperation Meeting had just been employed, it had the initial result that was worth to be encouraged. Through this mechanism, the police training institutions and police training management agencies of the member countries had chances to meet, exchange and learn about information as well as improve the solidarity and understanding, in order to promote ASEAN integration progress. The mechanism also supported some activities of enhancing the quality and effect of the member countries’ police training, such as, surveying training requirement, analyzing and defining the development orients of international training program, surveying, appreciating and determining priorities in training of the ASEANAPOL’s member countries. 

Translated by Huy Hoang - Quynh Phuong (B10D40)