Activities: Working Group on Administration & Management of Internal Security Agencies
Activities in 2014
Meeting of the Working Group on Administration and Management of Internal Security Agencies
WG Programme Coordinators:
Sander Pollumae, Estonian Academy of Security Sciences (EASS), Tallin, Estonia
Gábor Kovács, National University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary
Place: The 22nd NISPAcee Annual Conference,
Budapest, Hungary
Date: May 22-24, 2014
The
NISPAcee Working Group on Administration and Management of Internal Security
Agencies was founded on 20th annual conference of NISPAcee with an
aim to bring together researchers and practitioners of different areas of
internal security (police, prison and other agencies). The need for such
working group was drawn by the lack of such forum and importance of the field.
After a short introductory period this WG has been revived this year due to the
initiative of the National University of Public Service (NUPS), Budapest.
Despite the very short organisational timeframe the topics covered by this WG
could meet the interests of many paper-applicants becoming one of the „largest”
WG-s having 22 papers presented during the three days by Estonian, Slovenian
and Hungarian experts.
The
presenters – representing mostly the Faculty of Law Enforcement and the
Institution of Disaster Management of NUPS – analysed the WG topic in
strategic, institutional, legislative and executive aspects pointing out the
successful results and also the difficulties of this area.
The Estonian and Hungarian WG coordinators working in good
cooperation have found the work and the outcome of the WG successful, effective
and beneficial „producing” some added value in the analysed field. Considering
immigration issues as main focus for next year and possibilities for
contracting out tasks of internal security agencies as the main topic the
coordinators of the working group find that the working group should continue
and is able to contribute for the next annual conference. Therefore, the coordinators
plan to organize this WG next year again in Georgia with the hope of being able
to cover more heterogeneous issues presented by a more international,
multicultural expert network representing more countries.
Activities in 2013
Meeting of the Working Group on Administration and Management of Internal Security Agencies
WG Programme Coordinators:
Sander Pollumae, Estonian Academy of Security Sciences (EASS), Tallin, Estonia
Place: The 21st NISPAcee Annual Conference,
Belgrade, Serbia
Date: May 16-18, 2013
The aim of the Working Group on this meeting in Belgrade was to continue with its main goals, that were also the cause for its background, thus, presenting theory-based country case-studies on administration and management of prisons, police and other internal security agencies and summarizing the countries research programs into comparative studies. Regarding this point, also, to deliver common ground for comparative research, joint research programs and international cooperation on training and exchange of exeprience between practicioners and researchers of prison, police and other areas on internal security.
Activities in 2012
Meeting of the Working Group on Administration and Management of Internal Security Agencies
WG Programme Coordinators:
Sander Pollumae, Estonian Academy of Security Sciences (EASS), Tallin, Estonia
Hannu Kiehela, The Training Institute of Prison and Probation Services, Vantaa, Finland
Place: The 20th NISPAcee Annual Conference, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia
Date: May 23-26, 2012
This was the first meeting of the Working Group devoted to information about the arrangement, organisation, institutions and
activities of the police, prisons and other agencies of internal security. The
papers presented in the working group focused on the development of internal
security agencies during the last two decades and provided data from two
countries – Estonia and Macedonia. Next year’s conference topic was also
discussed. The group will focus on further research and a study of agencies and
policies of internal security.