Activities: WG on Admin. & Management of Internal

The NISPAcee Working Group on Administration and Management of Internal Security Agencies was founded on 20^th 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 21^st 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.

Call for Papers 2013

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 20^th 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.