History
International Association of Police Academies (INTERPA), a worldwide association for cooperation in police training among police academies or equivalent institutions, has been founded in Istanbul on the July 2nd, 2011 with the participation of 25 Police Academies and equivalent institutions from 23 various countries and under the initiative of Turkish National Police Academy.
The idea of establishing the INTERPA has arisen from the requirements of setting up a communication and collaboration platform for police training institutions to boost up the efficiency and effectiveness of police education and training on a global level. In this manner, the association ultimately aims to enhance the capacity of trainings in policing and increase the policing standards in line with international law and human rights requirements throughout the world.
When similar associations in the world are analyzed, it seemed more viable to fill an existing gap by applying “Blue Ocean Strategy”, which resulted establishing a worldwide police-training-cooperation association among police academies or equivalent institutions. The unique of INTERPA has been;
- A Worldwide Association,
- Uncontested Training Platform,
- Institutional Membership,
- No Financial Burden,
- Flexible Organizational Structure,
- Flexible Working Procedure.
That is, the INTERPA aims to establish a communication platform, which is needed by the police training institutions. The INTERPA carries out its activities without entering in competition with the other international institutions, which provide police cooperation. Within this scope; membership to the INTERPA shall not affect the rights and obligations of the parties arising from their membership in the other international institutions and their legal status in the mentioned institutions.
Based on the principles of reciprocity and equality among the member countries, INTERPA has been thriving to achieve its goals and objectives gradually and progressively becoming one of the leading organizations in the field of policing, police education and training with its 82 member police training institutions from 65 countries.