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Police World
Vol 58 No.4 2013
International News
Details of all international events can be found on-line:
AUSTRIA
The 26th IPA Ski Week will take place in Nassfeld-Hermagor
, 25
January – 1 February 2014. For further details and booking visit:
or email:
CANADA
Section Canada - Vancouver Island Social Week
7 May, 2014. This
event has been organised to mark the Region’s 25th Anniversary. A
complete package has been arranged which will include various
escorted excursions, tours, a gala dinner and concert with the popular
Greater Victoria Police Chorus. Visit:
or
email:
GERMANY
Section Germany Friendship Week
- Potsdam to Munich 7 - 13
September 2014. For programme details visit:
Catalog/Event-Catalog/Friendship-Weeks
MONACO
6th International Gala de Monte-Carlo.
IPA Samedi 23 November,
2013, 7pm at the Luxury Hotel Hermitage 5* Salon Eiffel Monte-Carlo.
Payment and registration before November 10, 2013. For details on
payment, please contact: - André Mallea (Treasurer) via e-mail:
or visit:
NEW ZEALAND
The fourth IPA New Zealand motorcycle tour
will take place Sunday 9
February to Monday 3 March 2014, at $285.00 (NZD) per person, which
covers 19 nights accommodation. Contact Bruce Revell, Vice-Chair
Region 1, via email:
POLAND
IPA Section Poland - Warsaw Metropolitan branch invite members to
Cruise on the Tall Ship 'Gift of Youth' in March, 2014.
Costs: Estimated
participation costs are 500 EUR (2 100 PLN) – including board and
accommodation. More information about the sailing ship available at:
or visit:
-
Catalog/Event-Catalog/Social/Section-Poland---Cruise-on-the-tall-
ship-Gift-of-Youth/13552
SPAIN
Section Spain - 12th International Soccer Championship.
Tarragona
branch are to hold the 20th Anniversary and the 12th International
Soccer Championship for police - from 12 to 15 June, 2014, in
Tarragona city. Places are limited to 32 teams. For more information on
booking contact:
USA
The 2014 US National Delegate Conference and Friendship Week
will
take place on board the Norwegian Gem cruise line 4 - 11 October,
2014. The cruise is scheduled to depart from New York City (NYC) with a
day at sea then hit the ports of Halifax, Canada; St John, Canada; Bar
Harbor; Boston; and Newport while heading back to NYC. For more
information go to:
or
contact:
USA TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
IPA Section USA is holding its 1st Annual Training Conference
at the
America Police Hall of Fame and Museum, just outside Orlando, Florida
between 21 - 23 January 2013. For further details of the topics covered,
the cost and how to register, visit:
-
uk.org/write/Documents/2014_US_Training_Program.pdf
OTHER EVENTS
XXI IPA World Congress 2015
- It has already been announced that the
Cyprus Section will host the XXI IPA World Congress in Limassol Cyprus
from 12 - 18 October, 2015 and it will be followed by a Friendship Week
from 18 to 25 October, 2015. For more information visit:
uk.org/Event-Catalog/Event-Catalog/IPA-Conferences
How IPA France was
set up
- Max Florentin
60 years on
Daniel Condaminas,
Technical consultant of
Section France, has
published an article that
outlines the origin of
Section France and pays
tribute to the Section's
founder - Max Florentine.
60 years after the Section
was born, National
President of Section
France, Rose Lourme, met Max Florentin, who in 1953 became the
founding President.
To read the article visit:
-
was-set-up-max-florentin-60-years-on
IPA Turkey Celebrate
Top Award
The Secretary General of
Section Turkey, Dr. Fatih
Vursavaş, participated in the
9th International Symposium
for Best Police Practices in
April, 2013, in Dubai on behalf
of the Turkish National Police
and IPA Section Turkey.
The
conference was attended by more
than 500 security experts from 20 countries worldwide.
At the symposium, Fatih made a presentation about traffic campaigns
and projects that are carried out in Turkey within the framework of ‘A
Decade of Action’. As previously reported in the IAC Newsletter, some of
these campaigns, such as the Turkish government’s ‘Buckle-up Project’
and the 3rd Global Meeting of NGOs are organised by IPA Turkey.
Fatih Vursavaş’ efforts were rewarded when his presentation won the
top award.
PEB
Meet
in Brazil
The Permanent Executive
Bureau (PEB) held its meeting
in Sao Paulo, Brazil in June,
2013.
They were there to offer support to Section Brazil and
other Sections in Central and South America. The PEB was honoured to
be received at the civil police headquarters by the Chief of police for
Sao Paulo State, Mr Luiz Mauricio Souza Blazeck.
The PEB was treated to impressive displays at the Rondas Ostensivas
Tobias de Aguiar (ROTA - a special force of the São Paulo Military Police)
barracks and at the police cavalry barracks. They also made an official
visit to the police academy, where the IPA International President,
Pierre-Martin Moulin, was awarded the United Nations Peacekeeping
medal on behalf of the Association in the Hall of Human Rights.
Rose Lourme and Max Florentin
Fatih Vursavaş (right)
receives his award
In the police headquarters
