FIRST-TAC project is build around the three general aims:
- Adapting vocational education and training to labour market needs
- Improving the competences of educators and other adult education staff
- Common values, civic engagement and participation.
Specific objectives that arise from these goals are following:
- SO1: to create joint, optimal in-house training curriculum for first responding police officers and accompanying training manual
- SO2: to implement it in four pilot trainings in partner countries
- SO3: to create and implement online train-the-trainers workshop, one in each partner institution.
The ultimate goal is to improve, harmonize and standardize conduct of first responding police officers in partner countries, in tactics and techniques in the use of force and tactical medicine - through development of the new, joint curriculum and training manual. Additionally, it enables teaching staff, experts and other participants of project activities to exchange experience and good practices in both teaching methods and police tactics.
Improvement of teaching competences is enabled at two levels - firstly within the development of curriculum and training manual, and secondly through the train-the-trainers workshop and four pilot trainings that are planned within the project cycle. The experts involved in the development of curriculum are able to exchange experiences and learn from colleagues from other partner countries. Together, they have a chance to assess their teaching methods and focus on creating the best interactive learning opportunities for their future learners. Additionally, the implementation of the curriculum through the four pilot trainings provides the opportunity for trainers to see how the curriculum unfolds in the actual teaching process.
Regarding the common values, it is important to mention that Member States have the obligation of moving towards a common European Union culture of policing, including police education. Main objective of this project, therefore, is to enhance the alignment of national curricula of in-house training of partners in order to improve and standardize police actions and conduct in regard of the use of force and first aid. The whole process is instrumental in building skills, knowledge and confidence, as well as the common European identity. Knowing that the curriculum is developed in cooperation with international partners and that first responding police officers in other European countries learn according to the same programme, add to that recognition of common values and identity.
