1-11-19, [cimetière de] Bagneux, Toussaint [M. Poincaré et M. Raux, préfet de police] : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 56739

The CFSP/ESDP, Parliamentary Accountability, and the ´Future of Europe´ Convention debate

This paper examines the importance that the current Convention on the Future of Europe is giving (or not) to the question of democratic accountability in European foreign and defence policy. As all European Union (EU) member states are parliamentary democracies1, and as there is a European Parliament (EP) which also covers CFSP (Common Foreign and Security Policy) and ESDP (European Security and Defence Policy2) matters, I will concentrate on parliamentary accountability rather than democratic accountability more widely defined. Where appropriate, I will also refer to the work of other transnational parliamentary bodies such as the North Atlantic Assembly or NAA (NATO´s Parliamentary Assembly) or the Western European Union (WEU) Parliamentary Assembly3. The article will consist of three sections. First, I will briefly put the question under study within its wider context (section 1). Then, I will examine the current level of parliamentary accountability in CFSP and defence matters (section 2). Finally, I will consider the current Convention debate and assess how much attention is being given to the question of accountability in foreign and defence policies (section 3). This study basically argues that, once again, there is very little interest in an issue that should be considered as vital for the future democratic development of a European foreign and defence policy. It is important to note however that this paper does not cover the wider debate about how to democratise and make the EU more transparent and closer to its citizens. It concentrates on its Second Pillar because its claim is that very little if any attention is being given to this question

Général Sir Neville Macready, chef de la police à Londres : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 55157

Accountability em câmaras municipais: uma investigação em portais eletrônicos

Neste artigo, tem-se por objetivo investigar a capacidade dos portais eletrônicos de câmaras municipais do estado de Santa Catarina para a construção de accountability. A pesquisa é do tipo descritiva, realizada por meio de um estudo survey, com abordagem quali-quantitativa. O objeto de análise refere-se às câmaras municipais do estado de Santa Catarina que possuem portal eletrônico. Nesse sentido, foram pesquisados 93 portais eletrônicos, representando 31,74% dos 293 municípios existentes no estado. Na coleta de dados utilizou-se um protocolo de observação. As visitas aos portais foram feitas seguindo-se os itens do protocolo de observação. Concluiu-se, pela evidência empírica coletada, que o conjunto de portais eletrônicos de câmaras municipais localizadas em municípios catarinenses mostra ausência de capacidade de viabilizar a construção das dimensões de accountability. Os portais analisados configuram muito mais a existência de murais eletrônicos do que espaços de construção de accountability. Os portais respondem a um requerimento, um impulso da modernidade expresso por um imperativo tecnológico dominante, porém não contribuem para o desenvolvimento democrático. Os resultados da pesquisa indicam que essas condições ainda estão longe de serem atendidas.

Women in police services in the EU: facts and figures 2012

The Institute for Public Security of Catalonia (ISPC), the only state-funded education and research centre for police in Catalonia-Spain, developed in 2012 a comparative study on Gender diversity in police services in the European Union. The study is an update of the research Facts & Figures 2008 that was carried out by the European Network of Policewomen (ENP), a non-profit organization that works in partnership with colleagues from police and/or law enforcement organizations in its member countries to facilitate positive changes in the position of women in police services. To gather the 2012 data, the ISPC invited EU Member States’ police services to cooperate in the study answering a 10- ITEM questionnaire. The questionnaire was the same tool used in 2008 by the ENP. In February 2012, the ISPC sent the questionnaires through Cepol National Contact Points’ network. In order to include as many police services as possible in the study, the ENP also supported us to gather some of the data. Altogether we received questionnaires from 29 police services corresponding to 17 UE countries. Besides, we used data from open sources about England and Wales police services and the French National Police. In this document you can find: first, the tool we used to collect the data; second, the answers we gathered presented per country; finally, some comparative tables and graphics developed by the ISPC. Countries: Austria, Belgium Cyprus, Denmark, England, Wales, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Swden.

Une question de temps: apprentissage par problème dans un cours de police scientifique

Cet article présente l'évaluation du scénario pédagogique d'un cours portant sur la datation et la chronologie en police scientifique organisé autour d'un apprentissage par problèmes (APP). Ce cours est organisé en APP pour aborder autant les questions pratiques que les concepts théoriques avec les étudiants, remplaçant ainsi une partie d'un enseignement ex cathedra. L'évaluation du scénario a mis en évidence le degré élevé de motivation des étudiants lié aux types de problèmes proposés, issus de situations réelles. Ceux-ci ont appris à travailler en groupe et à interagir de manière systématique avec leur entourage, étant ainsi partenaire de leur apprentissage plutôt que récepteurs. Cette nouvelle façon d'aborder l'enseignement théorique a également permis à l'enseignante d'améliorer ses capacités à transmettre les compétences visées au long du processus mis en place et ceci tout particulièrement en terme de transfert de la théorie vers la pratique.