The EUPOL COPPS Prosecution Team facilitated this week a two-day  workshop for three Chief Prosecutors  on the pilot mentoring programme.

The workshop, part of the mentoring program inaugurated in August last year,  was delivered by three high level leadership experts from Finland  and tackled elements of effective leadership and the leadership virtues.

The presentations of Ms. Kirsi Henriksson, Director of the Crisis Management Centre (CMC Finland) and former Head of Mission of EUCAP Sahel Niger, and Mr. Pekka Kokkonen, Superintendent in Police University College of Finland and former Head of EUPOL COPPS Police Advisory Section,  highlighted the significance of excelling in various leadership functions, in particular in multi-cultural working environment subject to incessant changes, and the paramount value of employing emotional intelligence in leading, guiding and supporting the staff. 

The presentation of Ms. Koivukoski,  former senior executive staff member of e.g. Nokia, NSN, Comptel etc., shed light on a wide range of leadership virtues and ethical standards pertinent to any effectively and enthusiastically exercised leadership.

The workshop, aimed at complementing the knowledge gained by the Attorney General Office (AGO)  participants during the bi-weekly on-line mentoring sessions, facilitated by the Mission in the course of the past eight months, was one of the major steps towards the completion of the AGO pilot mentoring programme.

Other mentoring sessions are envisaged to take place in June before the AGO participants get their diplomas by EUPOL COPPS in mid-July.