September 2003  Latvia - Scoping visit to Riga to establish capability of Latvian Police Service to undertake European Foundation Quality Management (EFQM) Training. Delivered on behalf of the European Union.

August 2004 Latvia - Deliver EFQM Training to Latvian Police Service. Delivered on behalf of the European Union.

October 2004 Latvia - Strategic management training Latvian Police Service. Delivered on behalf of the European Union.

December 2004 Guyana, South America - a scoping exercise on behalf of United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office(FCO) to assess the training requirements of the Guyana Police Service.  

February - June 2005 Guyana -Delivery of a ‘Train the Trainers’ programme, first line managers leadership programme, intermediate level leadership and management programme  and investigative interview training for trainers programme. Programme delivered on behalf of the United Kingdom, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).  

December 2005 Guyana - Evaluation visit to assess the impact of the previously delivered training programmes. Project undertaken on behalf of the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office.  

May 2006 Guyana - Scoping Exercise to examine the financial management, human resources management and business planning capability of the Guyana Police Service, analyse its intelligence management capacity and ability to investigate serious criminal activity.  Thereafter prepare a series of short medium and long term costed plans to bring about the required change in the force and the manner in which it carried out its business including a series of quick fix solutions for high profile problems which existed at the time. This was delivered in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank as part of the Guyana Citizens Security Programme.

June 2006 Guyana - delivery and presentation of the Guyana Police Force Strategic Plan to the Commissioner of Police, Minister of Home Affairs and the Executive of the Guyana Police Service. This project was undertaken on Inter-American Development Bank project as part of the Guyana Citizens Security Programme.

January 2007 Maldives - Delivery of a bespoke senior leadership and management training programme for senior officers from the Maldives Police Service.  Project sponsored by the Maldives Police Service and Ministry of Home Affairs in the Maldives.  This was followed up by a visit to the Maldives to assess current training capability and to develop a national training strategy for the police service.

May 2007 Sri Lanka - Scoping exercise to facilitate the creation of a Strategic Development Division for the Sri Lanka Police Service. This was delivered in partnership with the Security Sector Development Advisory Team (SSDAT).  

June 2007 Sri Lanka - delivery of a six week long bespoke training course for Sri Lanka Police Service.  Six senior officers, including a Deputy Inspector General of Police, attended at the Scottish Police College and undertook an intense six week programme to create a community based policing strategy for Sri Lanka and develop the operational processes and plans to deliver it.  This was delivered in partnership with SSDAT. 

September 2007 Maldives - Delivery of an international policing qualification accredited by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) in policing leadership and management skills, 3 week taught course in the Maldives with 16 students now submitting assignments and essays on-line to the Scottish Police College for assessment. Project sponsored by the police and the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Maldives. 
 
September 2007 Sri Lanka - second phase of the Strategic Development Division project. Further development work on the creation of a strategic vision and operational policing plans and another 20 officers trained in operational aspects of community policing. SSDAT project via FCO.

October 2007  Guyana - FCO Sponsored project to assess the operational capability of the Guyana Police Force to manage and deal with emergency ‘911’ calls and allocate resources accordingly.  In addition the College was asked to examine the force’s use of firearms including conflict management, training, command and control and operational deployment. The assessments were followed up with a series of reports which outlined improvements including training interventions process and procedural change and new equipment to bring about enhanced service levels.

January 2008 Sri Lanka - Delivery of a strategic level community safety training programme for new staff from the Strategic Development Division and operational training for 42 police commanders with responsibility for delivering community policing. Security Sector Development Advisory Team project via FCO.   

We are currently involved in an ongoing project with the FCO and the Ministry of defence Police and the University of Stirling. We helped create a Post Graduate Certificate in International Policing (Peace Support Operations) for police officers deployed from the UK on policing missions overseas. The first graduation will be in June this year with approximately 20 students graduating. Students who pass can progress to do a Diploma then a Masters Degree in conflict resolution.     

We have recently developed a series of accredited training qualifications for the international market with the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) and the University of Stirling.  At an operational level these qualifications include modules on crime scene management, investigative interviewing, intelligence management and policing skills and leadership. At a strategic level we have developed a Post Graduate Certificate in Strategic Management.

In addition to the projects described above projects we are in the process of preparing to deliver a bespoke collision investigation course for the police force in Saudi Arabia.

October 2008 Malawi - The Scottish Police College is delighted to have been chosen by the Scottish Government to support the development of policing in Malawi. The project will focus on training a group of police officers in Malawi to become trainers and for them to subsequently train other police officers in community policing.

"This is a very exciting project and, as an outward looking organisation, we look forward during the next three years to developing a long term successful partnership with our colleagues in Malawi."
John Geates, Director, Scottish Police College

This proposal comprises;

a) the delivery of the accredited 'training the trainers' programme, and

b) a detailed community policing needs assessment exercise leading to

c) the delivery of focussed training modules

The cohort of trained trainers in Malawi will also be able to use their training skills for all types of police related learning as the skills are transferable across different disciplines. This new capacity and capability will add real value to the Malawi Police Service in the long term as it will remain once the Scottish Police College exits the programme.