Community: European Police Cooperation

The project "Universal Messaging Format" for information exchange between European police organisations was initiated with the participation of the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and Europol. This community organises the extension of UMF to other countries.

Simon Müller, Community Chair

As the community chair, Mr Müller is the responsible contact person for the community. He is also in charge of admission of new members.

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NEW: Call for Comments

The UMF community has launched a survey on community requirements. Share your experience and insights. It does not take longer than 5 minutes.

UMF survey

UMF Community Roadmap

The newly established UMF Community has developed a Roadmap depicting its forward planning. You are requested to contact the UMF-Community and add all aspects missing from your point of view.

UMF Roadmap (PDF, 120 KB)

Interview with the community chair

In an interview with SEMIC.EU, Simon Müller points out why interoperability is essential for European police cooperation and what he expects from building this pan-European community.

Interview: Simon Müller

How to join

The UMF community welcomes interested projects and individuals to join. Due to the special conditions and secrecy requirements in the domain of this community, participation must be approved by the community chair. Find the details in the Community Statement (download in the right column of this page).

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Related Project: UMF

This community builds upon the pilot project PG-UMF.

Project Profile: PG-UMF

Community documents

The UMF Community Roadmap outlines the objectives and participation opportunities of this community while the statement constitutes the purpose, its method of cooperation and conditions for participation.

UMF Roadmap (PDF, 120KB)

Community statement (PDF, 53KB)