http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/2219/article/16Regulation (EU) 2015/2219 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) and replacing and repealing Council Decision 2005/681/JHARegulation (EU) 2015/2219 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) 2015/2219 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) and replacing and repealing Council Decision 2005/681/JHA2020-12-11King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32015R2219texttext/xmlen2015-11-25 CHAPTER III <Strong>ORGANISATION OF CEPOL</Strong> SECTION 3 <Strong> <Emphasis>Scientific Committee for Training</Emphasis> </Strong> General provisions, objective and tasks Article 16 1 When established by the Management Board, the Scientific Committee for Training shall be an independent advisory body ensuring the scientific quality of CEPOL's training-related work. 2 The Scientific Committee for Training shall be composed of high-level academics and law enforcement practitioners in the subjects covered by Article 4. The Management Board shall appoint the members of the Scientific Committee for Training following a transparent call for applications and selection procedure to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The members of the Management Board shall not be members of the Scientific Committee for Training. The members of the Scientific Committee for Training shall be independent and shall neither seek nor take instructions from any government or any other body. 3 The Management Board shall entrust the Scientific Committee for Training with, inter alia, the following tasks: a advising the Executive Director on the drafting of the multi-annual programming and annual work programmes and other strategic documents, to ensure their scientific quality and their consistency with relevant Union sector policies and priorities; b providing independent opinions and advice to the Management Board on matters falling within its remit; c providing independent opinions and advice on the quality of curricula, applied learning methods, learning options and scientific developments; d performing any other advisory task pertaining to the scientific aspects of CEPOL's work relating to training, at the request of the Management Board or the Executive Director. 4 When establishing the Scientific Committee for Training, the Management Board shall decide on its composition, its members' term of office, the frequency of its meetings and its rules of procedure, including its voting rules.