On September 25, 2002, Mr. Odd Malme, Deputy National Police Commissioner and Mr. Arne Huuse, Director of the National Criminal Investigation Service of Norway visited the Center for the Study of Democracy accompanied by Mr. Ole Bjornoy, Deputy Chief of Mission, and Mr. Arne Kristiansen, Liaison Officer at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Sofia. Mr. Malme and Mr. Huuse discussed a possible future cooperation with experts from the Ministry of the Interior of Bulgaria, including the National Service for Combating the Organized Crime and the Border Police, at the working lunch hosted by CSD.

The visit was organized within the framework of a new program which will be implemented by CSD and will aim to enhance the capacity of the law enforcement agencies in Bulgaria to counteract corruption. The project will introduce a training program in the Academy of the Ministry of the Interior and the Bulgarian Military Academy as an effort to institutionalize the transfer to the Bulgarian security forces to the best international practices in preventing corruption.