The peculiar character of the tasks and complexity of the activities performed by SIPA, BP BiH and DCPB are the challenge to the Agency which requires that the process of police education and professional development at the state level is continued and further improved, respecting the change of morphology  and phenomenology of security challenges that the BiH security environment is confronted with.

The Agency for Education and Professional Training (AEPTM) commenced its work on 26 February 2009.

Pursuant to the Law on Directorate for the Coordination  of Police Bodies  and  Police Support Agencies in BiH, which was passed in April, 2008, the Agency for Education and Professional Training was assigned the main role in doing research and providing police and security education in Bosnia and Herzegovina.