Yesterday,
the first meeting of the EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Agencies’ group on
the Central Repository for Reporting and Statistics (CRRS) was successfully
held at
eu-LISA’s premises in Strasbourg, France. Earlier this year, the
JHA Agencies group on Interoperability expressed particular interest in the
future possibilities for improved statistical analysis that
could be offered through interoperability, thus creating a focus group to deal
with this topic.
The
main focus of the meeting was the presentation of a data warehouse showcase
developed by
eu-LISA in recent months. The presentation was followed by a
demonstration of its capabilities. Participants appreciated the opportunity to
understand the possibilities offered by the tool and visualise various data
representations prepared ad hoc at their request. In considering likely
business uses of the CRRS, the emphasis of discussions was the update frequency
of particular data-points as well as the likely usefulness of trend analysis
and anomaly detection information that could be provided by the CRRS.
Other
topics covered extending the preliminary data catalogue prepared by eu-LISA, possible
data comparisons to be included in regular reports, data quality and
interfacing possibilities.
Participants from
EASO, Europol, Eurojust, FRA and Frontex, alongside eu-LISA, attended the
event. It was agreed that the group should meet 3-4 times in the coming
9-12 month period to discuss and gather a full set of requirements ahead of the
CRRS development.
