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The Eurodac Advisory Group is composed of experts from the Member States, Associated Countries (Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein) and a representative of the European Commission. ​

Its role is to provide the Management Board with relevant technical expert advice as well as support on various technical issues relating to the evolution and further development of existing systems.

Specifically, the Eurodac​ Advisory Group has been instrumental in developing and overseeing the implementation of a number of business-critical processes, including the following:

  • ​Strengthening of the Agency's governance structures through the introduction of an IT service management model;
  • ​Evolution of roadmaps, horizontal standard​ Service Level Agreement and change management processes for the systems managed;
  • Bespoke system training plans;
  • Technology monitoring.

Further Reading​​​

Rules for the prevention and management of conflict of interest concerning the members of the Management Board and members of the Advisory Groups.

Members of the Advisory Group

Austria

Werner Hanzlovic

Member

Belgium

Lien Paredis

Member

Bulgaria

Diana Taneva

Member

Switzerland

Franziska Scheidegger

Member

Cyprus

Andreas Menelaou

Member

Czechia

Jana Veselá

Member

Germany

Jordi Sayler

Member (Chairperson)

Estonia

Merili Deemant

Member

Spain

Fernando Tartilán

Member

Finland

Juhani Kangas

Member

France

Eva Caldieri

Member

Greece

Eleni Papacharisi

Member

Croatia

Željko Lisjak

Member

Hungary

Irén Granják

Member

Ireland

Aoife Gill

Member

Iceland

Birgir Sigurđsson

Member

Italy

Francesco Pino

Member

Liechtenstein

Gerhard Hermann

Member

Lithuania

Romas Kivaras

Member

Luxembourg

Romain Biewesch

Member

Latvia

Ieva Jansone

Member

Malta

Joseph Grech

Member

Netherlands

Michel Liefrink

Member

Norway

Zozek Adam

Member

Poland

Małgorzata Walecka

Member

Portugal

Teresa Ribeiro

Member

Romania

Liviu Sevacov

Member

Sweden

Peter Cederholm

Member

Slovenia

Franc Kumer

Member (Deputy Chairperson)

Slovakia

Zuzana Némethová

Member

European Commission

Paweł Pokorski

Member

Observers

Denmark

Maja Kudahl Hansen

Observer

Europol

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Diego Chillón

Observer

Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency

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Richard Ares Baumgartner

Observer