Publications

2023 was a pivotal year for eu-LISA – a period of strategic recalibration to ensure the delivery of the world's most advanced border management system for the Schengen community. Under new and proactive leadership, we realigned our strategic approach and introduced new ways of working. As a result, we managed to jumpstart stalled initiatives and steer our organisation back on

eu-LISA aims to reduce its carbon footprint to become carbon neutral by 2030. To achieve its ambitious goal, the Agency’s top management decided to use the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) regulation to create a sustainability strategy. This strategy was developed by performing a risk and opportunity analysis, in order to identify environmental risks and to assess environmental regulatory requirements

The factsheet features the most relevant highlights of the VIS report on the technical functioning of the system and should be considered as a detailed annex to the report itself.

Report on the technical functioning of the Visa Information System (VIS). Activities implemented, projects developed and other information included in the document (such as data provided by Member States on the usage of the system), cover the October 2021 to September 2023 period.

Hosted on 11-12 June 2024, in Antwerp, Belgium, under the auspices of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, the eu-LISA Industry Roundtable titled ‘Going to the Cloud Why it matters for the EU public sector and how to make it work’, focused on the growing importance of cloud technologies in transforming public sector operations.

eu-LISA Technology Brief series - Biometric Technology, Part 2: What Added Value Does eu-LISA Bring Through Biometrics?

eu-LISA Technology Brief series - Biometric Technology, Part 1: A Paradigm Shift in Identity Management and Security Technologies

Nowadays, addressing sustainability issues is of critical importance, especially in the context of achieving the objectives of the European Green Deal. To that end organisations engage in sustainability reporting, the voluntary disclosure of environmental, social and economic performance indicators that provide a systematic overview of their operational impact. As a proactive instrument, these reports also include action plans, mitigating measures

Each year, since it assumed the operational management of SIS, eu-LISA publishes the list of competent authorities which are authorised to directly search the data contained in SIS as well as the list of National SIS Offices and SIRENE Bureaux. The present consolidated list is based on information communicated by Member States by 30 April 2024. The Schengen Information System