Operational Management

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.

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

Throughout 2023, eu-LISA continued its efforts to contribute to a fully functioning and resilient Schengen area for the benefit of European citizens. Since all JHA systems managed by the Agency support the implementation of EU policies in the areas of border management, visas, migration and asylum, digitalisation, and contribute to combating organised crime and terrorism, their continued evolution and maintenance

2022 marked eu-LISA's 10th Anniversary, presenting an opportunity to appreciate its achievements and contributions to the effective functioning of the Schengen area. During the past decade, eu-LISA has grown from a small technical agency to the ‘digital heart of Schengen’. Today, the Agency drives the digital transformation of the EU's border and migration management systems, and facilitates free movement within

This document is a summary overview of the Agency’s work programme for 2023. It presents eu-LISA's priorities and targets for the current year in concise and easy to use booklet. The full version of eu-LISA’s Single Programming Document 2023-2025 is available on this website and provides a comprehensive picture of the Agency's multiannual plans.

In 2017 eu-LISA celebrates its fifth year of operations. These first five years have been an exciting journey as we built up a dynamic and agile organisation. Today, we provide high quality services and solutions to EU Member States, contributing to their efforts to make Europe safer. These five years have been challenging, but rewarding. In this short time, eu-LISA

eu-LISA is the European Agency that ensures 24/7 operational management of the European Union’s (EU) largest IT systems and their respective communication infrastructure in the area of freedom, security and justice Eurodac, SIS II and VIS. With information technology, eu-LISA safeguards the EU’s internal security and supports the implementation of asylum, migration and border management policies for the benefit of

Eurodac is the centralised European database that stores and processes the digitalised fingerprints of asylum seekers and irregular migrants who have entered a European country. This helps determine the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application.