• Smart Borders: The results in brief

    Border management is currently going through significant transformation. To address the need for the Schengen Area to move towards more modern and efficient border management by using state-of-theart technology, the European Commission proposed the ‘Smart Borders package’ on 28 February 2013. This package contained legal proposals for establishing two systems that should help to speed up, facilitate and reinforce border-check

  • eu-LISA Annual Conference Report 2015

    On 8 October 2015, eu-LISA held a working-level conference in Tallinn entitled “The future tested Towards a Smart Borders reality”. The event aimed to convene a diverse group of stakeholders and experts to discuss the evolution of border management in Europe and the technical solutions to be put in place. The various speakers and panellists involved in the conference evoked

  • eu-LISA Annual Conference Report 2014

    The report of the first international eu-LISA Conference “Smart Borders A Faster and Safer Way to Europe” features a summary of the speeches and the presentations delivered, as well a synthesis of the discussions during the conference which took place on 1 October 2014. Stakeholders, practitioners and experts from 25 European countries gathered at the conference to discuss practical aspects

  • Interoperability

    Each of the IT systems eu-LISA manages is designed to tackle different matters, such as processing visa and asylum applications, detecting irregular migration, and preventing and investigating cross-border crime and terrorism. Each system works independently. The goal of Interoperability is to make all the systems work together as one, to enhance information sharing, thus ensuring: EU law enforcement, border control