EUAA offers different kinds of tailor-made assistance to Member States. 

When a need arises, a structured needs assessment is initiated by EUAA, including through dialogue and consultations with the Member State concerned, in view of jointly defining possible assistance measures. Such measures, as well as means to implement them, are then detailed in an Operational Plan, an agreed document binding both the Agency and the Member State concerned as well as participating Member States. Such plans are normally developed to provide support to Member States whose asylum and/or reception systems are under disproportionate pressure, when a Member State is facing disproportionate migratory challenge, or to support in the implementation of Member State’s obligation under the CEAS. Along with immediate, direct assistance to address the situation, including with equipment and support personnel, the operational plan will often also include activities to strengthen the capacities of the Member State’s reception and asylum systems, in view of the temporary nature of EUAA’s direct support. To this effect, operational and technical assistance will be delivered in a planned, phased and sustainable manner, through the deployment of Asylum Support Teams, working tools and needed equipment.