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News Published: 6 December 2023

EUAA and eu-LISA sign updated cooperation plan for the next years

EUAA and eu-LISA sign updated cooperation plan for the next years

On 5 December, the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) and the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA), concluded an agreement to strengthen their cooperation.

A new cooperation plan was signed by EUAA Executive Director Nina GREGORI and eu-LISA Executive Director Agnès DIALLO in Brussels.

The cooperation plan outlines a number of envisaged actions in several thematic areas, including asylum and migration management, security and business continuity, training, research and innovation as well as personal data protection; all of which the Agencies have agreed to work on together – within the remits of their respective mandates.

In addition, the two Agencies, as successive holders of the Trio Presidency of the Justice and Home Affairs Agencies Network (JHAAN) will continue their close collaboration in terms of planning and implementing the Network’s priorities including Digitalisation, the EU Green Deal, and Cybersecurity.

 

Our collaboration as EU Justice and Home Affairs Agencies comes at a crucial juncture. Member States need digital solutions to the protection challenges the Union faces. Implementing the proposed change to the EU’s migration management system and the Interoperability Framework is going to require our Agencies to work hand-in-hand. This renewed Cooperation Plan will enable us to do so - Nina GREGORI EUAA’s Executive Director

 

"The signing of this renewed Cooperation Plan reaffirms the dedication of eu-LISA and EUAA to uphold and broaden their collaboration as the most effective means to enhance their contributions to Member States and the EU as a whole. Both agencies base their cooperation on synergies and complementarity, working together with the shared goal of fostering a safer and stronger Europe" added Agnès DIALLO, Executive Director of eu-LISA.

 

Review the EUAA - eu-LISA Cooperation Plan 2023 - 2025

 

Background

The EUAA and eu-LISA’s cooperation is underpinned by a cooperation plan. The latter is a technical elaboration of the existing Working Arrangement between the two agencies and details the various ways and thematic areas in which the two organisations envisage working together.

 

Any further information may be obtained from the European Union Agency for Asylum’s Press Office at the following email addresses:

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