| eu-LISA Management Board meets Online | | https://www.eulisa.europa.eu/Newsroom/News/Pages/eu-LISA-Management-Board-meets-online.aspx | eu-LISA Management Board meets Online | 01/07/2020 05:00:00 | <p>Though travel restrictions are being lifted and internal borders have reopened across the Schengen Area, video conferencing and online meetings are still the preferred way of running eu-LISA's governance body meetings. This method, now well-oiled after dozens of online events, is here to stay for the foreseeable future. In fact, on Tuesday 30th June, the Agency hosted the 23rd eu-LISA Management Board virtually with the assistance of our state of the art video conferencing equipment. Close to 60 participants from Member States, Associated Countries, the European Commission and fellow JHA Agencies joined the first ever online MB meeting. </p><p>Topics discussed and covered included progress reports from eu-LISA's Advisory Groups (AG) and Program Management Boards (PMB) for the systems in development, namely the Entry/Exit System, the European Travel Information Authorisation System and the European Criminal Records Information System – Third Country Nationals. The state of play of the existing systems, Eurodac, SIS and VIS were also presented by their respective Advisory Group representatives. Advancements made in the area of Interoperability of the systems was reported on and the related roadmap to standardisation was discussed. </p><p>On the agenda was the election of the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Management Board. Both of the current representatives, Zsolt Szolnoki (Hungary) and Rene Vihalem (Estonia), were re-confirmed and will serve a further four years as Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson respectively.</p><p>eu-LISA's Executive Director, Krum Garkov, highlighted the effects of the COVID-19 crises on the Agencies activities and the development of the new systems. He also shared the report from the Interoperability Forum held at the end of May. Progress made in the implementation of the Annual Work Programme 2020 and changes introduced for the Programing Document 2020-2022 were also presented.</p><p>Last but not least, the Management addressed several administrative and governance matters brought to the table by the Agency.</p><p>Each online governance meeting gives eu-LISA a chance to improve on the previous and the overall opportunity to explore and integrate innovative new management methods into the expanding landscape of keeping Europe's citizens safe with ever-evolving large-scale IT systems.<br></p> | | |
| Save the Date: eu-LISA Industry Roundtable 2020 | | https://www.eulisa.europa.eu/Newsroom/News/Pages/Save-the-Date-eu-LISA-Industry-Roundtable-2020.aspx | Save the Date: eu-LISA Industry Roundtable 2020 | 30/06/2020 13:00:00 | <p>On 4-5 November 2020, the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA), will host its next Industry Roundtable – "<strong>Data Quality and Interoperability: Addressing the Capability Gaps through Standardisation</strong>". </p><p>The event will take place in Tallinn, Estonia and participants will also have the option of attending and contributing remotely, via a dedicated online platform. </p><h2>Topics addressed</h2><p>This year, the Industry Roundtable will precede the eu-LISA Annual Conference and will focus on the capability gaps related to the implementation of Interoperability of the Large-Scale IT Systems operated by eu-LISA, and in particular, on ensuring data quality through standardisation. </p><p>The new information architecture's ability to meet political objectives and operational benefits will largely depend on the quality of data fed into the systems. Requirements, as well as quality criteria for biometric data shall be extended across all large-scale IT systems included in the interoperability architecture, thus ensuring cross-platform compatibility of biometric data. This will be particularly important in the context of the implementation and use of the sBMS interoperability component</p><p>Challenges exist not only in the area of biometric, but also alphanumeric data quality, thus covering the entire scope of identity data. Whereas in the case of biometric data, standards already exist, for alphanumeric data such standards are not yet in place. Therefore, further work on the wider adoption and development of standards in both biometric and alphanumeric data is necessary.</p><p>The Roundtable will feature pioneering technologies, products and services provided by industry, showcasing them to the end-user community, experts representing relevant authorities from Member States and EU Institutions. The event will provide a forum for discussions on the recent technological and non-technological developments facilitating the improvement of biometric and alphanumeric data quality. </p><p>The following capability gaps will be the main focus points: </p><ul><li><p>Biometric data acquisition: addressing the challenges of data quality at the point of capture;</p></li><li><p>Ensuring consistent data quality through measurement, evaluation and standardisation;</p></li><li><p>Access to data: interoperability architecture and access to information on the ground;</p></li><li><p>Biometric data-quality: acquisition of biometric data in challenging conditions;</p></li><li><p>Alphanumeric data-quality: challenges and solutions for alphanumeric data quality.</p></li></ul>
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<strong>31 August 2020</strong>. </p><p>eu-LISA will review the proposals and inform the selected speakers by
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| SIS-25: digital technology at the service of citizens for a secure Europe | | https://www.eulisa.europa.eu/Newsroom/News/Pages/SIS-25-digital-technology-at-the-service-of-citizens-for-a-secure-Europe.aspx | SIS-25: digital technology at the service of citizens for a secure Europe | 12/06/2020 07:00:00 | <p>This year we are marking the 25th anniversary of the Schengen Information System (SIS), the most widely used and largest information sharing system for security and border management in Europe. It is one of the largest IT systems managed by eu-LISA, aimed at making Europe safer. </p><p>
<img src="/Newsroom/News/PublishingImages/Pages/SIS-25-digital-technology-at-the-service-of-citizens-for-a-secure-Europe/25.jpg" alt="25.jpg" class="ms-rtePosition-2" style="margin:5px;width:300px;height:300px;" />Launched in 1995, as a tool for seven EU Member States, to support internal security and exchange of information between national police forces as well as border, customs, visa and judicial authorities, the system has expanded and had its functionalities continually improved to assist the national authorities of 30 European countries in sharing information with their European counterparts whilst performing border checks and confronting cross-border crime and terrorism.</p><p>eu-LISA, responsible for the operational management and further development of SIS, has focused on improving and modernising the system for the past eight years, the period for which the Agency has so far been accountable for the IT systems for EU justice and home affairs. </p><p>"<em>Free movement of people is one of fundamental achievements of the European Union. eu-LISA is an indispensable element of the Schengen architecture as, with its services and systems, it ensures the normal functioning of the Schengen area, supporting with technologies the efforts of Member States to make Europe stronger and safer. Today, eu-LISA holds even broader responsibilities having been tasked to deploy the new information architecture of the EU for border management and internal security. However, digitalization is not a potion that can magically increase operational efficiency. It does not stem from the amount of money spent on novelties either, nor the excellence of the technical solutions implemented. It comes from the capability to make the best use of these technologies and the trust of citizens in the efforts of the national and European authorities towards a safer and more secure Europe,</em>" emphasised Krum GARKOV the Executive Director of eu-LISA. </p><center><p></p><div class="youtube-container home-youtube-container embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 embed-responsive-item" id="videoPlayer">
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</p><h2>More information: </h2><p>
<a href="https://discover.eulisa.europa.eu/">discover.eulisa.europa.eu</a> – our interactive eu-LISA Awareness-Package</p><p>
<a href="/AboutUs/MandateAndActivities/CoreActivities/Pages/SIS-II.aspx">https://eulisa.europa.eu</a> – SIS page on this Website<br></p> | | |
