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European Parliament Public Seminar: Borders Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Poland implementation of Schengen acquis Robert Rybicki, JHA Counsellor, PL Permanent Representation in Brussels robert.rybicki@polrepeu.be. Schengen Implementation - Poland.
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European ParliamentPublic Seminar: BordersCommittee on Civil Liberties, Justice and HomeAffairs Poland implementation of Schengen acquis Robert Rybicki, JHA Counsellor, PL Permanent Representation in Brussels robert.rybicki@polrepeu.be
Schengen Implementation - Poland • Implementation Stages • Strategies • Financial Framework • National Coordination • Major challenges Poland, Implementation of Schengen Acquis
Schengen Implementation - Poland • Schengen implementation stages • Category I: implemented as 1st of May 2004 • Monitored: Country reports, assessment missions since 1999 • Category II – all the rest: November 2007 • Followed by evaluation missions 2006 and 2007 • Implementation of SIS II Poland, Implementation of Schengen Acquis
SchengenImplementation - Poland • Implementation Strategies: • Schengen Action Plan 2001, updated annually • The Integrated Border Management Strategy 2003-2005 • SIS II Master Plan, 2004 • Indicative Programs for Schengen Facility, 2004 Poland, Implementation of Schengen Acquis
Schengen Implementation - Poland • Financial framework: • National Budget • Schengen Facility Fund 2004-2006: 310 mln EUR • Norwegian Financial Mechanism: 2004-2009: 125 mln EUR – for Schengen implementation Poland, Implementation of Schengen Acquis
Schengen Implementation - Poland • National Coordination • Prime Minister Plenipotentiary, Ministry of Interior and Administration • Interministerial Committee for Schengen Facility and Norwegian Financial Mechanism Utilisation • Interministerial Committee for SIS implementation Poland, Implementation of Schengen Acquis
Schengen Implementation - Poland • Major challenges(provisionally assigned 2004-2007) • Improvements of infrastructure • Border crossings, detention centres, surveillance capacity (min. 53 mln EUR) • Border protection equipment; • Mobile transport and detection equipment, sea border and land border surveillance systems (min. 96 mln EUR) • SIS • National Interface for SIS, Police and Border Guard IT network (min. 44 mln EUR) • Training (min. 0.5 mln EUR) Poland, Implementation of Schengen Acquis