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” Frontex role on Crises Management - general and specific activities”

The European Agency Frontex. ” Frontex role on Crises Management - general and specific activities”. Klaus R ösler Director of Operations Division. FRONTEX MANDATE. “ Frontex is coordinator, service provider and supporter for External border security on EU level,

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” Frontex role on Crises Management - general and specific activities”

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  1. The European Agency Frontex ” Frontex role on Crises Management - general and specific activities” Klaus Rösler Director of Operations Division

  2. FRONTEX MANDATE “Frontex is coordinator, service provider and supporter for External border security on EU level, working closely together with Member States and various partners.”

  3. FRONTEX BASIC FACTS • ESTABLISHED UPON COUNCIL REGULATION OF 26 OCTOBER 2004 • OPERATIONAL SINCE 3 OCTOBER 2005 • GOVERNANCE: MANAGEMENT BOARD OF 27 (VOTING) MEMBERS • ”BORDER CHIEFS” OF MSs + 2 for EU-COM • UK, IRL, NOR, ICL, SCZ LIMITED VOTING • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:Mr. Ilkka Laitinen, FIN • DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Mr. Gil Arias Fernandez, ES • STAFF CONSISTING OF288PERSONS(May 2011) • BUDGET FOR 201188M €

  4. MAIN FUNCTIONS AND TASKS Council RegulationNo 2007/2004 and 863/2007 • COORDINATESOPERATIONALBORDER SECURITYCOOPERATION • BETWEEN THE EU MEMBER STATES • CARRIES OUT RISK ANALYSES (periodical and tailored) • SUPPORTS THE MSs IN ORGANISING JOINT RETURN OPERATIONS • 4) ASSISTS THE MS INTRAINING OF BORDER GUARDS • 5) FOLLOWS THE BORDER SECURITY RELATED RESEARCH AND • DEVELOPMENT • 6) ASSISTS THE MSs IN CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRING INCREASED • TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE • DEPLOYS RAPID INTERVENTION TEAMS TO MEMBER STATES • PROVIDES THE COMMISSION AND THE MEMBER STATES WITH • NECESSARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND EXPERTISE

  5. FRONTEX STRUCTURE MANAGEMENT BOARD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR • - EXECUTIVE SUPPORT • - EXTERNAL RELATIONS • INFORMATION & • TRANSPARENCY • PLANNING & CONTROLLING • - INTERNAL AUDIT • QUALITY MANAGEMENT DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OPERATIONS Division CAPACITY BUILDING Division ADMINISTRATION Division RISK ANALYSIS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT JOINT OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TRAINING POOLED RESOURCES LEGAL AFFAIRS SITUATION CENTRE

  6. FRONTEX ROLE ON CRISES MANAGEMENT • to be carried out within its mandate • based on Risk Assessment • using Frontex Situation Centre • with open sources monitoring capacities • responding with Joint Operation • responding with RABIT

  7. FRONTEX ROLE ON CRISES MANAGEMENT Strategic and operational Risk Assessment Open sources monitoring Situational awareness Crises Tailored Risk Assessment Awareness reporting Monitoring Mechanism Situational reporting JO Media External Partner Respondingwith Joint Operation Responding with RABIT

  8. RISK ASSESSMENT (1/2)

  9. SITUATION AWARENESS Sources of information External Partners Open Sources Media Joint Operations Alerts Flash Reports Integrated Situational Reports

  10. COOPERATION ON EU LEVEL Member States External Partners Internal Frontex External Partners for Information Exchange: DG Home DG Secretariat General

  11. PARTICIPATION IN EU EXERCISES EU Emergency and Crisis Coordination Arrangements (CCA) CCA Exercise 2010 (fifth exercise in this context) purpose: testing the alerting and management structures scenarios: incidents which might come up in future participants: EU Presidency (lead), Commission, Member States, Agencies

  12. RESPONSE CAPABILTY – JOINT OPERATIONS • implementation of operational Programmes • more flexibility to arrange/re-arrange resources • amendments of existing JOs • development of new JOs covering the crises • monitor and further assess the situation • to maintain preparedness • using operational and analytical networks • close interagency information sharing and cooperation on • EU level (EUROPOL, EASO, CFCA, EMSA)

  13. RESPONSE CAPABILITY – RABIT • Legal basis: Regulation (EC) No 863/ 2007 • deployment of EU MS border guards in case of urgent • and exceptional migratory pressure at EU external borders • short-term assistance • control of external EU borders remains with requesting MS • Frontex has established and maintains RABIT Pool (700) • November 2010 – March 2011 first RABIT Operation (GR)

  14. The European Agency Frontex ” Frontex role on Crises Management - general and specific activities” Klaus Rösler Director of Operations Division

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