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

The European Agency Frontex

Klaus RöslerDirector of Operations Division

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.”

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 OF 288 PERSONS (May 2011)

- BUDGET FOR 2011 88 M €

MAIN FUNCTIONS AND TASKS

1) COORDINATES OPERATIONAL BORDER SECURITY COOPERATION BETWEEN THE EU MEMBER STATES

2) CARRIES OUT RISK ANALYSES (periodical and tailored)

3) SUPPORTS THE MSs IN ORGANISING JOINT RETURN OPERATIONS

4) ASSISTS THE MS IN TRAINING OF BORDER GUARDS

5) FOLLOWS THE BORDER SECURITY RELATED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

6) ASSISTS THE MSs IN CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRING INCREASED TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE

7) DEPLOYS RAPID INTERVENTION TEAMS TO MEMBER STATES

8) PROVIDES THE COMMISSION AND THE MEMBER STATES WITH NECESSARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND EXPERTISE

Council Regulation No 2007/2004 and 863/2007

FRONTEX STRUCTURE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

- INTERNAL AUDIT- QUALITY

MANAGEMENT

- EXECUTIVE SUPPORT

- EXTERNAL RELATIONS

- INFORMATION & TRANSPARENCY

- PLANNING & CONTROLLINGDEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

JOINTOPERATIONS

RISK ANALYSIS

TRAININGADMINISTRATIVE

SERVICESRESEARCH

AND DEVELOPMENT

FINANCEAND

PROCUREMENT

MANAGEMENT BOARD

OPERATIONS Division

CAPACITY BUILDING Division

ADMINISTRATIONDivision

POOLED RESOURCESSITUATION

CENTRELEGAL

AFFAIRS

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

FRONTEX ROLE ON CRISES MANAGEMENT

Situational awareness

Strategic and operational Risk Assessment Open sources monitoring

Crises

Situational reporting

Tailored Risk Assessment Awareness reporting

Monitoring Mechanism JO Media External

Partner

Responding with Joint Operation

Responding with RABIT

Periodicals Annual Risk Analysis (ARA) Semi - Annual Risk Analysis (SARA)WB Annual Report EB Annual Report

FRAN QuarterliesWB Quarterlies

Tailored Risk Analyses (TRA)

Periodicals Annual Risk Analysis (ARA) Semi-Annual Risk Analysis (SARA)WB Annual Risk Analysis (WB-ARA) EB Annual Risk Analysis (EB-ARA)

FRAN QuarterliesWB Quarterlies

RISK ASSESSMENT (1/2)

SITUATION AWARENESS

Sources of information

Open Sources MediaExternal Partners Joint Operations

Frontex Situation Centre•Senior Duty Officer•Media / Open Sources Monitoring

Alerts Flash Reports Integrated Situational Reports

COOPERATION ON EU LEVEL

External Partners for Information Exchange:

Frontex Situation Centre•Senior Duty Officer•Produces the reports & disseminates (e-mail/FOSS)

Member States External Partners Internal Frontex

DG HomeDG Secretariat General

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

• implementation of operational Programmes

RESPONSE CAPABILTY – JOINT OPERATIONS

using operational and analytical networks close interagency information sharing and cooperation on

EU level (EUROPOL, EASO, CFCA, EMSA)

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

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)

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

The European Agency Frontex

Klaus RöslerDirector of Operations Division