1. Near-real-time monitoring activities: today and tomorrow
Frontex Situation Centre
Dirk Vande Ryse

2. Content What is Frontex? Tasks of Frontex Situation Centre
Frameworks: Eurosur & Copernicus
Eurosur Fusion Services: examples and success stories
Way forward: Coordinated European Monitoring

3. Established in 2004, located in Warsaw, since 2016 based on EBCG Regulation
Tasks:
Monitoring and analysing situation
Vulnerability assessment
Joint operations, returns
Research, innovation, training

4. Frontex Situation Centre: staying on the top of situation
Situation monitoring and reporting
Eurosur Fusion Services / Copernicus
Operational information exchange
Crisis management support
Operational media monitoring

5. Eurosur: border surveillance framework
European situational and pre-frontier intelligence picture
Network of National Coordination Centres and Frontex hub
Fighting cross-border crime, terrorism, people smuggling
Search and rescue, saving lives

6. EU: Copernicus programme
Aim: developing European information services based on satellite Earth Observation and in situ (non-space) data.
Managed by EC

7. Eurosur / Copernicus Fusion Services
S1 Incident Reporting
S2 Vessel Monitoring and Tracking
S3 Tracking Vessels of Interest
S4 Vessel Detection
Enhance situational awareness and reaction capability
13 monitoring, reporting, environmental, and analytical services
Support from European partners (EMSA, EFCA, EU SatCen) and EU’s Copernicus Programme
S5 Meteo
S6 Visual Data Discovery
S7 Maritime Simulation
S8 Satellite Imagery
S9 Anomaly Detection
S10 Visualisation Tools
S11 Coastal Monitoring
S12 Pre-frontier Monitoring
S13 Reference Imagery / Mapping

8. Eurosur Fusion Services: vessels
S1 Incident Reporting
S2 Vessel Monitoring and Tracking
S3 Tracking Vessels of Interest
Past and present vessel positions
Detection with satellite radar scans
Alerts on anomalous movements
Reporting on vessels of interest
Simulation of future movements
S4 Vessel Detection
S5 Meteo
S6 Visual Data Discovery
S7 Maritime Simulation
S8 Satellite Imagery
S9 Anomaly Detection
S10 Visualisation Tools
S11 Coastal Monitoring
S12 Pre-frontier Monitoring
S13 Reference Imagery / Mapping

9. Eurosur Fusion Services: earth observation
S1 Incident Reporting
S2 Vessel Monitoring and Tracking
S3 Tracking Vessels of Interest
Very high resolution satellite imagery
Satellite radar scans supporting vessel detection
S4 Vessel Detection
S5 Meteo
S6 Visual Data Discovery
S7 Maritime Simulation
S8 Satellite Imagery
S9 Anomaly Detection
S10 Visualisation Tools
S11 Coastal Monitoring
S12 Pre-frontier Monitoring
S13 Reference Imagery / Mapping

10. Eurosur Fusion Services: environmental
S1 Incident Reporting
S2 Vessel Monitoring and Tracking
S3 Tracking Vessels of Interest
Past, current, and forecasted weather and oceanographic conditions
Weather alerts for predefined criteria
S4 Vessel Detection
S5 Meteo
S6 Visual Data Discovery
S7 Maritime Simulation
S8 Satellite Imagery
S9 Anomaly Detection
S10 Visualisation Tools
S11 Coastal Monitoring
S12 Pre-frontier Monitoring
S13 Reference Imagery / Mapping

11. Eurosur Fusion Services: reporting
S1 Incident Reporting
S2 Vessel Monitoring and Tracking
S3 Tracking Vessels of Interest
Reporting operational activities, border incidents
Data collection, quality control, processing, visualisation, and dissemination
Large amounts of operational data presented in a user friendly way
S4 Vessel Detection
S5 Meteo
S6 Visual Data Discovery
S7 Maritime Simulation
S8 Satellite Imagery
S9 Anomaly Detection
S10 Visualisation Tools
S11 Coastal Monitoring
S12 Pre-frontier Monitoring
S13 Reference Imagery / Mapping

12. Success story: radar detection of a boat with 35 people
EFS radar image detected an object between Spain and Morocco
35 people were saved from the boat in the area of a joint operation

13. Success story: gun smuggling vessel interception
Vessel Haddad I tracked by EFS intercepted by Greek authorities
Smuggled guns, ammunition and cigarettes found on board

14. Today and tomorrow: Coordinated European Monitoring tested in practice
Multipurpose Aerial Surveillance supporting Frontex and EFCA
Pilot project in Central Mediterranean March-April 2017
Real-time streaming of data from airplane to partners
Cross-border crime
Search and rescue
Fishery control

15. Tomorrow: Coordinated European Monitoring
Complimentary close-to-real-time (e.g. satellite imagery) and real-time (planes, RPAS) monitoring
Monitoring hub involving European partners
Coast guard functions framework: multiple purposes