1. Oliver SEIFFARTH DG Home Affairs European Commission
Security Research Conference 2010, Kursaal Oostende, 22 September 2010
The development of the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR)
Oliver SEIFFARTH DG Home Affairs European Commission

2. Migration routes into the Schengen area
Canary
Islands
Turkey
Eastern Med
Libya

3. CENTRO DE COORDINACIÓN REGIONAL DE CANARIAS
Current main challenge: Detection, tracking & interception of small boats, used for illegal migration and cross-border crime (e.g. narcotics trafficking).
CENTRO DE COORDINACIÓN REGIONAL DE CANARIAS

4. EUROSUR Definition (COM(2008)68final of 13.2.2008)
Information sharing and cooperation mechanism enabling Member States' border control authorities and FRONTEX to improve their situational awareness and reaction capabilities with the aim to
reduce number of illegal migrants entering EU undetected;
reduce the death toll of migrants at sea;
increase internal security by preventing cross-border crime.
“Federation of systems”, using existing systems (e.g. AIS, SafeSeaNet) and common surveillance tools (e.g. satellites).
Development in 3 phases and 8 separate, but interlinked steps.
Testing/validation in pilot and FP7 projects.
Implementation by Member States, partly at EU level (e.g. FRONTEX, Global Monitoring for Environment and Security/GMES).

5. PHASE 1: Streamlining at MS level
EUROSUR - PHASE 1
PHASE 1: Streamlining at MS level

6. PHASE 1: Streamlining at MS level
As of 2008: Setting up of national coordination centres (NCC) and national surveillance systems.
: Guidelines for cooperation between NCCs / FRONTEX.
2009: FRONTEX assessment on EU external borders and needed infrastructure in third countries.
: Management & technical concepts for NCCs and national systems and specifications for communication network.
: Pilot project and data model for the communication network.
2011: Legislative proposal.

7. PHASE 2: Common tools at EU level

8. PHASE 2: Common tools at EU level
As of 2008: FP7 space/ security research program used for EUROSUR goals.
: GMES concept on how to receive data from satellites/UAVs for border surveillance purposes.
: Specifications for common pre-frontier intelligence picture (CPIP) to be managed by FRONTEX. :
FP7 integration & demonstration projects to test EUROSUR components.

9. FP7 Security projects Name PERSEUS SeaBILLA I2C Coordinator Indra (ES)
SELEX (IT)
DNCS (FR)
Industry
30, incl. EADS, Siemens, DNCS
25, incl. Indra, EADS
19, incl. Zeppelin, Furuno, Rockwell Collins
Key topics
Detection of small craft.
Fusion of information.
Establishment of situational picture at regional/EU level.
Presentation of information.
Interoperability.
Define architecture for surveillance, integrating novel sensors. Draws on OPERAMAR conclusions.
System of shore-based and deployable sensor platforms to track vessel movements to detect suspicious events and threats.
Demon-stration / exercises
2 demo campaigns:
Western Med – 2013
Eastern Med – 2014
Illegal migration & drugs
2 test scenarios:
English channel (drugs) & Southern Med (illegal migration)
Mediterranean border zones.
Start
1st quarter 2011
June 2010
July 2010
Duration
4 years
45 months
48 months
Budget (EU)
M€ 42, 3 (M€ 27, 8)
M€ 15, 43 (M€ 9, 84)
M€ 15, 34 (M€ 9, 87) 9

10. Phase 3: Common Info Sharing Environment

11. PHASE 3: Common info sharing environment
COM(2009)538 of
INFORMATION
LAYERS
NATIONAL
AUTHORITIES
User-defined
Situational Picture
Defence
PT MARSUR
Internal security
EUROSUR ?
Information sharing
Fishery control
VMS
Maritime
authority
SAFESEANET
SAFESEANET