4 March The EURINT Network. Bucharest 4 March 2014 PRAGUE PROCESS. Ruben Laurijssens. EURINT Network Project Leader

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2 4 March 2014 The EURINT Network Bucharest 4 March 2014 PRAGUE PROCESS Ruben Laurijssens EURINT Network Project Leader

3 EURINT Network Project Main objective: Increase commitment of third countries towards (forced) return Specific objective: Development of joint strategies towards the top 8 Joint missions and operations Workshops and seminars (sharing experiences and knowledge) Indicators: Increase in issued ETD s and actual return measures executed Effective sharing of best practices and experiences 3

4 Why cooperation in return matters? NL, BE, DE & RO launched first phase of EURINT in )Lack of commitment from third countries 2)Lack of good contacts and best practices 3)Cost reduction and increase in results 4

5 The challenge Increase participation of EU/EER countries; Involvement of Frontex; Coherent approach towards third countries; Developing a sustainable platform; Maintain an operational focus; Acceptance of forced return as last resort = the possibility of forced return is the largest contributor to success in voluntary return. 5

6 The second and third phase. a networking structure with almost 21 active Member States and Frontex. Beyond 2015: a sustainable platform for strategic operational cooperation financed through Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund ( ) Learning by doing. EURINT is not a talking shop, it s action based and result driven. 6

7 Steering Group Committee Meetings 1 st meeting United Kingdom December nd meeting Germany 28 March rd meeting Estonia June th meeting Portugal September th meeting France December th meeting Romania March th meeting Poland June 2015 Final Meeting Brussels September

8 Project Partners Full Members (co) financing to the project Take part in all actions reimbursed by the project Associated Members Can take part in Working Groups, workshops and actions B List (self paid) Frontex Same as full members (self paid) 8

9 Project Partners Full Members: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Frontex (EU), Germany, Hungary, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Associated members: Finland, Greece, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Portugal and Spain Non members: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Lituania, Slovakia and Slovenia. 9

10 Project Partners Relations with non EU/ EER partner countries: EURINT Workshops and seminars as participants in (through TaiEx or Mieux). EURINT Partners can organise on the spot trainings and seminars through capacity building instruments (IPA, TaiEx, Mieux, European Neighbourhood Instrument etc.) Development of a new pillar under the EURINT network 10

11 Defining common strategies Eurint Network - Working Groups A List

12 Priority countries -Working groups for developing a strategy -Needs assessment based: statistics, clear analysis of the problems and planning of actions with partners. Every working group is chaired by 1 partner country. 12

13 STRATEGY PAPER A. DESIGNATION OF LEADING MSI B. Identification of project-partner MSI C. Caseload estimation + general situation on migration profile from CoR - Overview by Participating MS D. Identification of PROBLEMS in organisation of Return E. Identification of OPPORTUNITIES F. Identification of Partners in CoR G. Identification of ACTIONS H. Planning of ACTIONS 13

14 Priority countries Implementation of Actions Incoming delegations Outgoing missions Task Forces Other actions 14

15 Prioriy Countries - actions Task Forces Identification interviews by national experts from third country capitals Main goal : fast identification + eventually direct delivery of Travel documents. 30 incoming experts budgeted for 5 day stay Experience: not more than 2 EUMSI in one visit 15

16 Prioriy Countries - actions Positive (good cooperation) Capacity building and training Negative (poor cooperation) Trade agreements, visas, development aid 16

17 EURINT - FOSS - Content published on FOSS Meeting documents Best practices developed as part of EURINT List of EURINT National Contact Points Guidelines on Eligibility and Accountability Rules Working Groups/CoR documents -Link 17

18 Joint Return Operations Eurint Network B List

19 Direct operations - List of countries with lower priority - Common actions possible (incoming, outgoing, TF) without working group - EURINT members launch a Call for Interest (e.g. Common Task Force) - Published on the FOSS - Example: Finnish returnee from Nepal escorted back with suppport from Germany 19

20 Sharing best practices Workshops for Field practitioners

21 Workshops / seminars -- Workshops are organised for field practitioners -(e.g. staff from identification units) -- possibility to invite experts on CoR / Methodology -- Themes to be defined (CoR / methodology) in SGC -- Take in best practices from the Working groups 21

22 Contact Ruben Laurijssens Wim Cruysberghs Ron Seesink M: General eurint@dtv.minvenj.nl

23 Thank you for your attention!