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In 2017 eu-LISA celebrates its fifth year of operations. These first five years have been an exciting journey as we built up a dynamic and agile organisation. Today, we provide high quality services and solutions to EU Member States, contributing to their efforts to make Europe safer. These five years have been challenging, but rewarding. In this short time, eu-LISA

eu-LISA is the European Agency that ensures 24/7 operational management of the European Union’s (EU) largest IT systems and their respective communication infrastructure in the area of freedom, security and justice Eurodac, SIS II and VIS. With information technology, eu-LISA safeguards the EU’s internal security and supports the implementation of asylum, migration and border management policies for the benefit of

Eurodac is the centralised European database that stores and processes the digitalised fingerprints of asylum seekers and irregular migrants who have entered a European country. This helps determine the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application.

The second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) is a large-scale IT system that supports internal security and the exchange of information on people and objects between national police, border control, customs, visa and judicial authorities. As people and goods can move in the Schengen Area without being checked at internal borders, SIS II is used by security officials to

The Visa Information System (VIS) allows countries that are part of the Schengen Area to share information on visas. It is a large-scale IT system that helps the EU‘s common visa policy and assists border checks and consular cooperation in Europe. The system allows national authorities to enter and view data, including fingerprints, for short-stay visas for the Schengen Area.

Poster on how to participate in the Smart Borders Pilot

Leaflet on how to participate in the Smart Borders Pilot

This document explains the regime that is applied in eu-LISA with regard to the use of official EU languages throughout our corporate website and the use thereof in eu-LISA pubblications.

For the first time in its history, the European Union has an agency responsible for managing and promoting information and communication technology (ICT) as a key success factor for implementing the Union’s policies in the area of justice, security and freedom. eu-LISA helps EU countries get the most out of the latest ICT technologies in the fields of border management