Frontex | European Commission

There are two representatives of the European Commission (Directorate General Home Affairs) in the Management Board of Frontex. Frontex contributes to the work of the Commission concerning development of technical requirements, providing technical expertise and the implementation of existing policies.

The agency works closely with Directorate General Enterprise and Industry in steering the Security Research of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), which contains several border security research projects.

Frontex participates as well in meetings of several committes such as:

Inter-Service Group "Community Capacity in Crisis Management" (C3M)
Committee on Immigration and Asylum (CIA)
Contact Committee on the Return Directive

Joint Research Centre (JRC)

JRC contributes to Frontex maritime joint operations by providing satellite images and related services for the detection of small boats. JRC also supported the development of Frontex situation, crisis and media monitoring tools as well as the customisation of an information sharing tool for communication with external partners. Frontex and JRC also cooperate in the field of automated border control systems, biometrics and secure documents including development of training materials on documents.