Invitation to Industry and Academia Invitation to Industry and Academia 2015-07-07 One of the most important components of the border control is the specific technology used for border surveillance and checks. The Member States Border Guard Authorities are constantly looking for efficient and effective technological solutions able to continuously improve their activity at the border. Read more
Invitation for Industry and Academia Invitation for Industry and Academia 2015-07-02 Frontex will organise in November 2015 a workshop with European Industry and Academia which lead (or are about to start/are in the incubation phase of ideas on) research and development projects aimed at developing new products, technologies, solutions for border security and using financial sources other than EU financing. Read more
Invitation to industry - Aerial Border Surveillance Trial, Spain 2014 Invitation to industry - Aerial Border Surveillance Trial, Spain 2014 2014-08-05 Frontex, in cooperation with the Spanish Guardia Civil, is organising a workshop during which interested commercial companies will be given the opportunity to present the latest advances in tethered aerostats for sea and land border surveillance to border control experts from the EU Member States. The trial will take place in Spain during week 42/43 (October 2014). Read more
9th ABC Workshop - Invitation 9th ABC Workshop - Invitation 2014-04-16 Invitation to technology suppliers to participate in the 9th Workshop on Automated Border Control (ABC) and Demonstration at Gatwick airport in the UK on 5-6 June 2014. Read more
Announcement to Industry Announcement to Industry 2014-03-25 The possibility exists for Industry to visit Frontex and brief Frontex experts on its portfolios of products and services in the field of border security. For this purpose, a Visit Proposal Form (VPF) available at http://btn.frontex.europa.eu/form/visit-proposal-form must be completed and submitted. Read more
Invitation for Border surveillance workshop 2014 Invitation for Border surveillance workshop 2014 2014-03-10 The surveillance of external borders is one of the essential components of border control in the EU. Border surveillance activities take place in wide border areas and present a variety of challenges like: • How to detect and track small boats? • How to improve the surveillance capability of border patrols and boats/vessels? • How can integration contribute to redress the limitations of current border surveillance systems? • What is the added value? What is the trade off between effectiveness and cost? Read more