Speakers
Frank Paul
- Background: In February 2008, the European Commission, within the framework of its "Integrated Border Management Approach" presented plans for a European entry-exit system, combined with a Registered Traveller System.
- This presentation will provide an update on the ongoing discussions at the European level and take a closer look at possible technical and organisational solutions.
Biography
Dr Frank PAUL heads the Unit "Large-scale IT systems", the largest operational unit within the European Commission’s Directorate-General Justice, Security and Freedom.
His unit deals mainly with EURODAC (an Automated Fingerprint Identification System), the development of the second-generation SIS (Schengen Information System, one of the biggest Border Control and Police Information systems worldwide); the future VIS (Visa Information System). In addition, his unit is responsible for the general biometric co-ordination in the area of Justice, Security and Freedom.
Dr Paul has a legal background in German, French and International Law and joined the European Commission in 1993 as a Permanent Official.
Coming from the Commission’s Legal Service, he joined the then Task Force Justice and Home Affairs (now a Directorate-General) in 1998 and before his appointment as Head of Unit, worked as a project manager for EURODAC and on a variety of legal and organisational issues all related to Asylum and Immigration.
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