SLTD

Topic description

Scope:

The present Call for Proposals aims at funding projects in the area of border and law enforcement information exchange.

Project applications submitted under the present Call for Proposals must address the priority of reinforcing checks against relevant databases, including INTERPOL's SLTD database inside the territory of Member States, and at EU's external borders on all persons, including those enjoying the right of free movement under EU law when they cross the external borders (air, sea and land borders), both at entry and exit.

This priority stems from the Council Common position of 25 January 2005, the Council Conclusions of October 2014, as well as from the obligations flowing for Member States from the revised Schengen Border Code of 15 March 2017.

This call for proposals is addressed to transnational projects aiming at exchanging best practices, setting common procedures, joint procurement and deployment of the necessary equipment, including funding operational meetings, innovative projects and test runs.

To meet this priority, projects must aim to ensure effective and adequate safeguards for protection of personal data and to achieve one or all of the following outcomes (specific objectives):

• Deploy the necessary equipment (hardware and software) to allow for systematic checks of INTERPOL's SLTD and other relevant databases at EU's external border crossing points;
• Deploy the necessary equipment (hardware and software) to allow for checks of INTERPOL's SLTD and other relevant databases across the territory of a member State, including through mobile solutions provided through end-users.