Support Our Work Mailing list About / Contact
  • Home /
  • News /
  • 2011 /
  • September /
  • EU: Internal security: Project Harmony. The framework partners for the project are the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Europo!. The project started in October 2009.

EU: Internal security: Project Harmony. The framework partners for the project are the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Europo!. The project started in October 2009.

01 September 2011

Support our work: become a Friend of Statewatch from as little as £1/€1 per month.

EU: Internal security: Project Harmony (link to project report, 102 pages) The framework partners for the project are the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Europol. The project started in October 2009.

From the document: “This project aims to bridge the gap between European and national strategies and also between political decisions and the way law enforcement agencies convert them into operational activities. It acts on both horizontal and vertical level. The horizontal approach aims to achieve better alignment between the activities of the EU agencies in their fight against organised crime and the political priorities of the JHA. The vertical approach means that the Member States get the opportunity to integrate the European decision-making process into their national strategies. To achieve these objectives, the project wants to streamline and integrate the already existing EU instruments (e.g. OCTA (Organised Crime Threat Assessment), the role and tasks of the EPCTF (European Police Chiefs Task Force), COSPOL (Comprehensive, Operational, Strategic Planning for the Police) projects, etc.) into a more coherent and effective approach, resulting in a genuine European policy cycle.” (p.10)

“In the future, the threat assessment should rely more on the “in-house” information and expertise of Europol, which requires a willingness by Member States and other contributors to share information with Europol at an earlier stage and in a more systematic way.” (p.54)

“All existing multi-annual strategic plans in the field of EU internal security [i.e. drugs, trafficking, terrorism] should be aligned and integrated into a more coherent and effective policy cycle.” (p.75)

Our work is only possible with your support.
Become a Friend of Statewatch from as little as £1/€1 per month.

 Previous article

France: Sarkozy plans the opening of an additional 30,000 prison places by 2017 (1)

Next article 

ARAB SPRING: U.S. and Turkey launch new effort to combat global terrorism

 

Spotted an error? If you've spotted a problem with this page, just click once to let us know.

Report error

Statewatch does not have a corporate view, nor does it seek to create one, the views expressed are those of the author. Statewatch is not responsible for the content of external websites and inclusion of a link does not constitute an endorsement. Registered UK charity number: 1154784. Registered UK company number: 08480724. Registered company name: The Libertarian Research & Education Trust. Registered office: MayDay Rooms, 88 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1DH. © Statewatch ISSN 1756-851X. Personal usage as private individuals "fair dealing" is allowed. We also welcome links to material on our site. Usage by those working for organisations is allowed only if the organisation holds an appropriate licence from the relevant reprographic rights organisation (eg: Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK) with such usage being subject to the terms and conditions of that licence and to local copyright law.

About | Contact | Privacy Policy