ALPS Catalogue PDF

Warsaw, 12 December 2014
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Risk Analysis Unit

Operations Division
Analysis Layer
Products and
Services (ALPS)
Catalogue
Version 1.0 - Final
European Agency for the Management www.frontex.europa.eu

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Analysis Layer Products and Services (ALPS) Catalogue
Document Name: Analysis Layer Products and Services Catalogue

Date: 12/12/2014 1.0 Final
Author: Darek Saunders
Owner: Javier Quesada
Recipient: EUROSUR stakeholders
Document Number:
Revision History
Date From version To version Description of change Change made by
- Addition of quality standards
- Products’ description update Mari Juritsch
27/08/2014 1.0 Draft 2.0 Draft
- SOCMINT inclusion Darek Saunders
- Language and spelling editing
- Addition of classification levels
- Removal of source and information
17/09/2014 2.0 Draft 3.0 Draft Darek Saunders
reliability codes
- Quality standards review
- Basic editing and proofreading Darek Saunders
09/10/2014 3.0 Draft 3.1 Draft
- Products’ definition refinement Benjamin Whiteley
- Editing and proofreading
10/10/2014 3.1 Draft 3.2 Draft - Addition of EO Services Adam Sikora
specifications
- Quality criteria renaming to Best
27/10/2014 3.2 Draft 3.3 Draft Darek Saunders
practices
- Increased Key Developments’ scope Mari Juritsch
14/11/2014 3.3 Draft 3.5 Draft - Extension of country list to include Denis Destrebecq
MSs and SACs Darek Saunders
- Information sources update
12/12/2014 3.5 Draft 1.0 Final - Routes update Darek Saunders
- Editing and proofreading
Name Signature Date of signature Version
Klaus Rösler 1.0 Final
Javier Quesada 1.0 Final
Distribution
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Director Operations Division Hard-copy and electronic 1.0 Final
NFPOCs Electronic 1.0 Final
European Commission Electronic 1.0 Final
EUROSUR CAB Electronic 1.0 Final
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Table of contents
1. Purpose of the Catalogue 5
2. Best practices 6
3. Products 7
3.1. Key Development definition 9
3.2. Briefing Note and Analytical Monitor definition 13
3.3. Earth Observation Report and Supporting Analytical Report definition 16
4. Services 19
5. Annexes 20
Annex I – Information sources 20
Annex II – Frontex-defined routes 21
Annex III – Illegal migration and cross-border crime risk categories 22
Annex IV - Alpha-3 codes for Member States, third countries and territories, 24
Annex V - Equivalence of security classifications 29
Annex VI – Analysis Layer Earth Observation Services 31
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1. Purpose of the Catalogue

The purpose of the Catalogue is to list, describe and define the analytical documents (products)
and services to be shared by the National Coordination Centres (NCCs) and Frontex within the
EUROSUR Analysis Layer. The products and services included in the Catalogue are relevant for the
NCC and Frontex staff that have the need to examine analytical information on illegal migration
and cross-border crime. The identification and resulting standardisation of the reports and their
attributes shall lead to a consistent exchange of analytical deliverables within EUROSUR and
facilitate the subsequent exploitation and analysis of the collected structured data and
information.
In the Catalogue products were defined as report categories instead of specific report types, which
was a practical approach taken to be able to respond to the needs of all the EUROSUR Analysis
Layer stakeholders. The alternative solution would have been to create a vast products list
covering all the MSs and Frontex analytical reports. This later solution was discarded as it would
require a continuous updating of the Catalogue and the EUROSUR application.
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2. Best practices
The aim of this chapter is to list a set of best practices to be followed during the drafting of
analytical products or services. The consistent drafting of analytical reports in line with these best
practices shall facilitate joint work and further improve the common understanding of the shared
risk analysis by Frontex and Member States. The key best practices to be followed are listed and
described below:
 Accuracy: Analytical reports should provide an accurate, balanced, complete and objective
picture. It should be derived from multiple sources to minimise the possibility of
misinterpretation. Alternative or opposing assessments should be presented, when necessary,
to ensure balance and bias-free intelligence.
 Timeliness: Analytical reports should be provided early to support operational and strategic
work streams. They should flow continuously throughout the duration of operations and of
the focused and long-term third-country monitoring.
 Usability: Analytical reports should be presented in a form that is easily understood and in a
format that immediately conveys the meaning to the consumer/user.
 Relevance: Analytical reports should be relevant for the purposes of EUROSUR and provide
only the required level of detail and complexity to answer the requirements of the intended
audience and users. Analytical products shared in EUROSUR shall be kept as focused and
concise as possible so that the intended audience spends only the minimum time required to
glean the relevant information.
 Reliability: The information used in the analytical reports should be evaluated to determine
the extent to which the information that has been collected and is being used is trustworthy,
uncorrupted and undistorted.
 Future-orientation: Analytical reports should always be forward looking indicating possible
future developments, trends and patterns on the basis of the available information.
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3. Products
This chapter provides an overview of the analytical products which NCCs and Frontex can make
available within the EUROSUR Analysis Layer. These products are not delivered ‘on demand’ within
EUROSUR. Based on the user requirements, the experience gained through the operational
implementation of the Analysis Layer and the EUROSUR Regulation the below listed analytical
products were identified:
 Key Development
 Briefing Note
 Analytical Monitor
 Earth Observation (EO) Report
 Supporting Analytical Report
The following table provides a general description of the Analysis Layer products:
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
A brief report - 1 page maximum – containing a concise description and assessment of:
- Specific operational developments (e.g. - changes in modi operandi or routes);
- Political, social, economic or demographic conditions in the EU pre-frontier
area;
Key - Institutional, legal, technical or operational changes in Member States, mostly
Development but not only related to Border Control Authorities.
The above developments shall be related to illegal immigration or cross-border crime
and should have, or could have, an impact on border security.
The main focus of the Key Developments shall be the EU pre-frontier area and change
in Member States capacities/capabilities.
A concise ad-hoc report analysing specific illegal migration or cross-border crime

Briefing Note phenomena. Its main purpose is to quickly and effectively inform decision-makers about
a specific issue.
A regular, well defined report on illegal migration or cross-border crime covering

Analytical specific geographical or thematic areas. It goes further and is wider in scope than a
Monitor Briefing Note, providing a more in-depth analysis of the situation and, if possible,
scenarios and recommendations.
Earth Reports delivered by EU SatCen or industry in response to on demand requests for EO

Observation services. Services include the Coastal Monitoring or Pre-frontier Monitoring of countries
(EO) Report of origin, as well as the monitoring of transit and departure third countries.
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
This category is meant to permit the sharing in EUROSUR of relevant analytical

documentation not fitting into the remaining Analysis Layer product types (Key
Developments, Briefing Notes and Analytical Monitors). However, the earlier listed
drafting practices, especially relevance still apply. Some of the products that fall into
this category are:
Supporting
Analytical  Comprehensive analytical reports with a low frequency (annual/biannual) and
Report usually of a more strategic nature.
 Studies and papers of an analytical nature drafted by entities external to the
EUROSUR Network and which have been identified by NCCs or Frontex to be of
relevance to the EUROSUR analytical community.
 Presentations delivering analysis on illegal migration and cross-border crime.
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3.1. Key Development definition

Key Developments have proven to be one of the most often shared and utilised products within
the EUROSUR Analysis Layer. These products are utilised due to their significant potential for both
the long-term analysis and monitoring of the situation in third countries as well as for the provision
of swift analytical warnings to the EUROSUR community.
ATTRIBUTE FORMAT AND CONTENT OF THE ATTRIBUTE
The EUROSUR Regulation stipulates that the network shall enable the exchange of non-
classified sensitive and classified information for the achievement of its purposes. The
most appropriate classification level is to be identified for the Key Development
artefact. On upload the user should consult to classification level of the report and
based on the equivalence of security classifications1 (Annex V) attribute one of the two
classification levels handled within EUROSUR:
 Reports that are not classified but still need to be protected from being externally
disseminated, and the distribution of such information is performed on a need-to-
Classification know basis shall be marked: LIMITED
level
 Reports the unauthorised disclosure of which could be disadvantageous to the
interests of the European Union or to one or more of the Member States shall be
marked: RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED
e.g. 1 – A Frontex analytical report marked “Frontex Non-Classified Sensitive – Basic

Protection Level” shall be attributed a EUROSUR “LIMITED”
e.g. 2 – RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED shall be attributed to an Estonian analytical

report marked “Piiratud”
Brief name describing the Key Development report. It should indicate the main situation
or phenomenon addressed in its analysis. It is recommended to include the operation,
region/country, main nationality, modus operandi or phenomenon and a reference date
in the title.
Title
e.g. 1 – Tunisia’s military operations – May 2014
e.g. 2 – Economic challenges in Egypt – June 2014
Artefact Date the artefact was uploaded. This information will be automatically input into the
upload date template.
Report Date the report was originally drafted. The date will be manually input by the artefact
creation date creator in a predefined format.
1 Council Decision of 14 April 2014 amending Decision 2013/488/EU on the security rules for protecting EU classified information
(2014/233/EU)
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 Indicates the node which shared the Key Development in EUROSUR.
 An automated entry attribute – the EUROSUR application shall populate this

attribute automatically.
Sharing node  Predefined entries: Frontex and all NCCs, which shall be listed as NCC XYZ, where
XYZ is the alpha-3 code of the MS.
e.g. 1 – NCC ESP
e.g. 2 – Frontex
 Indicates the Key Development’s drafting entity.
 Predefined entries: Frontex, Europol, EU SatCen, EMSA, EFCA and all NCCs, which
shall be listed as NCC XYZ, where XYZ is the alpha-3 code of the MS.
Drafting entity  A manually selectable attribute.
e.g. 1 – NCC ESP
e.g. 2 – Frontex; Europol
 Indicates the node with editing rights to the Key Development and its attributes.
 A manually selectable attribute.
Artefact owner  On creation, the artefact owner and the sharing node will be the same. As a given
Key Development may be the result of joint analysis though artefact’s ownership
will be transferable.
e.g. 1 – NCC ESP
e.g. 2 – Frontex; NCC POL
A concise description and analysis of events or political, social, economic or

demographic conditions or change in the MO/operation of a facilitation network having
an impact or which may have an impact on illegal migration or cross-border crime at
Development the external EU borders.
This compulsory Key Development element is contained within the Key Development
report and it will not be extracted to create a separate attribute.
A brief analysis of the developments with an indication of possible consequences and

scenarios.
Analysis
This compulsory Key Development element is contained within the Key Development
report and it will not be extracted to create a separate attribute.
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One or more risk categories The following are the five available risk categories:
 Institutional
 Facilitation
 Economic
Risk category
 Socio-political
 Change in Member States capabilities
An overview of the risk indicators assessed under each risk category is provided in
Annex III.
Third countries and territories impacted or where the conditions have appeared or
developed that may lead to illegal migration pressure or cross-border crime at the
external EU borders, or Member States where conditions have changed. This field also
refers to the nationals of third countries and territories impacted in transit and
Member States departure countries by the developments analysed in the report.
and third
countries and The list of third countries and territories is available in Annex IV.
territories
e.g. 1 – AFG; IRN; TUR
e.g. 2 – UKR; RUS
Impacted or associated illegal migration or cross-border crime route(s). The Frontex

Route defined routes are listed in Annex II.
Significant words or phrases used to indicate the most critical topics addressed within
the report. Countries or nationalities are not required to be identified as they are
covered by an earlier attribute. Alternatively, specific geographical locations, such as
population centres (i.e. cities, towns, villages) or regions (e.g. Mediterranean, Ural)
Keywords could be identified as keywords describing the content of the analytical report.
e.g. 1 – Airline; Dobrolet; Aeroflot; transit; flight
e.g. 2 – Refugee; return; repatriation
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General type of information sources:
 OSINT
 HUMINT
 IMINT
Information
 GEOINT
source
 SOCMINT
 SIGINT
 Reporting
A definition for the information source types is provided in Annex I.
Entity or person within the EUROSUR network that could be contacted in relation to the
Key Development report. The name, title, Node and contact information (e-mail and
phone number) shall be provided as a minimum for the identified POC.
Point of This attribute is expected to be optional as the NCC of the sharing node is already a
contact known POC.
e.g. 1 – John Smith; Frontex; john.smith@frontex.europa.eu2
e.g. 2 – RAU; Frontex; alughelp@frontex.europa.eu
2 Fictitious individual and e-mail account.
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3.2. Briefing Note and Analytical Monitor definition

The two main differences in the attributes defining these two types of products from the Key
Developments definition are:
 The lack of the ’risk category‘ attribute which structures the work in the monitoring of third
countries.
 The main body of the documents is not divided into ’development‘ and ’analysis‘ to allow
analyst to structure the briefing notes and monitors based on the tasking and their purpose.
Classification The EUROSUR Regulation stipulates that the network shall enable the exchange of non-
level classified sensitive and classified information for the achievement of its purposes. The
disseminated, and the distribution of such information is performed on a need-to-
know basis shall be marked: LIMITED



Title Brief name describing the report. It should indicate the main event or operational
situation addressed in its analysis. It is recommended to include the main nationality,
operation, region, modus operandi or phenomenon and a reference date in the title.
e.g. 1 – Tunisia’s military operations – May 2014
e.g. 2 – Economic challenges in Egypt – June 2014
Artefact Date the artefact was uploaded. This information will be automatically input into the
upload date template.
Report Date the report was originally drafted. The date will be manually input by the artefact
creation date creator in a predefined format.
(2014/233/EU)
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Sharing node  Indicates the node which shared the report in EUROSUR.

 Predefined entries: Frontex and all NCCs, which shall be listed as NCC XYZ, where
e.g. 1 – NCC ESP
e.g. 2 – Frontex
Drafting entity  Indicates the report’s drafting entity.
e.g. 1 – NCC ESP
Artefact  Indicates the node with editing rights to the report and its attributes.
owner
 On creation, the artefact owner and the sharing node will be the same. As a given
analytical report may be the result of joint analysis though artefact’s ownership
e.g. 1 – NCC ESP
Third Third countries and territories impacted or where the conditions have appeared or
countries and developed that may lead to illegal migration pressure or cross-border crime at the
territories external EU borders. This field also refers to the nationals of third countries and
territories impacted in transit and departure countries by the developments analysed
in the report.
The list of third countries and territories is available in Annex IV.
e.g. 2 – UKR; RUS
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Route Impacted or associated illegal migration or cross-border crime route(s). The Frontex
defined routes are listed in Annex II.
Keywords Significant words or phrases used to indicate the most critical topics addressed within
could be identified as keywords describing the content of the analytical report.
e.g. 1 – Triton; Mediterranean; facilitation; boat; scenario
e.g. 2 – Refugee; return; repatriation
Information General type of information sources:

source
 OSINT
 HUMINT
 IMINT
 GEOINT
 SOCMINT
 SIGINT
 Reporting
A definition for the information source types is provided in Annex I.
Point of Entity or person within the EUROSUR network that could be contacted in relation to the
contact Briefing Note or Analytical Monitor. The name, title, node and contact information (e-
mail and phone number) shall be provided as a minimum for the identified POC.
This attribute is expected to be optional as the NCC of the sharing node is already a
known POC.
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3.3. Earth Observation Report and Supporting Analytical Report

definition
Most of the reports falling under these two report types will be drafted as a default, in particular
the EO reports, by external entities.
The EUROSUR Regulation stipulates that the network shall enable the exchange of non-
classified sensitive and classified information for the achievement of its purposes. The
disseminated, and the distribution of such information is performed on a need-
Classification to-know basis shall be marked: LIMITED
level


Brief name describing the report. It should indicate the analysed situation or
phenomenon addressed in its report. It is recommended to include the main
nationality, operation, country/region, modus operandi or phenomenon and a
reference date in the title.
Title
e.g. 1 – Libya, Castelverde Coastal Monitoring – April 2014
e.g. 2 – Iran, Van Reference Mapping – June 2014
Artefact upload Date the artefact was uploaded. This information will be automatically input into the
date template.
Report creation Date the report was originally drafted. The date will be manually input by the artefact
date creator in a predefined format.
(2014/233/EU)
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 Indicates the node which shared the report in EUROSUR.

Sharing node  Predefined entries: Frontex and all NCCs, which shall be listed as NCC XYZ, where
e.g. 1 – NCC ESP
e.g. 2 – Frontex
 Indicates the report’s drafting entity.
Drafting entity  A manually selectable attribute.
e.g. 1 – NCC ESP
 Indicates the node with editing rights to the report and its attributes.
Artefact owner  On creation, the artefact owner and the sharing node will be the same. As a given
analytical report may be the result of joint analysis though artefact’s ownership
e.g. 1 – NCC ESP
Third countries and territories impacted or where the conditions have appeared or
developed that may lead to illegal migration pressure or cross-border crime at the
external EU borders. This field also refers to the nationals of third countries and
territories impacted in transit and departure countries by the developments analysed
in the report.
Third countries
and territories The list of third countries and territories is available in Annex IV.
e.g. 2 – UKR; RUS
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Significant words or phrases used to indicate the most critical topics addressed within
Keywords could be identified as keywords describing the content of the analytical report.
e.g. 1 – RMMS; trends; policy; Horn of Africa
e.g. 2 – Mediterranean; facilitation; scenario ; vulnerability
Entity or person within the EUROSUR network that could be contacted in relation to
the EO Report and Supporting Analytical Report. The name, title, node and contact
information (e-mail and phone number) shall be provided for the identified POC.
This attribute is expected to be optional as the NCC of the sharing node is already a
Point of contact known POC.
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4. Services
The Analysis Layer Services list responds to the requirement indicated in the EUROSUR Regulation
for the sharing of Earth Observation imagery and geo-data within the Analysis Layer. The identified
services are delivered ‘on demand’ and can be requested by the NCCs through the Frontex Fusion
Services. As default those services will be shared with all NCCs in EUROSUR.
As indicated within the EUROSUR Handbook, the Agency may either accept or refuse the service
request service based on technical, financial or operational reasons. In case of service refusal, the
Agency will inform the National Coordination Centre providing a precise justification.
The following table provides a general description of the Analysis Layer services defined and
validated in the framework of European Space Agency (ESA) and FP7 projects. A more precise
definition of the services is available in Annex VI:
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
Coastal Monitoring The purpose of the Coastal Monitoring service is to supply the NCC and Frontex
with surveillance information on specific external coastal borders on a
regular, reliable and cost-efficient basis.
The provided services consist of imagery analysis reports (defined in this

Catalogue within the products list), vectorised data and imagery of coastal
strips (beaches and ports) identified through risk analysis to support the
operational assessment of illegal migration and cross-border crime related
activities.
Pre-frontier Monitoring The purpose of the Pre-frontier Monitoring service is to supply the NCC and
Frontex with surveillance information on the pre-frontier area (focused on the
land portions of the pre-frontier area) on a regular, reliable and cost-efficient
basis.
The provided services consist of imagery analysis reports, vectorised data and
imagery of the pre-frontier area identified through risk analysis to support the
operational assessment of illegal migration and cross-border crime related
activities.
This service permits for the request of border permeability studies. If

requested the user will receive a report and maps describing the extent to
which specific border areas permit (or restrict) illegal migration and cross-
border crime on foot or in vehicles. These studies take into account the
topography, the land cover along the border and the existing surveillance
infrastructure.
Reference Imagery / VHR satellite imagery and vectorised data covering specific third-country
Mapping areas identified through risk analysis. This imagery is required for current and
future analysis of illegal migration and cross-border crime related activities.
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5. Annexes
Annex I – Information sources
 OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) refers to intelligence derived from a broad array of
information and sources that are generally available, including information obtained from the
media (newspapers, radio, television), professional and academic records (papers,
conferences, professional associations, think-tank studies) and public data (government
reports, demographics, hearings, speeches).
 HUMINT (Human Intelligence) is intelligence derived from information collected from human
sources. It is generally obtained through overt collection by Liaison Officers,
debriefings/interviews of foreign nationals and official contact with third-country authorities.
 IMINT (Imagery Intelligence) is sometimes also referred to as photo intelligence (PHOTINT).
It includes representations of objects reproduced electronically or by optical means on film,
electronic display devices, or other media. Imagery intelligence can be derived from
information obtained by visual photography, radar sensors, infrared sensors, lasers and
electro-optics.
 GEOINT (Geospatial Intelligence) is intelligence derived from the exploitation and analysis
of imagery and geospatial information about features and events, with reference to space
and time. It is produced through an integration of imagery, imagery intelligence and
geospatial information.
 SOCMINT (Social Media Intelligence) refers to intelligence derived from social media. For
EUROSUR purposes five different types of social media categories will be the possible source
of SOCMINT. Collaborative projects (such as Wikipedia), which in some instances form a sixth
SOCMINT category will be kept for practical purposes under OSINT.
o blogs and microblogs (e.g. Twitter and Tumblr)
o content communities (e.g. YouTube and DailyMotion)
o social networking sites (e.g. Facebook)
o virtual game-worlds (e.g. World of Warcraft)
o virtual social worlds (e.g. Second Life)
 SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) is intelligence derived from electronic signals and systems used
by third-country assets, such as communications systems, radars, instrumentation and
reporting systems. This category could be further divided into communications between
people (communications intelligence - COMINT) and electronic signals not directly used in
communication (electronic intelligence - ELINT).
 Reporting refers to the regular or ad-hoc statistical and analytical reporting carried out by
the MS or Frontex. It is generally conducted through statistical reporting (e.g. FRAN, JORA,
national databases) or the collection of regular analytical contributions (e.g. Bi-monthly
Analytical reports). This category covers both the close-to-real-time and the historical
reporting.
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Annex II – Frontex-defined routes

 Western African route
 Western Mediterranean route
 Central Mediterranean route
 Circular route from Albania to Greece
 Western Balkan route
 Eastern Mediterranean route
 Eastern European Borders route
 Black Sea route
 Air routes
 Intra-Schengen routes
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Annex III – Illegal migration and cross-border crime risk categories

The described five risk categories cluster risk indicators (or variables) which are regularly
monitored with the aim of identifying significant changes in the underlying risk levels.
Institutional risk
Measuring institutional risk should make it possible to assess how efforts (or lack thereof) of
authorities in third countries are affecting illegal migration flows towards the EU. The four main
indicators are as follows:
 Working readmission or police cooperation agreements with Member States or relevant transit
countries (when applicable). Existence, efficiency and possible limitations in size or scale
(only some Member States) of implementation of agreements, both formal and informal ones.
 Efforts against illegal migration. The border management system and its components (such as
border guards, army, police, etc.). Visa regime for third-country nationals. Short description
of attitudes of authorities towards illegal migration issue.
 Migration policies and the stock of foreign migrants. Description of emigration/migration
policy (if any). The level of coordination of emigration policies of a given third country with
receiving destination or transit Member State(s). Participation in Member States’ or EC-
financed programmes that link migration and development.
 Institutional stability and effectiveness. Efficient functioning of institutions charged with
migration management and border control in a given third country is essential. Frequent
politically-driven reorganisations, financial, technical or staffing problems, breakdown of
command and control should all be monitored.
Facilitation risk
Facilitation risk rating is designed to measure how costs, distance, availability of facilitation,
presence of diasporas in Member States and different legal and/or physical barriers are impacting
decision to move from the country of origin to a Member State.
 Costs, distance, available modes of transport and availability of facilitation. Estimation of
travel costs relative to distances, purchasing power or available modes of transport,
information (if available) regarding existence and scale of facilitation networks in different
stages (hubs) of the journey and in Member States.
 Availability of legal travel to the EU/Schengen area. A short overview of legal travel
requirements and estimates about the size of legal flow relative to estimated overall flow.
Description of possible issues affecting travel documents and possible abuse of visa
requirements (travel under false pretences, nationality swapping, bogus marriages, etc.).
 Historic, cultural and linguistic ties with Member State/States, size of diaspora in Member
State/States. A short overview of historic, cultural and linguistic ties with Member
State/States, size of diaspora and its presence in one or more Member States.
Economic risk
Income disparity is believed to be the main push/pull factor in the illegal migration equation.
However, other economic factors also play a role. The three indicators are as follows:
 Mobility of labour force and youth unemployment rate. A short description of labour force
and labour market conditions, general and specific youth (15-24) unemployment rates.
 Share of remittances in the overall economy. Data on the inward remittance flows, its
significance for local economy and the share of GDP.
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 The Human Development Index (HDI) measures development by combining indicators of life
expectancy, educational attainment and income into a composite human development index.
Socio-political risk
 Internal (social, ethnic or religious) and external (regional conflicts) tension. Focus on internal
violent conflict, arising from ethnic and/or religious composition of society. Overview of
regional conflicts impacting the internal security situation.
 Population size and share of population under age 15.
 Political stability. Short overview of issues affecting political stability.
 Stock of refugees and/or internally displaced people (IDP). A short overview of humanitarian
issues, governmental policies towards refuges or IDPs and the share of refuges or IDPs
population in the total population.
Risk associated with change in Member States Capacities
Here, the focus is on change that may influence, positively or negatively, the assessment of risk
along the external border, due to development in Member States. For example, the development
of a new type of equipment preventing illegal border crossing, or the temporary redeployment of
staff from one border section to another, etc.
These changes affecting the assessment of risks along the external border may be related to:
 National institutional changes influencing checks and surveillance along the EU external
borders;
 Developments in national migration policy;
 New bilateral agreements with third countries;
 Capacities to perform checks and surveillance along the EU external borders, including the
capabilities to mitigate the threat, such as numbers of staff and their skills, the deployment
of equipment and the management of priorities and policies.
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Annex IV - Alpha-3 codes for Member States, third countries and

territories7,8
COUNTRY / TERRITORY NAME ALPHA-3 CODES

AFGHANISTAN AFG
ALBANIA ALB
ANDORRA AND
ALGERIA DZA
ANDORRA AND
ANGOLA AGO
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ATG
ARGENTINA ARG
ARMENIA ARM
AUSTRALIA AUS
AUSTRIA AUS
AZERBAIJAN AZE
BAHAMAS BHS
BAHRAIN BHR
BANGLADESH BGD
BARBADOS BRB
BELARUS BLR
BELIZE BLZ
BENIN BEN
BELGIUM BEL
BHUTAN BTN
BOLIVIA BOL
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BIH
BOTSWANA BWA
BRAZIL BRA
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BRN
BULGARIA BGR
BURKINA FASO BFA
BURUNDI BDI
CAMBODIA KHM
CAMEROON CMR
CANADA CAN
CAPE VERDE CPV
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CAF
CHAD TCD
CHILE CHL
CHINA CHN
COLOMBIA COL
COMOROS COM
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF COG
CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE COD
COSTA RICA CRI
7 Third countries and territories with a population of less than 50 000 inhabitants are not included in the list.
8 The country and territories list is without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of
international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area.
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CÔTE D’IVOIRE CIV
CROATIA HRV
CUBA CUB
CYPRUS CYP
CZECH REPUBLIC CZE
DENMARK DNK
DJIBOUTI DJI
DOMINICA DMA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DOM
ECUADOR ECU
EGYPT EGY
EL SALVADOR SLV
EQUATORIAL GUINEA GNQ
ERITREA ERI
ESTONIA EST
ETHIOPIA ETH
FIJI FJI
FINLAND FIN
FRANCE FRA
GABON GAB
GAMBIA GMB
GEORGIA GEO
GERMANY DEU
GHANA GHA
GIBRALTAR GIB
GREECE GRC
GREENLAND GRL
GRENADA GRD
GUATEMALA GTM
GUINEA GIN
GUINEA-BISSAU GNB
GUYANA GUY
HAITI HTI
HONDURAS HND
HONG KONG HKG
HUNGARY HUN
ICELAND ISL
INDIA IND
INDONESIA IDN
IRAN IRN
IRAQ IRQ
IRELAND IRL
ISRAEL ISR
ITALY ITA
JAMAICA JAM
JAPAN JPN
JORDAN JOR
KAZAKHSTAN KAZ
KENYA KEN
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KIRIBATI KIR
KOREA (DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF [NORTH] KOREA) PRK
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF [SOUTH] KOREA) KOR
KOSOVO XKX
KUWAIT KWT
KYRGYZSTAN KGZ
LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC LAO
LATVIA LVA
LEBANON LBN
LESOTHO LSO
LIBERIA LBR
LIBYA LBY
LIECHTENSTEIN LIE
LITHUANIA LTU
LUXEMBOURG LUX
MACAO MAC
FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MKD
MADAGASCAR MDG
MALAWI MWI
MALAYSIA MYS
MALDIVES MDV
MALI MLI
MALTA MLT
MARSHALL ISLANDS MHL
MAURITANIA MRT
MAURITIUS MUS
MEXICO MEX
MICRONESIA FSM
MOLDOVA MDA
MONACO MCO
MONGOLIA MNG
MONTENEGRO MNE
MOROCCO MAR
MOZAMBIQUE MOZ
MYANMAR MMR
NAMIBIA NAM
NEPAL NPL
NETHERLANDS NLD
NEW ZEALAND NZL
NICARAGUA NIC
NIGER NER
NIGERIA NGA
NORWAY NOR
OMAN OMN
PAKISTAN PAK
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES PSE
PANAMA PAN
PAPUA NEW GUINEA PNG
PARAGUAY PRY
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PERU PER
PHILIPPINES PHL
POLAND POL
PORTUGAL PRT
PUERTO RICO PRI
QATAR QAT
ROMANIA ROU
RUSSIAN FEDERATION RUS
RWANDA RWA
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS KNA
SAINT LUCIA LCA
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES VCT
SAMOA WSM
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE STP
SAUDI ARABIA SAU
SENEGAL SEN
SERBIA SRB
SEYCHELLES SYC
SIERRA LEONE SLE
SINGAPORE SGP
SLOVAKIA SVK
SLOVENIA SVN
SWEDEN SWE
SOLOMON ISLANDS SLB
SOMALIA SOM
SOUTH AFRICA ZAF
SOUTH SUDAN SSD
SPAIN ESP
SRI LANKA LKA
SUDAN SDN
SURINAME SUR
SWAZILAND SWZ
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC SYR
TAIWAN TWN
TAJIKISTAN TJK
TANZANIA TZA
THAILAND THA
TIMOR-LESTE TLS
TOGO TGO
TONGA TON
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TTO
TUNISIA TUN
TURKEY TUR
TURKMENISTAN TKM
UGANDA UGA
UKRAINE UKR
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ARE
UNITED KINGDOM GBR
UNITED STATES USA
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URUGUAY URY
UZBEKISTAN UZB
VANUATU VUT
VENEZUELA VEN
VIET NAM VNM
WESTERN SAHARA ESH
YEMEN YEM
ZAMBIA ZMB
ZIMBABWE ZWE
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Annex V - Equivalence of security classifications

Extract: Council Decision of 14 April 2014 amending Decision 2013/488/EU on the security rules
for protecting EU classified information (2014/233/EU)
EU | RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED |
Belgium | nota (1) below |
Bulgaria | За служебно ползване |
Czech Republic | Vyhrazené |
Denmark | TIL TJENESTEBRUG|
Germany | VS — NUR FÜR DEN DIENSTGEBRAUCH |
Estonia | Piiratud |
Ireland | Restricted |
Greece | Περιορισμένης Χρήσης Abr: (ΠΧ) |
Spain | DIFUSIÓN LIMITADA |
France | nota (2) below |
Croatia | OGRANIČENO
Italy | Riservato |
Cyprus | Περιορισμένης Χρήσης Αbr: (ΠΧ) |
Latvia | Dienesta vajadzībām |
Lithuania | Riboto naudojimo |
Luxembourg | Restreint Lux |
Hungary | Korlátozott terjesztésű! |
Malta | Ristrett / Restricted (3)
Netherlands | Dep. VERTROUWELIJK |
Austria | Eingeschränkt |
Poland | Zastrzeżone |
Portugal | Reservado |
Romania | Secret de serviciu |
Slovenia | INTERNO
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Slovakia | Vyhradené |
Finland | KÄYTTÖ RAJOITETTU BEGRÄNSAD TILLGÅNG |
Sweden (4) | HEMLIG/RESTRICTED
| HEMLIG
United Kingdom | UK OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE
Schengen Associated Countries:
Norway | BEGRENSET
Iceland | Pjonustuskjal
Switzerland | INTERN / INTERNE
(1) Diffusion Restreinte/Beperkte Verspreiding is not a security classification in Belgium. Belgium

handles and protects “RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED” information in a manner no less
stringent than the standards and procedures described in the security rules of the Council of
the European Union.
(2) France does not use the classification “RESTREINT” in its national system. France handles and
protects “RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED” information in a manner no less stringent than the
standards and procedures described in the security rules of the Council of the European Union.
(3) The Maltese and English markings for Malta can be used interchangeably.
(4) Sweden: the security classification markings in the top row are used by the defence authorities
and the markings in the bottom row by other authorities.
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Annex VI – Analysis Layer Earth Observation Services

Specifications
The service specifications consist of two elements, a generic and a request-specific one:
 The tables within the annex contain the typical characteristics of the service; size of area of interest, timeliness requirements and deliverables.
 The request-specific part will be made in the Task Request Form (TRF), and will contain information about the coordinates of the AOI, the purpose and any
specific information that can contribute to the contextual understanding of the request.
The following tables provide an overview of the key attributes and requirements for each of the services.
 Column 1 (Service description) describes in general terms the deliverables and purpose of each service.
 Column 2 (AOI max) indicates the default maximum size of the service’s Area of Interest (AOI). In exceptional situations this AOI may be extended to ensure
the user requirements are met; however, in such cases it would be highly recommended to request multiple services for neighbouring areas instead.
 Column 3 (Planning lead time) specifies the minimum time required between the request for a service and the planned imagery acquisition.
 Column 4 (Update period) indicates the minimum time required between subsequent imagery acquisitions within the same service.
 Column 5 (Product) indicates the type of product or set of products to be delivered.
 Column 6 (Delivery time) specifies the timeline within which the specific product or set of products shall be delivered to the Agency.
 Column 7 (Component) lists the default products to be delivered by the service provider as a response to the tasking.
 Column 8 (Format) specifies the format of the deliverables.
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Coastal monitoring
Service AOI (Max) Planning Update Product9 Delivery time Components Format
descriptions lead period
time (Min)
(Min)
Punctual and ad-hoc 50 sq. km 1 week 5 days Fast 3 hours after - First Impression Report - FIR: PDF format
reports, vectorised (10 km x Delivery imagery (FIR) - Compressed imagery in
data and imagery of 5 km) (FD) reception JP2
coastal strips - Raw data (on demand)
(beaches and ports)
identified through
risk analysis to
support the
operational Complete 24 hours after - Briefing Note (BN) - BN: PDF format
assessment of illegal Product imagery DGI:
migration and cross- (CP) reception - Digital Geospatial - GDB of annotated
border crime Information (DGI) package features in MDB (ESRI-
related activities. compatible)
- MPK for product
visualisation
- Metadata file in XML
- Compressed imagery in
JP2
9The Fast Delivery (FD) and Complete Product (CP) are two sets of products delivered as a default for Coastal Monitoring Services. Both FD and CP are to be delivered to
the requestor following each conducted acquisition.
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Pre-frontier monitoring
Service AOI (Max) Planning Update Product10 Delivery time Components Format
descriptions lead period
time (Min)
(Min)
Punctual and ad- 100 sq. km 1 week 5 days Fast 6 hours after - First Impression Report - FIR: PDF format
hoc reports, (10 km x Delivery imagery reception (FIR) - Compressed imagery in
vectorised data 10 km) (FD) JP2
and imagery of the - Raw data (on demand)
pre-frontier area Complete 24 hours after -Briefing Note (BN) - BN: PDF format
and other third- Product image reception - Digital Geospatial DGI:
country AOI (CP) Information (DGI) package - GDB of annotated
identified through features in MDB (ESRI-
risk analysis to compatible)
support the - MPK for product
operational visualisation
assessment of - Metadata file in XML
illegal migration - Compressed imagery in
and cross-border JP2
crime related
activities.
10The Fast Delivery (FD) and Complete Product (CP) are two sets of products delivered as a default for Pre-frontier Monitoring Services. Both FD and CP are to be delivered
to the requestor following each conducted acquisition.
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Reference imagery /mapping
Service AOI (Max) Planning Update Product Delivery time Components Format
descriptions lead time period
(Min) (Min)
VHR satellite imagery 2500 sq. km 2 weeks 6 Complete Weeks after - Digital Geospatial DGI:
and vectorised data (50 km x months Product imagery reception Information (DGI) package - GDB of annotated
covering specific 50 km) (CP) (to be agreed - Permeability Map (on features in MDB (ESRI-
third-country areas bilaterally for demand) compatible)
identified through each activation). - MapBook (on demand) - MPK for product
risk analysis. This The delivery time visualisation
imagery is required should take into - Metadata file in XML
for current and consideration the - Compressed imagery in
future analysis of area, scale and JP2
illegal migration and density of features - Report in PDF (optional)
cross-border crime requested. or MapBook (optional)
related activities.
Additional parameters for reference maps:

 Hydrography
 Topography
 Infrastructure, with an emphasis on the following types:
o Transportation; o Communications; o Governance;
 Population activities
 Land cover
Permeability study: This on demand deliverable aims at describing the extent to which specific border areas permit (or restrict) illegal migration and cross-
border crime on foot or in vehicles. The study takes into account the topography, the land cover along the border and the existing surveillance infrastructure.
The resulting permeability maps are created taking into consideration at least three criteria:
o Walking criterion - Accessibility o Concealment criterion - Terrain hiding potential o Secure criterion - Border surveillance capabilities
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Analysis Layer Products and Services (ALPS) Catalogue

Document Name: Analysis Layer Products and Services Catalogue

Name Signature Date of signature Version

Klaus Rösler 1.0 Final

Javier Quesada 1.0 Final

Name Distribution method Date of distribution Version

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1. Purpose of the Catalogue

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A concise ad-hoc report analysing specific illegal migration or cross-border crime

A regular, well defined report on illegal migration or cross-border crime covering

Earth Reports delivered by EU SatCen or industry in response to on demand requests for EO

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This category is meant to permit the sharing in EUROSUR of relevant analytical

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3.1. Key Development definition

ATTRIBUTE FORMAT AND CONTENT OF THE ATTRIBUTE

e.g. 1 – A Frontex analytical report marked “Frontex Non-Classified Sensitive – Basic

e.g. 2 – RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED shall be attributed to an Estonian analytical

e.g. 1 – Tunisia’s military operations – May 2014

e.g. 2 – Economic challenges in Egypt – June 2014

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ATTRIBUTE FORMAT AND CONTENT OF THE ATTRIBUTE

 Indicates the node which shared the Key Development in EUROSUR.

 An automated entry attribute – the EUROSUR application shall populate this

e.g. 1 – NCC ESP

 Indicates the Key Development’s drafting entity.

Drafting entity  A manually selectable attribute.

e.g. 1 – NCC ESP

e.g. 2 – Frontex; Europol

 A manually selectable attribute.

e.g. 1 – NCC ESP

e.g. 2 – Frontex; NCC POL

A concise description and analysis of events or political, social, economic or

A brief analysis of the developments with an indication of possible consequences and

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ATTRIBUTE FORMAT AND CONTENT OF THE ATTRIBUTE

 Change in Member States capabilities

e.g. 1 – AFG; IRN; TUR

e.g. 2 – UKR; RUS

Impacted or associated illegal migration or cross-border crime route(s). The Frontex

e.g. 1 – Airline; Dobrolet; Aeroflot; transit; flight

e.g. 2 – Refugee; return; repatriation

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ATTRIBUTE FORMAT AND CONTENT OF THE ATTRIBUTE

General type of information sources: