CustOms exteNded iNteroperablE Common informaTiOn shaRing environmentcore

CONNECTOR · Horizon Europe grant · 2023-10-01–2025-09-30

EC contribution

€3,499,906

Total cost

€4,260,538

Beneficiaries

About the data

Source: CORDIS (official EU open data), Horizon Europe. Framework HORIZON · call HORIZON-CL3-2022-BM-01 · scheme HORIZON-IA · topic HORIZON-CL3-2022-BM-01-05. CORDIS record →

Objective

CONNECTOR’s vision is to contribute to the European Integrated Border Management (EIBM) and to the EU Customs Action Plan by addressing the need of close cooperation between Customs, Border and Coast Guard Authorities within the current and upcoming challenging and demanding environment of borders’ control by further involving Customs to the Common Information Sharing Environment (CISE) network and Enhanced Common Information Sharing Environment (e-CISE) through the proposed Customs Extended Common Information Sharing Environment (CE-CISE). CONNECTOR aims for the first time to suggest an integrated, common and shared risk assessment approach for all Border Management Authorities, considering the pan-EU common risk indicators per end user group (Customs, Border and Coast Guards Authorities including FRONTEX), to ensure external EU border and secure EU citizens from cross-border crime and/or secure the seamless flow of travellers, as recommended in the multiannual strategic policy document . Thus, in this sense, CONNECTOR proposal, will design and develop the CONNECTOR system as an interoperable technical environment, ensuring close and practical cooperation and information exchange at all levels. The design and the development of the CONNECTOR system will be based on the analysis of current policy initiatives in EU level (directives, policy and staff documents, guidelines etc.) along with needs, gaps and future views of the end-user groups going beyond previous initiatives (ANDROMEDA, MARISA, EFFECTOR, etc.), complying with the Societal, Ethical and Legal (SoEL) requirements and regulations, following the SoEL-by-design principle. The CONNECTOR system will be validated in real operational environment, based on well-defined National, Cross-border and Transnational use cases defined commonly by Customs and Border and Coast Guards authorities, during three (3) long lasting trials (Demonstration and Testing) under standardised methodology.

Beneficiaries (17)

Organisation	Country	Role	EC contribution	SME
SATWAYS-OLOKLIROMENES LYSEIS ASFALEIAS KAI AMYNAS-IDIOTIKI EPICHEIRISI PAROCHIS YPIRESION ASFALEIAS (IEPYA)-ETAIREIA PERIORISMENIS EFTHYNIS	EL	coordinator	€589,864	Yes
INLECOM INNOVATION ASTIKI MI KERDOSKOPIKI ETAIREIA	EL	participant	€429,950	Yes
ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS	EL	participant	€417,938
LEONARDO - SOCIETA PER AZIONI	IT	participant	€413,245
SOFTWARE IMAGINATION AND VISION SRL	RO	participant	€343,131	Yes
LAUREA-AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY	FI	participant	€273,125
INGENIERIA DE SISTEMAS PARA LA DEFENSA DE ESPANA SA-SME MP	ES	participant	€222,512
AGENCIA ESTATAL DE ADMINISTRACION TRIBUTARIA	ES	participant	€181,462
MD CUSTOMS AND BORDER SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED	IE	participant	€116,979
INSPECTORATUL TERITORIAL AL POLITIEI DE FRONTIERA TIMISOARA	RO	participant	€93,025
WOITSCH CONSULTING OY	FI	participant	€89,075	Yes
HELLENIC POLICE	EL	participant	€88,012
YPOURGEIO NAFTILIAS KAI NISIOTIKIS POLITIKIS	EL	participant	€77,388
SERVICIUL VAMAL AL REPUBLICII MOLDOVA	MD	participant	€59,712
GLAVNA DIREKTSIA GRANICHNA POLITSIA	BG	participant	€53,025
INSPECTORATUL GENERAL AL POLITIEI DE FRONTIERA AL MINISTERULUI AFACERILOR INTERNE	MD	participant	€51,462
CROSS-BORDER RESEARCH ASSOCIATION	CH	associatedPartner	—

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Objective

Beneficiaries (17)

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