The SHARED Project: Shared Responsibility for Human Rights at the EU External Borders has published a set of guidelines to help authorities, agencies and third countries understand the shared responsibilities arising from their joint implementation of ‘integrated border management’, especially when working under the coordination of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex).
The project is led by Professor Violeta Moreno-Lax (PI), Dr Mirentxu Jordana (Girona) and Ms Laura Salzano (Barcelona). It is funded by a consortium of academic and non-academic partners, including the (B)OrderS Centre of Queen Mary University of London, the Observatori de Dret Públic (IDP), the Migrants’ Rights Study Group (GESDI), and the Research Group in International and EU Law (DIDUE) of the University of Barcelona, alongside the offices of six Members of the European Parliament: Ms Tineke Strik & Mr Erik Marquardt (Greens), Ms Cornelia Ernst & Ms Malin Björk (The Left), and Ms Birgit Sippel & Mr Juan Fernando López Aguilar (Chair) (S&D).
The Shared Project was launched in January 2023, gathering nearly 50 early-career researchers, established academic experts, representatives of international and non-governmental organisations, practitioners and policy makers together to discuss the definition and consequences of ‘shared responsibly’ in European integrated border management (EIBM). considering its theoretical, legal, operational, and practical implications. The project team met on several occasions, including at the SHARED International Conference hosted in Barcelona in September 2023, which can be viewed in full on YouTube.
The Project Team has now published their findings and recommendations in their Joint Guidelines on “Shared Responsibility” for European Integrated Border Management [PDF 219KB].
The Guidelines have been presented at the meeting of the Frontex Scrutiny Working Group of the European Parliament on 20 March 2024 and intend to provide guidance and direction to the discussions on the future evolution of the Agency and the Member States’ activities in the implementation of EIBM.