Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the Development of the Second Generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) Progress - Report July 2008 – December 2008
Date: 2009-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, Schengen Information System, border control, exchange of information, information system, report

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 24.3.2009 
COM(2009) 133 final 

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN 
PARLIAMENT 

on the Development of the Second Generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) 
Progress Report 
July 2008 – December 2008 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

1. 

2. 

Introduction .................................................................................................................. 3 

Project Status................................................................................................................ 3 

2.1. 

Progress during the period under review ..................................................................... 3 

2.1.1.  Global SIS II Schedule................................................................................................. 3 

2.1.2.  Preparations for Migration ........................................................................................... 3 

2.1.2.1.  Migration Legal Instruments........................................................................................ 3 

2.1.2.2.  Converter Specification................................................................................................ 4 

2.1.3.  Network Installation..................................................................................................... 4 

2.1.4.  Testing Central SIS II .................................................................................................. 4 

2.1.5.  Tests involving Member States and users.................................................................... 4 

2.1.5.1.  Connectivity Test (ICT) ............................................................................................... 4 

2.1.5.2.  Compliance Test (CT).................................................................................................. 4 

2.1.5.3.  Operational Systems Test (OST) ................................................................................. 5 

2.1.6.  Operational Management ............................................................................................. 5 

3. 

3.1. 

3.2. 

3.3. 

Management................................................................................................................. 6 

Scheduling.................................................................................................................... 6 

Financial Management ................................................................................................. 6 

Project Management..................................................................................................... 6 

3.3.1.  Project Management Board.......................................................................................... 6 

3.3.2.  SIS II Committee ......................................................................................................... 7 

3.3.3.  National Planning and Coordination............................................................................ 7 

3.3.4.  Council ......................................................................................................................... 7 

4. 

4.1. 

4.2. 

4.3. 

Priorities for the Next Reporting Period ...................................................................... 8 

Setting up and implementing a repair plan to address the failure of the OST ............. 8 

Global project management approach.......................................................................... 8 

Testing.......................................................................................................................... 8 

4.3.1.  Towards a global testing approach............................................................................... 8 

4.3.2.  Provisional System Acceptance Test (PSAT).............................................................. 8 

4.3.3.  Global Test Preparations (GT) ..................................................................................... 9 

4.4. 

4.5. 

4.6. 

5. 

Migration Development ............................................................................................... 9 

Operational Management ............................................................................................. 9 

Security and Data Protection........................................................................................ 9 

Conclusions .................................................................................................................. 9 

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1. 

INTRODUCTION  

This progress report describes the work carried out by the Commission in the second semester 
of 2008 on the development of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II). 
It  is  presented  to  the  Council  and  the  European  Parliament  in  accordance  with  Article  6  of 
Regulation  (EC)  No  2424/2001  of  6  December  20011  on  the  development  of  the  second 
generation  Schengen  Information  System  (SIS  II).  This  report  also  constitutes  a  test  status 
report  as  foreseen  by  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  189/2008  and  Council  Decision 
2008/173/EC on the tests of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II).  

The SIS II Project is divided into three phases. Phase 1 was concerned with system design and 
was completed prior to this reporting period. Phase 2 deals with development and testing of 
the central system which has been problematic during this reporting period. Phase 3 addresses 
final test and migration activities from the currently used SIS 1+ to SIS II. In order to provide 
a complete picture of the range of activities associated with the SIS II project, this report will 
describe  real  and  potential  risks  and  the  actions  taken  or  envisaged  in  each  of  the  areas 
covered  by  the  report.  Additionally  there  are  specific  sections  on  financial,  operational  and 
project management. 

2. 

PROJECT STATUS  

2.1. 

Progress during the period under review 

2.1.1.  Global SIS II Schedule 

In  the  early  months  of  2008  the  Commission,  in  very  close  cooperation  with  the  Member 
States' and users’ experts and the 'Friends of SIS II'2, focussed on revising the SIS II schedule. 
Unfortunately, despite all preventative measures taken by the Commission to ensure that the 
tests  should  be  conducted  as  planned  (with  an  end  date  of  September  2009),  the  main 
development contractor for SIS II encountered significant problems in the central system. 

The  immediate  consequence  was  the  suspension  of  the  Operational  Systems  Test  (OST)  on 
the 4 September 2008, placing the global schedule, endorsed by the Council of Ministers in 
June 2008, in question. 

These  and  other  issues  were  comprehensively  discussed  by  the  'Friends  of  SIS  II',  in  the 
competent preparatory bodies of the Council and at the Council Meetings.  

2.1.2.  Preparations for Migration 

2.1.2.1.  Migration Legal Instruments  

In April 2008, the Commission presented the legal instruments governing the migration from 
SIS  1+  to  SIS  II  -  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  1104/20083  and  Council  Decision 
2008/839/JHA  on  migration  from  the  Schengen  Information  System  (SIS  1+)  to  the  second 
generation  Schengen  Information  System  (SIS  II)4.  These  instruments  were  adopted  at  the 
JHA  Council  on  24  October  2008.  The  relevant  budget  required  to  perform  further 
development and migration-associated tasks in 2009 is estimated at a total of € 14 million for 
2009. If necessary, the date (of migration) may be changed in accordance with the procedure 

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OJ  L  328,  13  December  2001,  modified  by  Council  Regulation  N°  1988/2006,  OJ  L  411/1  of 
30.12.2006 (the modifications in the 2006 regulation do not concern Article 6). 
The  Council  established  in  February  2008  the  Group  'Friends  of  SIS  II'  mainly  to  follow  the 
implementation of SIS II in the Member States and users and users.  
OJ L 299, 8.11.2008, p. 1. 
OJ L 299, 8.11.2008, p. 43 

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defined in Article 17(2) of both instruments. Both instruments expire on the date to be fixed 
by the Council and in any case no later than on 30 June 2010. 

2.1.2.2.  Converter Specification 

Regular monthly "SIS II Migration" workshops took place with Member States and users and 
the main development contractor in order to define the requirements and specifications for a 
converter as well as the SIS II migration procedures. The converter is a technical tool to allow 
consistent  and  reliable  communication  between  the  central  systems  of  SIS  1+  and  SIS  II 
during the migration. 

In parallel, a new specific contract  was negotiated with  the main development  contractor to 
cover the activities related to the development of this converter. 

The  SIS  II  converter  requirements  have  been  prepared  by  the  Commission  in  close 
cooperation with Member States' and users' experts  and  the  main  development  contractor  is 
proceeding with its development. 

2.1.3.  Network Installation 

The SIS II project includes the provision of a wide area communications network, meeting the 
requirements  of  availability,  security,  geographical  coverage  and  level  of  service,  to  enable 
the national and central systems to communicate5. On 1 July 2008 a solution was found to a 
configuration  error  at  the  Strasbourg  site  which  had  caused  a  network  outage  of  two  days. 
Corrective measures have been taken to prevent such incidents in the future. 

2.1.4.  Testing Central SIS II 

The System Solution Test (SST) was designed to verify that the Central SIS II on the central 
site  is  compliant  with  the  technical  specification.  These  tests,  conducted  without  national 
systems, were completed in December 2007, and accepted in early 2008. 

2.1.5.  Tests involving Member States and users  

There are currently three types of testing being undertaken with the participation of Member 
States and users.  

2.1.5.1.  Connectivity Test (ICT) 

The Connectivity Test (ICT) checks the ability of the SIS II national systems to connect to the 
SIS II central system. 

As  of  31  December  2008,  the  following  twenty  seven  Member  States  and  users  had 
completed the Informal Connectivity Test: Austria, Germany, Portugal, Luxembourg, Greece, 
Italy,  Slovenia,  Slovakia,  Iceland,  Finland,  Norway,  Hungary,  The  Netherlands,  The  Czech 
Republic,  Lithuania,  Denmark,  Spain,  Cyprus,  Sweden,  Belgium,  Poland,  Estonia,  Malta, 
Latvia, France, Switzerland, Eurojust. 

The  following  three  Member  States  and  users  were  in  the  process  of  conducting  the 
Connectivity Test: Ireland, United Kingdom, Europol.  

2.1.5.2.  Compliance Test (CT)  

The Compliance Test checks the interactions between the SIS II national systems and the SIS 
II central system for each national system separately, based on a set of pre-defined test cases 
agreed  with  the  Member  States  and  users.  The  national  systems  in  each  Member  State  may 
have different features (e.g. use of national copy, handling of biometrics); therefore the set of 
pre-defined test cases varies according to each Member State profile. 

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The  following  twenty  six  Member  States  and  users  have  participated  in  the  formal 
Compliance  Test:  Austria,  Germany,  Portugal,  Luxembourg,  Greece,  Italy,  Slovenia, 
Slovakia,  Iceland,  Finland,  Norway,  Hungary,  The  Netherlands,  The  Czech  Republic, 
Lithuania,  Denmark,  Spain,  Cyprus,  Sweden,  Belgium,  Poland,  Estonia,  Malta,  Latvia, 
France, Switzerland.  

Significant  improvement  on  both  SIS  II  central  and  national  systems  sides  has  been  made 
since the first semester of 2008. However, no Member State has yet been able to run a full set 
of pre-defined test cases. Therefore, no Member State has yet been able to demonstrate its full 
compliance. Whilst this is due partly to SIS II central system issues, almost all Member States 
and  users  also  encountered  issues  with  their  national  systems.  In  view  of  this  outcome 
Member  States  and  users  will  re-run  formal  Compliance  Tests  after  the  next  SIS  II  central 
system software version has been installed. 

2.1.5.3.  Operational Systems Test (OST)  

The Operational System Test (OST) verifies that the central system can operate with a set of 
connected  national  systems.  This  stage  of  testing  involves  actual  Member  States  and  users, 
instead  of  simulators.  The  Operational  Systems  Test  was  suspended  on  the  4th  September 
2008 because of a series of major issues affecting the central system. These related inter alia 
to: 

•  certain  tests  verifying  data  consistency  between  the  data  stored  in  the  central 

system and the national systems, were inconclusive; 

•  problems have arisen in the transmission of messages between the central system 
and  the  national  systems:  some  messages  went  missing  whilst  others  were 
duplicated;  

•  the  generation  and  loading,  within  the  central  systems  or  within  the  national 
systems,  of  the  large  amounts  of  data  necessary  for  performance  tests  proved 
impossible within the timescale which had been anticipated.  

The Commission immediately escalated these matters to the highest level with the company 
leading the main development contract. In line with the contract, the contractor was allotted a 
period of twenty days to resolve the problems which had come to light. 

On 7 October, the contractor reported on the results of this remediation period. The contractor 
reported significant progress and affirmed its confidence in the stability and performance of 
the  system  for  the  completion  of  the  OST.  However,  both  the  Commission  and  Member 
States' and users' experts considered that there still existed too much uncertainty and several 
unresolved problems. Accordingly, the contractor was allotted the month of October for the 
purpose  of  fixing  all  outstanding  issues  with  the  support  of  those  Member  States  and  users 
who volunteered to test the error corrections.  

The OST was resumed on 5 November and ended on 17 December. The evaluation of this test 
campaign was ongoing at the end of the reporting period. A preliminary analysis indicates that 
despite the significant improvements achieved during the autumn, the exit criteria for the OST 
(i.e. zero blocking issues and zero major bugs) have not been reached. 

2.1.6.  Operational Management 

The negotiations with France covering the activities to be undertaken to prepare for the entry 
into  operation  of  the  system,  and  for  the  provision  and  training  of  staff  for  the  joint 
management  of  SIS  II,  VIS  and  BMS,  took  place  during  the  period  of  this  report. 

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Amendments to existing contracts will be signed in early 2009. The French authorities have 
encountered some difficulties in recruiting suitably qualified staff. 

3. 

MANAGEMENT  

3.1. 

Scheduling 

The  necessity  to  discontinue  the  OST  in  September,  the  subsequent  delays  related  to  the 
remediation period of twenty days and the additional testing period have led to the exhaustion 
of all existing margins in the project plan, thereby implying that a rescheduling of the project 
is  necessary.  Such  re-scheduling  should  however  be  deferred  until  the  completion  of  the 
analysis of OST results. In September, the Member States and users outlined a number of pre-
requisites to achieve a realistic plan: 

(i) a guarantee of a stable central system;  

(ii) a sequential approach to testing; 

(iii) greater clarity on operational and global tests. 

It was also evident that Member States' and users’ financial and legal constraints need to be 
factored into any revised schedule. 

3.2. 

Financial Management  

The total appropriations for SIS II activities provided for in the 2008 General Budget amount 
to  €  29,216,484.  A  financing  decision  with  a  total  budget  of  €  19,000,000  for  SIS  II 
(operating expenditure of the Schengen Information System and other operating expenditure 
(installation  of  a 
which  may  result  from  this  incorporation)  and  €  7,620,000  for  SIS  1+ 
communication infrastructure for SIS 1+ and operation and management of a communication 
infrastructure for SIS 1+) was adopted by the Commission on 21 December 2007.  
As the budget of € 7,620,000 for SIS 1+ will not  be used for this activity, which was taken 
over by the Council at the beginning of 2008, the amount has been transferred to SIS II for 
additional activities requested by the Council. 

The  other  main  components  of  SIS  II  expenditure  during  2008  were  preparations  for 
operational  management,  training  and  tools,  network,  handover  preparation  of  source  code 
knowledge, contracts with France and Austria (operational management), external assistance 
for  development  and  quality  control,  changes  to  SIS  II,  studies,  legal  consultancy  services, 
information  campaign,  installation,  operation  and  management  of  a  communication 
infrastructure for the SIS environment. Near the end of the reporting period (early December 
2008)  76,1%  of  the  total  SIS  II  appropriations  had  been  committed  and  payments 
corresponding to 57,33% of payment appropriations had been made. 

3.3. 

Project Management  

Given that the SIS II project entails the development of and communication between a SIS II 
central system and SIS II national systems, regular meetings between the Commission and the 
Member  States  and  users  as  well  as  transparent  bilateral  reporting  mechanisms  are 
fundamental constituents for effective project management. 

3.3.1.  Project Management Board 

In  addition  to  Commission  services  and  the  project  contractors,  representatives  of  the 
Presidencies  as  well  as  a  representative  of  the  SIS  1+  Centre  of  the  Schengen  Information 
System  (C.SIS)  are  invited  to  participate  in  the  Project  Management  Board.  This  group 
addresses  contract  issues  and  monitors  project  deliverables  and  milestones.  This  board  met 
five times during the period covered by this report. 

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3.3.2. 

SIS II Committee  

The  Commission  is  assisted  in  the  development  of  SIS  II  by  the  SIS  II  Committee.  There 
were five meetings of the SIS II Committee in the period July – December 2008. 

In  addition  to  regular  SIS  II  Committee  meetings,  sub-groups  of  the  Committee,  involving 
Member  States'  and  users’  experts,  are  organised  to  discuss  detailed  technical  issues.  These 
meetings generally focus on issues arising from specific project deliverables. 

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The "Test Advisory Group" (TAG), provides the SIS II Committee with an opinion 
on issues relating to the organisation, implementation and interpretation of tests. This 
group held twenty meetings in this reporting period. 

The  "Change  Management  Board"  (CMB),  provides  advice  on  classification, 
qualification and the potential impact of correction of reported issues. This working 
group,  which  also  reports  to  the  SIS  II  Committee,  met  four  times  during  the 
reporting period.  

The  SIS  II  Migration  Workshops  have  been  held  since  the  delivery  of  the 
conclusions  of  the  Migration  Group,  to  advise  the  SIS  II  Committee  and  pursue 
activity on this critical topic. 

3.3.3.  National Planning and Coordination 

A  working  group  composed  of  the  Member  States'  and  users’  national  project  managers 
(NPM)  is  organised  within  the  framework  of  the  SIS  II  Committee.  The  purpose  of  these 
NPM meetings is to deal with detailed planning issues, risks and activities both at the central 
and national project levels. During this reporting period five NPM meetings have taken place.  

Member States and users have been asked to submit monthly reports to the NPM meetings, 
with a view to providing a detailed update on their state of development.  

As  a  matter  of  precaution,  the  Commission  and  the  Member  States  and  users  agreed  on  the 
desirability  of  starting  to  reflect  on  the  work  and  procedures  required  should  the  OST,  re-
started on 5 November, not be conclusive. This process encompasses a technical diagnosis of 
the issues encountered in the development of SIS II, as well as the identification of the outline 
of  possible  contingency  scenarios.  To  this  end,  seven  expert  meetings  and  three  workshops 
took  place  between  mid-November  and  mid-December  under  the  auspices  of  the  NPM 
working  group  to  analyse  outstanding  technical  issues  in  the  IT  development  and  broadly 
describe strategies to overcome them. Furthermore, the Commission contracted two major IT 
consultancy  companies  to  provide  their  expertise  for  this  exercise.  Notwithstanding  some 
nuances in their technical assessment, both contractors’ reports agree on the conclusion that 
the  outstanding  issues  can  be  solved  without  major  re-design  of  the  SIS  II  application,  and 
that  some  repairs  and  improvements  are  required,  independent  of  the  outcome  of  the  OST. 
They  also  recommended  revisiting  the  test  methodology  and  implementing  a  set  of 
organisational  changes  with  a  view  to  establishing  a  global  programme  management 
approach. 

3.3.4.  Council  

The Commission takes part in the meetings of the Council working parties and each Council 
of Ministers responsible for the Schengen Information System, presenting them with an oral 
report on the progress of the SIS II project and the associated risks (the Commission routinely 
provides  a  monthly  written  report  to  the  SIS  II  Committee  on  the  SIS  II  project  covering 
progress with the project and risks). 

The SIS II Migration Legal Instruments (Council Regulation (EC) No 1104/2008 and Council 
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second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)) were adopted at the JHA Council 
of 24 October 2008. The state of play of the SIS II project was presented at all meetings of the 
Article 36 Committee. 

4. 

4.1. 

PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT REPORTING PERIOD 

Setting up and implementing an analysis and repair plan to address the failure 
of the OST 

In  order  to  accurately  identify  the  underlying  causes  of  remaining  problems  affecting  the 
system,  the  Commission  will  complete  an  in-depth  analysis  of  SIS  II  (root  cause  analysis), 
building  on  the  work  already  carried  out  in  the  final  months  of  2008  on  contingency  and 
mitigation options.  

On  this  basis,  a  specific  "repair"  action  plan  will  be  set  up  and  implemented.  Its  declared 
objective will be to steer the overall system to a level of stability and performance which is at 
least equivalent to the level required for successfully passing the OST. 

This  'bug-fixing'  period  should  also  be  employed  to  align  national  systems  by  performing 
systematic,  problem-driven  testing  with  the  view  to  identifying  and  addressing  outstanding 
implementation discrepancies. 

4.2. 

Global programme management approach 

In order to ensure the necessary consistency between the development of the central system 
and  national  systems,  the  Commission  will  implement  a  global  programme  management 
structure encompassing central and national developments, bringing together Member States 
and users and Commission project managers as well as the contractors. This structure will be 
responsible for taking forward the SIS II system through the remaining stages of the project, 
from  the  repair  period,  the  global  testing  phase,  the  migration  and  up  to  the  system’s  entry 
into  operation.  One  of  the  very  first  tasks  of  this  structure  will  be  to  work  on  a  new  SIS  II 
global schedule without prejudice to the respective competences of the Commission and the 
Member States. 

4.3. 

Testing  

4.3.1.  Towards a global testing approach 

The tests run since April 2008 have highlighted some shortcomings in the current test plan. In 
particular,  some  issues  related  to  understanding  the  system  specifications  have  only  been 
discovered at a very late stage once systems were connected together. 

To address this problem, the Commission will design, together with Member States' and users' 
experts, a new test plan based on a global approach to testing, which would guarantee a full 
involvement of Member States and users. This directly reflects the desired new management 
approach for the project as a whole. This global test team should be directly established on the 
central  system  site  in  Strasbourg  to  facilitate  communication  between  Commission  and 
Member States' and users’ test experts, the contractors, as well as the future SIS II operators 
undergoing  training  at  C.SIS.  Such  a  global  approach  is  expected  to  both  enhance  the 
relevance of the tests and to speed up the test phases. 

4.3.2.  Provisional System Acceptance Test (PSAT) 

The  Provisional  System  Acceptance  Test  (PSAT)  campaign  (which  should  provide 
operationally realistic test scenarios ideally involving all Member States and users) has been 
delayed due to the problems encountered during the OST. The necessary preparatory steps for 
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the preparations for the PSAT had formally started in the previous reporting period, these had 
to be stopped due to the OST problems.  

4.3.3.  Global Test Preparations (GT) 

The aim of the Global Test (GT) is to demonstrate that the central SIS II, the communication 
infrastructure and the interactions between central SIS II and the national systems (N.SIS II) 
work in accordance with the technical and functional requirements set out in the SIS II legal 
instruments.  The  tests  will  also  demonstrate  that  the  central  SIS  II,  the  communication 
infrastructure and the interactions between the central SIS II and the national systems (N.SIS 
II) can work in accordance with non-functional requirements such as robustness, availability 
and performance. Technical discussions are under way as to how the test results can best be 
evaluated. 

4.4.  Migration Development 

The  development  of  the  converter  for  migration  will  continue  during  the  next  reporting 
period.  Some  test  activities  should  also  start  during  this  next  period.  The  availability  of  the 
SIS 1+ testing environment and Member States' and users' support are crucial for successful 
migration testing phases. 

4.5. 

Operational Management 

Negotiations  on  the  second  contract  with  Austria,  dealing  with  training  and  other  services 
before  go-live,  and  the  completion  of  the  job  profile  for  the  Backup  Central  Unit 
Administrator in Salzburg by France, will be discussed between the Commission, France and 
Austria. 

Member States' and users’ experts will be consulted on the level of service they expect to be 
provided in order for the Commission to finalise arrangements well in advance of the go-live 
date. 

4.6. 

Security and Data Protection 

Bilateral  meetings  between  European  Data  Protection  Supervisor  staff  and  the  Commission 
services  take  place  on  a  regular  basis  to  discuss  issues  related  to  SIS  II.  In  the  EDPS 
document "Inventory 2009" it is reported that preparations are taking place for the entry into 
force of SIS II, which includes the supervisory role of the EDPS. 

5. 

CONCLUSIONS 

The  Operational  System  Test  demonstrates  that  the  number  of  bugs  in  the  central  SIS  II 
reduced between November and December 2008 and that the SIS II functionalities work. 

However, during this phase, a number of problems have persisted, and need to be resolved in 
the  area  of  data  consistency  (a  mechanism  to  ensure  the  equivalence  of  data  between  the 
national systems and the central system), performance and robustness of the system.  

The  facts  that  some  of  the  bugs  are  still  present  and  that  more  time  is  needed  for  their 
resolution show that the date for migration from SIS 1+ to SIS II, set for September 2009, is 
no longer realistic. 

In this situation, it is appropriate to implement immediately a working method that ensures a 
global  approach  to  the  project,  including  the  concepts  of  thorough  analysis,  effective  test 
methodology  management  and  monitoring.  These  elements  are  covered  in  the  repair  plan, 
comprehensive  project  management  and  global  testing  approach  initiatives  implemented  by 
the Commission with the support of the Council. 

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Annex I 

SIS II Committee and Working Group Meetings 

a) Meetings held during the reporting period 

JULY 2008 

2 

'National Project Managers' Meeting 

3  SIS II Committee 

8  Change Management Board 

9  Project Management Board 

SEPTEMBER 2008 

10  Project Management Board 

17 

'National Project Managers' Meeting 

18  SIS II Committee / Change Management Board / Migration Workshop 

23  SISVIS Committee (SIS II technical) 

24  Change Management Board 

OCTOBER 2008 

8   Project Management Board 

14 

'National Project Managers' Meeting 

15  SIS II Committee 

17  Migration Workshop 

23  Change Management Board 

NOVEMBER 2008  

13  Project Management Board / Migration Workshop 

17 

'National Project Managers' Meeting  

19  SIS II Committee 

26  Change Management Board 

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DECEMBER 2008 

1  SISVIS Committee (SIRENE) 

10  Project Management Board 

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'National Project Managers' Meeting / SIS II Committee  

b) Meetings already scheduled for the forthcoming reporting period 

JANUARY 2009 

12  SIS II Global Project Management Board 

14  Change Management Board / Migration Workshop 

19 

'National Project Managers' Meeting  

20  SISVIS Committee (SIS II technical) 

FEBRUARY 2009 

2  SIS II Global Project Management Board 

10  SIS II Global Project Management Board 

16  SIS II Global Project Management Board 

18  Change Management Board 

20  SISVIS Committee (SIRENE) 

24  SIS II Global Project Management Board 

25 

'National Project Managers' Meeting 

26  SISVIS Committee (SIS II technical) 

MARCH 2009 

3  SIS II Global Project Management Board 

9  SIS II Global Project Management Board 

17  SIS II Global Project Management Board 

23 

'National Project Managers' Meeting 

EN 

11 

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APRIL 2009 

21 

'National Project Managers' Meeting 

22  SISVIS Committee (SIS II technical) 

EN 

12 

   EN