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 January 2009 - June 2009
Date: 2009-10-22
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, 22.10.2009 
COM(2009) 555 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 

January 2009 - June 2009 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

1. 

2. 

Introduction .................................................................................................................. 4 

Project status ................................................................................................................ 4 

2.1. 

Progress during the period under review ..................................................................... 4 

2.1.1.  Overview ...................................................................................................................... 4 

2.1.2.  Preparations for migration............................................................................................ 5 

2.1.2.1.  Migration legal instruments ......................................................................................... 5 

2.1.2.2.  Converter specification ................................................................................................ 5 

2.1.3.  SIS II network .............................................................................................................. 5 

2.1.4.  SIS II security health check.......................................................................................... 6 

2.1.5.  Testing central SIS II ................................................................................................... 6 

2.1.5.1.  Repair of bugs and subsequent testing ......................................................................... 6 

2.1.5.2.  The analysis and repair period ..................................................................................... 6 

2.1.6.  Architecture review .…………………………….........................................................7 

2.1.7.  Operational management ............................................................................................. 8 

3. 

3.1. 

3.2. 

Management................................................................................................................. 8 

Financial implications .................................................................................................. 8 

Project management ..................................................................................................... 9 

3.2.1.  Global Programme Management Board……………………………………………...9  

3.2.2.  SISVIS Committee (SIS II) ...…………………………………………………….….9 

3.2.3.  National planning and coordination ........................................................................... 10 

3.2.4.  Council ....................................................................................................................... 10 

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4.1. 

4.2. 

Priorities for the next reporting period....................................................................... 10 

Global programme management approach ................................................................ 10 

Testing........................................................................................................................ 11 

4.2.1.  First milestone…………………….…………………………………………..……..11 

4.2.2.  Towards a global testing approach............................................................................. 11 

4.2.3.  Global test preparations (GT)……............................................................................. 11 

4.3. 

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Migration development .............................................................................................. 11 

Security and data protection....................................................................................... 11 

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Conclusions ................................................................................................................ 11  

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1. 

INTRODUCTION  

This progress report describes the work carried out by the Commission in the first semester of 
2009  concerning  the  development  of  the  second  generation  Schengen  Information  System 
(SIS  II)  and  the  migration  from  SIS  1+  to  SIS  II.  It  is  presented  to  the  Council  and  the 
European  Parliament  in  accordance  with  Article  18  of  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No 
1104/2008  and  of  Council  Decision  2008/839/JHA  on  migration  from  the  Schengen 
Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II). 
This report also constitutes a test status report.  

2. 

PROJECT STATUS  

2.1. 

Progress during the period under review 

2.1.1.  Overview 

An analysis and repair period for SIS II was conducted between January and April 2009. This 
process was triggered by a failure of the main development contractor to pass the Operational 
Systems Test (OST) in December 2008. During the analysis and repair period a large number 
of  known  issues  and  bugs  were  repaired  and  an  in-depth  technical  architecture  review  was 
performed. Solutions were either designed or implemented, leaving nonetheless a few issues 
pending.  

In  parallel  and  in  the  framework  of  the  Council  an  alternative  technical  scenario  for 
developing SIS II based on SIS 1+, known as "SIS 1+ renewal and evolution" (SIS 1+ RE), 
was explored as a contingency plan.  

The Council on 26-27 February requested that the Presidency and the Commission, in close 
cooperation  with  the  SIS  II  Task  Force,  and  in  consultation  with  the  appropriate  instances, 
submit  as  soon  as  possible,  but  at  the  latest  by  May,  a  report  containing  an  in-depth 
assessment and comparison of both scenarios.  
The report1 concluded that both the current project and the alternative SIS 1+ RE scenario are, 
under certain conditions, technically feasible and have the potential to realise the objectives of 
SIS II set out in the legal framework governing its establishment, operation and use. 

Based on this report, the Council concluded on 4-5 June that the development of SIS II will 
continue on the basis of the current SIS II project and that SIS 1+ RE will be retained as the 
contingency plan for a period necessary to back the project. The Council also agreed to two 
project  milestones.  The  aim  of  these  milestones  is  to  prove  the  stability,  reliability  and 
performance of the central SIS II and the proper functioning of vital core functionalities, such 
as data consistency and reliable message transfer, after significant and important development 
phases  of  the  SIS  II  project.  The  related  tests  will  start  as  soon  as  the  Commission  and  the 
Member  States  declare  their  readiness  and  the  technical  support  function  in  Strasbourg 
(C.SIS) confirms that the SIS 1+ test tools are qualified and ready.  

The first milestone is scheduled to occur after the performance tests of the system, foreseen 
for the fourth quarter of 2009. The second milestone is to take place, at the earliest, in summer 

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2010,  after  the  implementation  of  central  system  functional  testing.  The  alternative  solution 
will be kept as a contingency plan until the tests defined in the milestones are accomplished. 

2.1.2.  Preparations for migration 

2.1.2.1.  Migration legal instruments  

The  legal  instruments  governing  the  migration  from  SIS  1+  to  SIS  II  -  Council  Regulation 
(EC)  No  1104/20082  and  Council  Decision  2008/839/JHA  on  migration  from  the  Schengen 
Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)3 
(the "migration instruments"), were adopted by the Council on 24 October 2008. Both legal 
instruments foresee migration to SIS II by 30 September 2009. This date may be postponed 
by comitology decisions. In any event, the migration instruments would expire no later than 
30 June 2010. Given the time required to resolve outstanding issues, and the need to adapt the 
plan  in  order  to  take  into  account  the  milestones,  neither  the  initial  date  for  migration  from 
SIS 1+ to SIS II nor the date on which the legal instruments are set to expire, are any longer 
realistic. Therefore, the Council invited the Commission to submit, as soon as possible but by 
October  2009  at  the  latest,  appropriate  legislative  proposals  to  amend  the  migration 
instruments.  

2.1.2.2.  Converter specification 

Regular monthly "SIS II Migration" workshops took place with Member States 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. 

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

2.1.3. 

SIS II network  

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 communicate4.  

The Commission fully implements Article 16 of Regulation (EC) 1987/2006 and of Council 
Decision  2007/533/JHA  as  regards  the  elements  of  the  SIS  II  network  which  are  under  the 
responsibility of the Commission.  The SIS II network has been built up making use of the 
sTESTA Framework Contract (ENTR 2006 024). The supervision of the SIS II network takes 
place  at  the  Service  Operation  Centre  (SoC)  of  the  consortium  "Orange  Business 
Services/HP" in Bratislava.  

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The SIS II network implements security requirements and safeguards, including technical and 
procedural  safeguards,  to  ensure  the  confidentiality  of  the  SIS  data  that  will  be  exchanged 
through the SIS II network. The Commission regularly audits their implementation.  

Member States have identified issues regarding the architecture of the SIS II network and that 
of  the  Service  Operation  Centre  that  they  would  like  to  see  improved.  A  meeting  with 
Member States' experts took place on 20 April to discuss the already available and existing 
security  measures  related  to  access  to  data  as  well  as  issues  that  need  further  investigation. 
The Commission has asked its quality contractor to investigate possible solutions to mitigate 
these  risks  with  an  end-to-end  security  perspective.  Work  is  also  under  way  to  tackle  other 
issues identified by Member States to ensure a high level of security for the SIS II network.  

The  European  Data  Protection  Supervisor  will  check  that  the  personal  data  processing 
activities  of  the  Management  Authority  are  carried  out  in  accordance  with  the  legal 
instruments.  The  National  Supervisory  Authorities  monitor  independently  the  lawfulness  of 
the processing of SIS II personal data on their territory and its transmission from that territory, 
and  the  exchange  and  further  processing  of  supplementary  information.  The  European  Data 
Protection Supervisor presented its findings concerning SIS II network security at the meeting 
of the SISVIS Committee on 12 May.  

2.1.4.  SIS II security health check 

The  SIS  II  security  health  check  was  carried  out  at  the  central  SIS  II  site  in  Strasbourg  in 
March  2009.  The  Commission's  security  quality  assurance  contractor  assessed  the  actual 
implementation of the security safeguards described in the security plan relevant at this stage 
of the project.  

The  security  health  check  report  provides  a  number  of  recommendations.  The  Commission 
has  prioritized  them  and  is  working  on  scheduling  the  implementation  of  the  relevant 
recommendations  with  the  main  development  contractor.  The  implementation  of  the 
recommendations will ensure that the central SIS II is compliant with the security plan before 
the end of the development.  

An additional security health check will be organised to validate the correct implementation 
of the recommendations ensuring that an optimal level of operational security will be reached 
at the start of the migration.  

2.1.5.  Testing central SIS II 

2.1.5.1 Repair of bugs and subsequent testing  

Before  January  2009,  the  list  of  pending  bugs  was  above  an  acceptable  level.  The  software 
version deployed in March achieved the correction of most bugs leaving only a small number 
of bugs assigned to central SIS II, the majority of the latter being resolved in a later software 
version installed and tested in May. 

2.1.5.2 The analysis and repair period  

The  aim  was  to  drive  the  system,  by  the  end  of  the  period,  to  a  point  where  significant 
progress  had  been  made  on  all  issues,  i.e.  either  the  bugs  were  repaired  or,  for  those  which 
had not been fixed either at national or central level, it was clearly identified how much time 
and money would be needed to finalize the entire project.  

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This  process  provided  the  Commission  with  an  estimate  of  the  time  and  financial  means 
needed to complete the project. This information was incorporated in the document that the 
Commission prepared to allow a comparison of technical scenarios, on the basis of the criteria 
developed by the Commission and the Council. 

This  phase  focussed  on  the  mechanisms  and  processes  managing  communication  and 
consistency between the central and national components of SIS II, as well as the performance 
and robustness of the SIS II solution. It addressed the following issues: 

•  Ensuring  that  messages  are  correctly  exchanged  between  the  national  systems  and  the 
central  SIS  II  -  The  tests  led  to  the  conclusion  that  messages  are  consistently  exchanged 
between the central and national components of SIS II. 

•  Data consistency on a large volume of data to prove that the system is able to handle the 
full data consistency process - Data consistency is ensured by a complex set of check and 
comparison mechanisms. This feature has been extensively probed involving an increasing 
number  of  alerts  and  a  variety  of  Member  States  with  diverse  national  technical 
implementations.  

•  Handling messages and broadcasts - The corresponding tests have shown that the central 
SIS II correctly handles the manipulation of data, its broadcast and notification; however 
without  meeting  the  speed  specification  required.  The  main  development  contractor  has 
developed several improvements which were included in a new software version. In order 
to  remove  complexity  in  this  area  the  main  development  contractor  proposed  a  different 
implementation of the broadcast mechanism which was developed into a 'proof of concept' 
and tested with two Member States. 

•  Measuring  the  performance  of  the  system  in  varied  conditions  -  The  main  development 
contractor  provided  a  proposal  to  improve  query  performance  to  ensure  that  border  and 
police  queries  can  be  handled  in  less  than  one  second.  A  prototype  was  developed  for 
testing in June and July.  

•  Robustness of the system - Tests have shown some improvement in this regard. 

The  various  intensive  testing  and  in-depth  analysis  processes  performed  during  the  analysis 
and repair period led to the resolution of a large number of known issues and bugs. As to all 
outstanding  issues,  a  root  cause  was  identified  and  a  solution  was  either  designed  or 
implemented. 

2.1.6.  Architecture review 

A  comprehensive  architecture  review  was  performed  by  a  specialist  IT  consultant  between 
March and April 2009. On this occasion, a wide consensus emerged amongst SIS II experts 
on  the  absence  of  major  flaws  in  the  SIS  II  architecture.  The  architecture  serves  the 
requirements of SIS II. The hardware is properly sized and "scalable" to ensure the system can 
grow beyond what is currently foreseen. In terms of design and implementation, a number of 
recommendations have been made that would improve certain aspects of the system, such as 
performance, software scalability and ease of maintenance. The business message architecture 
seems to be over-engineered and could be simplified.  

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2.1.7.  Operational management 

Ongoing  negotiation  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  (Visa  Information  System)  and  BMS  (Biometric  Matching 
System), took place during the period of this report. Amendments to existing contracts were 
signed in March 2009. The recruited staff have started to undertake technical training sessions 
as planned. A transition plan with hands-on coaching is under preparation. 

The proposal for a legislative package for setting up an agency for the long-term management 
of  large-scale  IT  systems  in  the  area  of  justice,  freedom  and  security  was  adopted  by  the 
Commission on 24 June. 

3. 

MANAGEMENT  

3.1. 

Financial implications  

To  date,  the  total  budgetary  commitments  made  by  the  Commission  on  the  SIS  II  project 
amount  to  approximately  €  72,5  million.  The  co rresponding  contracts  include  feasibility 
studies, the development of the central SIS II itself, support and quality assurance, the SIS II 
network,  preparation  for  operational  management  in  Strasbourg,  security,  biometrics 
preparations and communication. 

Of  this  amount,  around  €  41  million  had  actually  been  spent  at  the  end  of  June  2009.  The 
main  expenditure  items  were  development  (€  22.4  million),  network  (€  10.4  million)  and 
support and quality assurance (€ 4.6 million). 

Budget execution 

From 2002 to June 2009 

From January to June 2009 

Commitments 

Payments 

Commitments 

Payments 

35.927.151

22.448.261

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2.792.193

quality 

7.660.448

4.655.401

1.092.950 

45.934

21.301.901

10.368.609

1.699.871 

3.327.614

Development 

Support  & 
assurance 

Network 

Operational 
management preparation 

4.946.845

2.482.463

1.204.233 

676.570

Security 

Studies 

Others 

869.275

919.831

834483

119.020

895.095

52.668 

0

0 

227.559

96525

786.236 

71.639

TOTAL:

72.459.934

41.065.374

4.835.958 

7.141.509

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During the period covered by the present report,  

•  approximately  €  7,1  million  was  paid,  primar ily  for  the  network  (€  3,3  million)  and 

monthly recurring costs; 

•  about  €  4,8  million  had  been  committed  (i.e.  12%   of  the  total  appropriations  for  SIS II 
activities provided in the 2009 General Budget). This lower-than-forecast figure represents 
the  fact  that  the  ordering  of  new  services  and  products  was  postponed  pending  the 
resolution  of  technical  problems  encountered  in  the  development  and  new  Council 
orientations  for  the  project.  For  instance,  the  Commission  limited  the  extension  of  the 
network contract to September 2009 instead of the end of the year. The remaining amount 
is expected to be committed after the summer break. 

3.2. 

Project management  

The  SIS  II  project  has  reached  a  stage  of  development  and  testing  which  requires  the 
increased  involvement  of  the  Member  States.  Therefore,  a  global  SIS  II  programme 
management approach has been in place since January 2009, as recognised by the Council on 
26-27  February.  The  Council  of  4-5  June  invited  the  Commission  to  build  upon  the 
experience and lessons learned from that management structure and develop it further. These 
management  changes  could  be  incorporated  into  proposals  for  modifying  the  legal 
instruments governing migration from SIS 1+ to SIS II.  

3.2.1.  Global Programme Management Board 

The Global Programme Management Board (GPMB) was established by the Commission to 
ensure  enhanced  management  and  coordination  of  the  SIS  II  project  and  related  activities, 
including ensuring consistency between the development of central and national systems.  

The Board brings together, in compliance with their respective legally-defined competencies, 
the  Commission  staff,  the  Presidency,  Member  States'  experts  within  the  framework  of  the 
SIS  II  Task  Force,  project  managers  from  the  main  development  contractor  and  high-level 
experts from the support and quality assurance contractor.  

The  GPMB  met  21  times  during  the  period  covered  by  this  report  and  has  contributed  in  a 
very  positive  way  to  programme  management  and  has  ensured  increased  Member  States' 
involvement. 

3.2.2. 

SISVIS Committee (SIS II) 

The  Commission  is  assisted  in  the  development  of  SIS  II  by  the  SISVIS  Committee.  There 
were seven meetings of the SISVIS Committee on SIS II matters in the period January – June 
2009. 

The Committee is composed of Member State delegations and chaired by the representative of 
the  Commission.  Schengen  associated  countries  are  invited  to  attend  the  meetings  of  the 
Committee in accordance with their respective association agreements. Europol and Eurojust 
are also invited to attend the meetings as third parties, in accordance with Articles 41 and 42 
of Council Decision 2007/533/JHA. 

In  addition  to  regular  SISVIS  Committee  meetings,  working  groups  of  the  Committee  and 
workshops,  involving  Member  States'  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 SISVIS Committee with an opinion 
on issues related to the organisation, implementation and interpretation of tests. This 
group held 21 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  SISVIS  Committee,  met  six  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  SISVIS  Committee  and  pursue 
activities on this critical topic. 

3.2.3.  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  SISVIS  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 six NPM meetings have taken place.  

Via  the  SIS  II  Task  Force,  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.  

3.2.4.  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 state of play of the 
SIS II project was presented at all meetings of the Article 36 Committee. 

4. 

PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT REPORTING PERIOD  

4.1. 

Global programme management approach 

The  Council  Conclusions  of  4-5  June  invited  the  Commission  to,  "table  and  immediately 
implement an enhanced IT management structure and approach for the SIS II project building 
upon  the  experience  of  and  the  lessons  learned  from  the  global  SIS  II  programme 
management  approach  established  by  the  Council  Conclusions  of  26-27  February  2009, 
which: 

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ensure  utmost  transparency,  insight  and  increased  participation  of  the  Member 
States  in  order  to  best  fulfil  the  needs  of  the  project  at  its  current  stage  of 
development and testing which require increased Member States involvement, 

meeting  the  requirements  of  managing  large  scale  IT-projects,  reflect  the  common 
will of all Member States to give a fresh impetus to the project while being compliant 
with SIS II legal instruments, as it is considered by the Council as a key element in 
the project, 

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4.2. 

Testing  

4.2.1.  First milestone 

The  first  milestone  tests  are  scheduled  for  the  fourth  quarter  of  2009.  Preparatory  work  has 
started  accordingly.  To fulfil  the  requirements  laid  down  in  the  Council  Conclusions  of  4-5 
June 2009, the first milestone tests will involve eight Member States, three of which will act 
as back-ups. 

4.2.2.  Towards a global testing approach 

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

To address this problem, the Commission will design, together with experts from the Member 
States  and  other  users,  a  new  test  plan  based  on  a  global  approach  to  testing,  which  would 
guarantee 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  SIS  II  site  in  Strasbourg  to  facilitate  communication  between 
Commission and test experts from the Member States and other users, 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. 

4.2.3.  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. 

4.3.  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.  

4.4. 

Security and data protection 

Bilateral  meetings  between  European  Data  Protection  Supervisor  staff  and  the  Commission 
services continue to take place on a regular basis to discuss issues related to SIS II.  

5. 

CONCLUSIONS 

The  various  intensive  testing  and  in-depth  analysis  processes  performed  during  the  analysis 
and  repair  period  led  to  the  resolution  of  a  large  number  of  known  issues  and  bugs.  A  few 
issues  are  however  still  pending.  Furthermore,  the  in-depth  architecture  review  performed 
between March and April 2009 established that the SIS II architecture and overall conception 
were sound, although improvable. 

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The Conclusions of the 4- 5 June JHA Council provide orientations for the future of the SIS II 
project and support the continuation of the current technical solution for SIS II. They also set 
out  the  technical  milestones  for  testing  this  solution  in  stages,  whilst  prudently  keeping  a 
contingency plan in reserve.  
The Commission,  in  close cooperation with the Swedish Presidency intends to introduce an 
optimal collaborative project management structure to reflect the stage which the project has 
reached.  This  development  will  allow  Member  State  experts  to  be  even  more  closely 
associated with project management for SIS II.  
The necessary elements to add new impetus to the SIS II project have therefore been put in 
place. Still, SIS II remains a challenging project which is not exempt from significant risks. In 
this regard, the first milestone test, scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2009, will be a crucial 
step to probe the viability of the technical solution under development.  

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Annex I 

SISVIS Committee (SIS II) and Working Group Meetings 

a) Meetings held during the reporting period 

JANUARY 2009 

19 

'National Project Managers' Meeting 

20  SISVIS Committee (SIS II Technical Formation) 

14  Change Management Board 

6, 12  SIS II Global Programme Management Board 

15, 22,29  Test Advisory Group 

13  SIS II project/tests managers 

14  Migration Workshop 

15  Project Management Board 

FEBRUARY 2009 

2, 10, 16, 24  SIS II Global Programme Management Board 

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'National Project Managers' Meeting  

18  Change Management Board / Migration Workshop 

26  SISVIS Committee (SIS II technical) 

20  SISVIS Committee (SIRENE) 

18  Change Management Board 

5, 12, 19, 27  Test Advisory Group 

3, 9, 17, 23 31   SIS II Global Programme Management Board 

MARCH 2009 

23 

'National Project Managers' Meeting 

24  SISVIS Committee (SIS II Technical) 

26  Migration Workshop / Change Management Board 

EN 

13 

   EN 

 
 
 
5, 12, 19, 26  Test Advisory Group 

12  White paper review / Code and Architecture review 

4  Test coordination 

13  Global Schedule 

APRIL 2009  

7, 21, 27  SIS II Global Programme Management Board /  

'National  Project  Managers'  Meeting/  SISVIS  Committee(SIS  II 
Technical) 

22 

21  Change Management Board / Technical Workshop on queries 

2, 8, 16, 23, 30  Test Advisory Group 

24  Architecture review workshop 

MAY 2009 

6, 12, 19, 26  SIS II Global Programme Management Board 

12, 27  SISVIS Committee (SIS II Technical) 

27 

'National Project Managers' Meeting 

7, 14, 21, 28  Test Advisory Group 

13  Migration Workshop 

13, 26  Change Management Board  

JUNE 2009 

2, 9,   SIS II Global Programme Management Board 

10  Change Management Board /  

  Migration Workshop 

23 

'National Project Managers' Meeting  

26  SISVIS Committee (SIRENE) 

EN 

14 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
4, 11, 18, 25  Test Advisory Group 

b) Meetings already scheduled for the forthcoming reporting period 

JULY 2009 

7, 14, 28  SIS II Global Programme Management Board 

18  Change Management Board 

  Migration Workshop 

20  SISVIS Committee (SIRENE) 

15 

'National Project Managers' Meeting 

14  SISVIS Committee (SIS II technical) 

2, 9, 16, 23, 30  Test Advisory Group 

1, 8, 15, 22, 29  SIS II Global Programme Management Board 

SEPTEMBER 2009 

  Change Management Board 

  Migration Workshop 

15 

'National Project Managers' Meeting 

16  SISVIS Committee (SIS II technical) 

3, 10, 17, 24  Test Advisory Group 

OCTOBER 2009 

6, 13, 20, 27 

'National Project Managers' Meeting 

21  SISVIS Committee (SIS II technical) 

  Change Management Board 

  Migration Workshop 

1, 8, 15, 22, 29  Test Advisory Group 

6, 13, 20, 27  SIS II Global Programme Management Board 

EN 

15 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
NOVEMBER 2009 

3, 10, 17, 24   SIS II Global Programme Management Board 

24 

'National Project Managers' Meeting 

25  SISVIS Committee (SIS II Technical) 

  Migration Workshop 

  Change Management Board 

5, 12, 19, 26  Test Advisory Group 

DECEMBER 2009 

1, 8, 15, 22   SIS II Global Programme Management Board 

15 

'National Project Managers' Meeting 

16  SISVIS Committee (SIS II Technical) 

  Migration Workshop 

  Change Management Board 

3, 10, 17  Test Advisory Group 

EN 

16 

   EN