This study has been conducted by ICF in support of the European Commission's evaluation of the amended Visa Code (Regulation (2019/1155)) by assessing the implementation, effectiveness, relevance, coherence and European Union (EU) added value of the amendments introduced in 2019. The findings of...

In 2004, Council decision No 2004/17/EC introduced requirements on travel medical insurance (TMI) for granting a uniform visa. These provisions were later integrated into Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code). The TMI requirements determine that...

This study aims to support the European Commission Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME) with the evaluation of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 on the European Border and Coast Guard (EBCG Regulation), assessing its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, and EU added...

This study supports DG HOME with the evaluation of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 on the European Border and Coast Guard (also known as the EBCG Regulation), assessing its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, and EU added value. This is done by analysing the functioning of and the results...

This study assessed the feasibility and added value of sponsorship schemes as a possible pathway to channels for admission of persons in need of protection in the EU. It finds that while the concept of private sponsorship is rather ill-defined, the number of different sponsorship schemes has...

The EU Drugs Strategy 2013-2020 was adopted in December 2012 and sets out the vision and aims of the European Union's drug policy. The Strategy is organised around two policy fields (drug demand and supply reduction) and three cross-cutting themes (coordination, international cooperation, and...

This is the Final Report of a Study which assessed the impacts related to the possible evolution of the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) - the common framework for information exchange and cooperation between Member States and Schengen Associated Countries' (thereafter referred to...