Section III - Work Programme 2020

• Author: European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (EU body or agency)
• Pages: 26-38

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Section III – Work Programme 2020

1. Executive Summary

In its mission to facilitate cross-border judicial cooperation and contribute to a safer world,

Eurojust faces the challenge of delivering an ever-increasing level of support to national cases

despite stringent resource constraints. To this end, Eurojust will implement its multi-annual

strategic objectives (2019-2021) by clearly prioritising its strategic action areas as follows.

• 70% of the agency’s efforts will focus on operations, supporting national investigating and

prosecuting authorities. Eurojust will concentrate on delivering quality and dynamic

expertise to complex transnational cases, built on its casework experience and supported

by improved data management capabilities. It will be complemented by enhanced

cooperation with Europol and FRONTEX; increased participation of third States in

casework; and by implementing working arrangements with the newly established EPPO;

• 20% of the activities will contribute to EU policy developments in judicial cooperation

with a focus on those related to EU common internal security; and proactively seeking

synergies in this area with the relevant JHA agencies and EU institutions; and

• 10% of the agency’s efforts will be focused on improving organisational efficiency, with

an emphasis on increasing support to operations; implementing the new EJR; and

increasing the effectiveness of corporate communication, particularly to promote the

agency’s successes and added value.

In preparing this work programme, Eurojust has continued applying ABB and ABM principles,

stemming from the Joint Statement of the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the

European Commission on EU Decentralised Agencies of 19 July 2012, which contains the Common

Approach on EU Decentralised Agencies.

Eurojust has enhanced its planning and programming cycle to ensure a harmonised and coherent

approach within the agency in the planning of annual activities stemming from the multi-annual

strategic objectives. Eurojust has also developed KPIs at strategic and operational levels,

improving its capacity to monitor and report on performance against both the annual activities

and related objectives and MASOs.