Border Management and Visa Instrument forming part of the Integrated Border Management Fund and Internal Security Fund for 2021-2027 period

Funded areas

Internal Security Fund

Budget – €39.3 million, of which:

The share of the European Union is €30 million, the share of Lithuania is EUR 9.3 million).

Directions of investment
Ensuring security
  • more effective cooperation and exchange of information between the EU and national law enforcement and other competent authorities;
  • strengthening the capacity of law enforcement officials to prevent and combat cross-border, serious and organised crime in order to prevent and combat radicalisation;
  • improving the combat against cybercrime.
Instrument for financial support for Border management and visa policy

Budget – €351.7 million, of which:

The share of the European Union is € 330.8 million, the share of Lithuania is EUR 20.9 million).

Directions of investment
European integrated border management
  • installing new border surveillance systems at the border with Belarus and upgrading previously installed land and sea surveillance systems at the border with Belarus and Russia;
  • upgrading patrol vehicles;
  • improving and modernizing border control procedures, improving data collection and exchange of information on document fraud;
  • reconstruction of the pier at the Kopgalis barrier of the Coast Guard Coast Guard Detachment;
  • border management training for border guards;
  • the development and maintenance of the national elements of the entry-exit system (EES), the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS), the Schengen Information System (SIS) and the European Asylum Fingerprint Database (EURODAC), and the interoperability of systems;
  • Implementation of the Special Transit Scheme.
Common visa policy
  • providing an efficient and customer-friendly visa application service;
  • developing various forms of cooperation between Member States in the field of visa processing;
  • digitization of visas, operation and maintenance of the National Visa Information System (N.VIS).

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