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FRA provided online training on fundamental rights in connection with the use of biometrics at a Frontex webinar on 4 February on Biometric Data Quality for Standing Corps Officers. The training included information about the importance of biometric data quality at automatic border crossing gates and self-service systems.
On 3 February, FRA delivered an online awareness-raising session on fundamental rights. It was part of the two-week pre-deployment training that Europol guest officers receive before being deployed to external borders to support national authorities.
In January FRA attended several meetings for the EEA/Norway Grants Local Development Programme in Bulgaria and Roma Inclusion and Empowerment Programme in Czechia, organised by the respective Programme Operators.
FRA was invited to give a keynote speech at the Annual President's Conference of the Austrian Bar Association.
FRA will host an online expert peer review of its draft foresight briefs on the future of fundamental rights in Europe towards 2040. The briefs were developed within a structured analytical process.
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FRA will speak at the Combating antisemitism conference: addressing challenges of intolerance and discrimination. It will present its recently-released report ‘Monitoring and recording antisemitism: state of play and ways forward’.
FRA will give a presentation on the importance of communicating and disseminating the EU’s Fundamental Rights Charter in the general population and among specific groups of key stakeholders.
FRA has launched its annual Stakeholder Feedback Survey for 2025, and we want to hear from you. The survey is your opportunity to share your views on FRA’s activities and outputs over the past year.
FRA participated for the first time in the EEAS/Commission Inter-Service Group on Human Rights. The group is chaired by the European External Action Service (EEAS) Human Rights Unit and brings together all Directorates-General (DGs) which have an international human rights dimension.
FRA participated in the workshop organised by the Joint Research Centre’s EU Policy Lab to inform the European Commission’s 2026 Strategic Foresight Report.
The roundtable discussion convened the International Partner Organisations (IPOs) of the Grants (FRA, CoE Secretariat and Venice Commission, OECD), the European Commission (DG JUST and CAB McGrath), the Donors (Norwegian MFA), as well as selected Civil Society Fund Operators (Bulgaria, Poland).
In the context of the Council preparing its conclusions on the review of the 2020-2030 Charter Strategy, FRA was requested to present its contributions on the Charter.
On 22 January, the FRA Director visited the first reception centre in Pournara, where 118 asylum applicants, including some unaccompanied children, were staying. The visit enabled FRA to engage with operational staff, gain insight into practical challenges, and better tailor its work to on-the-ground realities.
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On 21 January, FRA and the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights attended the 108th Frontex Management Board meeting.
FRA met with the Ombudsman of Cyprus and her team on 20 January to discuss the status of the establishment of an independent mechanism to monitor fundamental rights under the Screening and Asylum Procedure Regulations.
On 19-20 January, FRA visited international IDEA to scope out possibilities of closer cooperation in the area of democracy and fundamental rights.
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FRA Director will travel to Dublin on 4-5 February to carry out a preparatory mission to learn about Ireland’s priorities for its upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union (July-December 2026) and to offer FRA’s expertise, evidence, and support.
FRA’s Director will take part in the EU-OHCHR strategic dialogue on 3 February, chaired by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, and the EU Special Representative for Human Rights, Kajsa Ollongren.
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FRA will take part in the opening panel of the Council of Europe conference, Shaping democratic renewal: Civic space and the path to a New Democratic Pact for Europe, held on 2–3 February in Strasbourg.