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Industry Day: Platforms and services for innovation management

2025-02-17

On 27 March 2025, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, will hold an Industry Day on platforms and services for innovation management.

Frontex is working on the implementation of a collaborative Innovation Management System (IMS) for the European Border and Coast Guard (EBCG) community compliant with the ISO 56000 family of standards. The goal of this IMS is to support the planning and coordination of innovation-related activities in line with the innovation strategy, policies, and objectives to be accomplished.

The IMS includes a value-based innovation process guiding the implementation of innovation-related actions triggered by the ideas, needs and opportunities identified by the EBCG community. These solutions can be deployed and bring value to operational actors creating a new capability. The IMS should be supported by a comprehensive knowledge management platform with an Artificial Intelligence feature to improve usability and accessibility of the knowledge base.

In this context, Frontex is interested in the following solutions:

  • Off-the-shelf innovation management platforms supporting a collaborative approach to gather needs, ideas, and opportunities that would be a driving force for a value-based innovation process.
  • General-purpose knowledge management platforms that can be tailored to specific needs of an innovation management system including Artificial Intelligence functionality.
  • Consultancy services supporting the design and implementation of innovation management systems, processes, and methodologies.


What’s in it for you?

This Industry Day is an opportunity to:

  • share your latest technological developments and state-of-the-art solutions by delivering a short presentation.
  • register your innovative solutions on an interactive digital exhibition platform.
  • connect with the European Border and Coast Guard community composed of Frontex experts and Member States’ border guard authorities.


How to participate?

If you are a private company developing cutting-edge tools or providing services and advice to support the implementation of an innovation management system, please express your interest in presenting your solutions by 12 March 2025 by filling in an online registration form.

Technological solutions must comply with technical and legal requirements arising from the EU data protection framework and human rights provisions. All submissions will be evaluated internally, ensuring their alignment with the needs of the European Border and Coast Guard community while guaranteeing fair and transparent treatment of all participants. The selection is based on the following criteria: effectiveness, efficiency, innovation, compliance with standards and relevance for the European Border and Coast Guard community. All relevant innovative solutions will be given the opportunity to register on Frontex’s interactive digital exhibition platform.


Industry Day: when and where

Date: Wednesday, 27 March 2025

Venue: Webex

Audience: Frontex internal units and Member States representatives

Themes: innovation management, knowledge management

Deadline for expression of interest: 12 March 2025