SafeTravellers – Secure and Frictionless Identity for EU and Third Country National Citizens (HORIZON EUROPE Grant Agreement 101121269) is an Innovation Action aims to bolster border security and provide tools to combat identity fraud. Its approach involves multi-biometric identification, enhancing current verification methods while ensuring GDPR compliance and protecting citizen privacy. The project started in January 2024 results from the Call HORIZON-CL3-2022-BM-01-02, is supported by EU-funding of EUR 6,081,079.21 and involves 23 partners. EASC contributes to definition of requirements and use case scenarios, a proof-of-concept validation at Schönhagen Airport, and by elaboration of training curricula for Border Authorities and Law Enforcement Agencies. Furthermore, EASC leads drawing of recommendations for national and EU-policies and regulations.
SafeTravellers value proposition aims at strengthening the security at the borders, improving the productivity of the Border Authorities and LEAs by providing them with the appropriate tools to combat identity fraud at the hardware, identity and travel document, and biometrics level, while offering a frictionless border crossing experience for EU/TCN citizens as they will not have to stop at the border checkpoints.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/safetravellers-project/
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101121269
https://www.frontex.europa.eu/innovation/eu-research/horizon-projects/safetravellers-9F3FZ5