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from the US Foreign Service Institute / National Foreign Affairs Training Centre / Leadership &
Management School made a presentation on crisis management. This meeting showed a common
approach between the EU and the US in the field of consular affairs and consular coordination. It
showed also that all of us were well prepared for any case of emergency.
The French embassy organized a working session on document fraud (passports, ID cards,
residence permits, etc.) on 10 April 2013 in the premises of the French embassy. It invited all
consuls from EUMS and the EU Delegation to attend this information session. This was part of a
contract financed by the European Commission.
4. Challenges
For the 2014-2015, challenges can be presented as follows:
- Each EUMS and EU Del Korea to continue updating their contingency and emergency plans;
- To conduct a reflection on how to improve coordination work between members of the group, by
taking as a benchmark the work that was done in Japan under the lead of EU Del Japan in the wake
of the triple Fukushima 2011 disaster;
- To strengthen the links among the members of the group on the one hand, and between the
members of the group and the Korean authorities on the other hand (MOFA, Ministry of Justice,
Korean Immigration Service) on crisis management and on the definition of emergency plans.
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