The European Commission put forward this new programme for administrative cooperation in the fields of external borders, visas, asylum and immigration for when the Odysseus programme came to an end. The ARGO programme covers the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006.

What are the programme?s objectives?

• To promote cooperation between national administrations responsible for implementing Community rules and to ensure that proper account is taken of the Community dimension in their actions
• To promote the uniform application of Community law
• To encourage transparency of actions taken by the national authorities and to improve the overall efficiency of national administrations in their tasks

For further information, please go to the site
http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/funding/argo/funding_argo_en.htm