The European Asylum Curriculum (EAC) is for the moment the biggest practical cooperation EU project in the field of asylum

Right of asylum

Right of asylum is an ancient juridical notion, under which a person persecuted for political opinions or religious beliefs in his or her own country may be protected by another sovereign authority, a foreign country, or church sanctuaries...

 and is an important tool to reach a more harmonized asylum procedure within Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

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The EAC is an EU Member State initiative intending to enhance the capacity and quality of the European asylum process as well as to strengthen practical cooperation among the European asylum/immigration

Immigration

Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...

 systems. With the motto "Knowledge and skills for protection in Europe" the cooperation between the Odysseus Academic Network and several EU member states' Immigration Services creates a European Asylum Curriculum, which provides common vocational training for employees of the Immigration and Asylum Services in Europe.