The newsletter mentions inter alia that the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has recently published its Work programme for 2013.

In 2013 EASO shall:

• provide operational emergency support to the asylum systems in Greece and other Member states in need
• develop an "Early warning and Preparedness System"
• further develop high quality common asylum training across the EU
• provide a common level of Country of Origin Information (COI) across the EU and issue regular COI reports
• further consolidate its organisation
• support any further development of relocation activities among Member States

EASO has also launched its own website http://www.easo.europa.eu/

In attachment you can find the EASO newsletter for October, a press release on the work programme and the actual workprogramme 2013.