The Report should be prepared in consultation with Member States and relevant Union bodies, offices and agencies. For the purposes of the Report, the Commission should use existing reporting mechanisms, primarily the Integrated Situational Awareness and Analysis, provided that the Integrated Political Crisis Response is activated, and the EU mechanism for preparedness and management of crises related to migration set out in Commission (7) . It is of the utmost importance for ensuring that the Union is prepared and able to adjust to the developing and evolving realities of asylum and migration management, and hence for the successful functioning of the annual asylum and migration cycle and the solidarity mechanism, that the Member States, the Council, the Commission, the European External Action Service and the relevant Union bodies, offices and agencies contribute to such existing reporting mechanisms and ensure the adequate and timely exchange of information and data. Information from other relevant sources, including the European Migration Network, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the International Organization for Migration, should also be taken into consideration. The Commission should request additional information from Member States only when that information is not available through those reporting mechanisms and relevant Union bodies, offices and agencies, in order to avoid a duplication of efforts.
7. Commission Recommendation (EU) 2020/1366 of 23 September 2020 on an EU mechanism for preparedness and management of crises related to migration (Migration Preparedness and Crisis Blueprint) (OJ L 317, 1.10.2020, p. 26). ↩︎