Taking a strategic approach, Member States should have national strategies to ensure their capacity to effectively implement their asylum and migration management systems, in full compliance with their obligations under Union and international law. Those strategies should include preventive measures to reduce the risk of migratory pressure as well as information on contingency planning, including as provided for under of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) , and relevant information as regards the principles of integrated policymaking and of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility under this Regulation and legal obligations stemming therefrom at national level. The Commission and relevant Union bodies, offices and agencies, and in particular the European Union Agency for Asylum (the ‘Asylum Agency’), should be able to support the Member States when establishing their national strategies. The consultation of local and regional authorities by Member States, in accordance with national law and as appropriate, could also improve and strengthen national strategies. To ensure that the national strategies are comparable on specific core elements, a common template should be established by the Commission.
4. Directive (EU) 2024/1346 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (OJ L, 2024/1346, 22.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1346/oj). ↩︎