To respond to these challenges, in May 2017, Eurojust adopted its new Multi-Annual Strategy for the period 2019 to 2021. The draft Work Programme 2019 that is presented in this document constitutes the first phase in achieving the multi-annual strategic objectives for this three-year strategic cycle.

Despite the budgetary uncertainty resulting from the fact that this multi-annual programming document forecasts beyond the current multi-annual EU budget and that the discussions on the next Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021 and beyond will only start in earnest once the agreement on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union is concluded, the draft budget 2019 reflects the financial and human resources required by Eurojust to perform the increasing number of operational activities and to meet the growing demands for assistance from national authorities of the Member States.