Developing National Capability for Integrated Border Management (IBM) in Lebanon IBM Equipment Handover & Visibility Event

1 Welcome

2 Event Agenda  Opening & Introduction – Phil Johnson – Team Leader IBM Lebanon  ICMPD Remarks – Lukas Gehrke Director Southern Dimension  Equipment Procurement – Edward Hinson – Equipment Expert IBM Lebanon  Beneficiary Remarks – Official Representatives of Lebanese Army, Internal Security Forces, General Security, Lebanese Customs Administration  Signing of Provisional Acceptance Certificates  European Union Remarks – Alexis Loeber – Head of Cooperation  Demonstrations of Equipment Use - Representatives of Lebanese Army, Internal Security Forces, General Security, Lebanese Customs Administration  Closure – Brigadier General Manuel Kirejian – Deputy Chief of Staff Lebanese Armed Forces  Light Buffet

3 IBM Lebanon Background Beneficiary Country - Republic of Lebanon Beneficiary Agencies – General Security (Immigration), Lebanese Customs Administration, Lebanese Army (Border Guard), Internal Security Forces (Police) Contracting Authority - Delegation of the EU to Lebanon Implementing Partner – International Centre for Migration Policy Development Contract Duration – 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2015

4 Definition of Integrated Border Management (IBM)  National and international COORDINATION and COOPERATION  Among ALL RELEVANT authorities, agencies and actors involved in border security and trade/traffic facilitation (including protection of vulnerable)  Thus establishing EFFECTIVE and EFFICIENT border management  In order to reach the objective of “…OPEN, but WELL CONTROLLED and SECURE BORDERS…”

5 Cooperation & Coordination at 3 Inter-related Levels Intra-Agency Cooperation Integrated Border Management Inter-Agency Cooperation International Cooperation

6 IBM Key Areas INTRA - agency, INTER - agency and INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION in:  Legal and Regulatory Framework  Institutional Framework  Procedures  Human Resources and Training  Communication and Information Exchange  Infrastructure and EQUIPMENT

7 IBM Guidance & Standards

8 Equipment Component  Needs analysis  Identification  Procurement  Supply  Installation  Training  Sustainability issues

9 Delivered Since One year Visibility Event (February 2014)  IBM Lebanon website launch (February 2014)  IBM Strategy and Action Plan workshops (February 2014)  IT & communications mapping exercise (March – May 2014)  Delivery of draft IBM Strategy (March 2014)  Equipment supply (March to May 2014)  Advanced document security training – DOC TWO (April 2014)

10 Delivered Since One year Visibility Event (February 2014)  IBM Action Plan and Standard Operating Procedures workshops (April 2014)  Training development roadmap (April 2014)  IBM training of trainers (April – May 2014)  IBM awareness training - JOINTLY with General Security & Customs to ALL 4 border agencies (May 2014)  IBM Strategy and Action Plan Study Visit – Poland (May 2014)  Border Management equipment handover event (Jun 2014)

11 Next Steps  IBM Action Plan and Standard Operating Procedures workshops (June 2014)  IBM Guidelines workshops (June 2014)  Border control training study visit – Spain (July 2014)  Border Management IT System study visit – Netherlands (August 2014)  Training equipment needs analysis (September 2014)  Advanced document security training (DOC TWO) – Netherlands (Sept 2014)

12 Next Steps (Contd.)  Trade/traffic facilitation workshops (September 2014)  International cooperation conference and workshops (September 2014)  Training unit study visit – UK and Croatia (October 2014)  Advanced training of trainers event (November 2014)  Development of partnerships (on-going)

13 IBM Study Visit – Poland – May 2014

14 Border Region – Poland & Belarus

15 Kužnica Border Crossing Point – Satellite Image

16 Kužnica Border Crossing Point – Photograph

17 Second Line Document Examination Equipment

18 Border Control Equipment

19 Green Border Surveillance

20 Vehicle Scanning

21 Automatic Registration Plate Reader

22 Video Surveillance

23 Cooperation, Dialogue & Partnership  General Security  Customs  Lebanese Army  ISF  Delegation of European Union  CDR  Civil Defence  CERSA – training project  EU Security & Rule of Law project  Danish Assistance project  German Assistance project  French Assistance Project  British Assistance project  Italian Customs Agency  Dutch Embassy  Polish Embassy  Spanish Embassy  Swiss Embassy  Royal Netherlands Marechaussee  Polish Border Guard Service  Croatian Border Police  Japanese Embassy  UNODC/UNHCR/UNRWA/IOM  Ministry of Interior  Ministry of Tourism  Ministry of Trade

24 IBM Lebanon Developing National Capacity for Integrated Border Management in Lebanon - Working with the Lebanese Army, Internal Security Forces, General Security and Lebanese Customs Phone Address Dr. Shateh bldg., Patriarch Hobeich St., Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon Website