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Facilitation Programme: Mandate ICAO Assembly Council Elects Council Instructs Council Air Transport Committee Divisions Secretariat Panels TAG/MRTD
Aviation Security and Facilitation Secretary General Air Navigation Bureau ANB Air Transport Bureau ATB Administration Bureau ADB Legal Bureau LEB Technical Co-operation Bureau TCB Economic and Statistics Branch (E&S) Aviation Security and Facilitation Branch (S&F) Aviation Security Section (AVSEC) Facilitation Section ( FAL)
What is FAL programme about? What is “facilitation”? What does ICAO do?
What is “facilitation”? Facilitation issues : MRTD Visas Passports Crew & Other ID ID Cards
What is “facilitation”? Facilitation issues : Border Control Data Base Cleared
What is “facilitation”? Facilitation issues : Passenger, Baggage and Cargo Flow Rationalization Passenger Path Baggage Path Security Control
What is “facilitation”? Facilitation issues : Efficient Management of control procedures
What is “facilitation”? Facilitation issues : Illegal Migration
What is “facilitation”? Facilitation issues : Cargo
What is “facilitation”? Facilitation issues : Health Issues SARS Detection Technology
What is “facilitation”? Facilitation issues : Alien Species Brown tree snake
What is “facilitation”? A better question would be… “facilitation of what?” Facilitation of Control Procedures “Efficient execution of control procedures, to expedite clearance and prevent unnecessary delays”
What is the FAL Programme about? Primarily, facilitation of border controls. Strategy in 3 parts: Standardize travel documents Improve border clearance Tackle security problems
What does ICAO do? Facilitation Section Manage Annex 9 – Facilitation Publish specifications on Machine Readable Travel Documents (Doc 9303). Follow up on implementation of Annex 9. Notification of compliance, differences and comments on SARPs
What does ICAO do? Producing specs for MRTDs We design your travel documents Technical Advisory Group on Machine Readable Travel Documents (TAG/MRTD) Doc 9303 – Machine Readable Passports – Part 1 Visas – Part 2 Official Travel Documents – Part 3
What do Civil Aviation Authorities do ? Mandate for FAL programme in the Chicago Convention. Implementing tasks to be performed or managed.
Obligations of Aviation Community Art. 10 - Landing at customs airport Art. 13 - Entry and clearance regulations Art. 29 - Documents carried in aircraft Art. 35 - Cargo restrictions
Obligations of Aviation Community Art. 14 - Prevention of spread of disease Art. 22 - Facilitation of formalities Art. 23 - Customs and immigration procedures Art. 24 - Customs duty
Obligations of States (cont’d) Art. 37(j) -Adoption of international standard and procedures - customs and immigration Art.38 - Departures from international standards and procedures
Facilitation and AVSEC AVSEC a control process to be facilitated
Facilitation and AVSEC Same principles as applied to border controls