1. Agenda item 1 FAL Programme : Introduction
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2. Facilitation Programme: Mandate
ICAO
Assembly
Council
Elects Council
Instructs Council
Air Transport
Committee
Divisions
Secretariat
Panels
TAG/MRTD

3. 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)

4. What is FAL programme about?
What is “facilitation”?
What does ICAO do?

5. What is “facilitation”?
Facilitation issues : MRTD
Visas
Passports
Crew & Other ID
ID Cards

6. What is “facilitation”?
Facilitation issues : Border Control
Data Base
Cleared

7. What is “facilitation”?
Facilitation issues : Passenger, Baggage and Cargo Flow Rationalization
Passenger Path
Baggage Path
Security Control

8. What is “facilitation”?
Facilitation issues :
Efficient Management of control procedures

9. What is “facilitation”?
Facilitation issues : Illegal Migration

10. What is “facilitation”?
Facilitation issues : Cargo

11. What is “facilitation”?
Facilitation issues : Health Issues
SARS Detection Technology

12. What is “facilitation”?
Facilitation issues : Alien Species
Brown tree snake

13. 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”

14. What is the FAL Programme about?
Primarily, facilitation of border controls.
Strategy in 3 parts:
Standardize travel documents
Improve border clearance
Tackle security problems

15. 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

16. 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

17. What do Civil Aviation Authorities do ?
Mandate for FAL programme in the Chicago Convention.
Implementing tasks to be performed or managed.

18. Obligations of Aviation Community
Art Landing at customs airport
Art Entry and clearance regulations
Art Documents carried in aircraft
Art Cargo restrictions

19. Obligations of Aviation Community
Art Prevention of spread of disease
Art Facilitation of formalities
Art Customs and immigration
procedures
Art Customs duty

20. 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

23. Facilitation and AVSEC
AVSEC a control process to be facilitated

24. Facilitation and AVSEC
Same principles as applied to border controls