FACILITATION AND IT
ICAO’s Traveller Identification Programme Symposium By Jean-Sébastien Pard, Manager, Facilitation and IT, ACI World The 12th Traveller Identification Programme (TRIP) Symposium on machine readable travel documents (MRTDs) and traveller identification management took place at the ICAO Montréal Headquarters from 15 to 17 November 2016. The symposium specifically addressed the need for States to further enhance the integrity of the passport issuance process and promote robust identification management in order to maximize border security and facilitation benefits. At this event, speakers and facilitation experts, policy makers, practitioners and researchers, many from relevant working groups of ICAO, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and other international organizations, provided useful insights and best practices
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towards combating fraudulent activities, verification of identity against breeder documents and how to benefit from the diversity of technical innovations supporting aviation security. The ICAO TRIP strategy is closely linked with five elements of traveller identification and the border control inspection process. These elements, as ICAO states, are: • Evidence of identity – credible evidence of identity, involving the tracing, linkage and verification of identity against breeder documents to ensure the authenticity of identity; • MRTDs – the design and manufacture of standardized MRTDs, including ePassports, that comply with ICAO specifications;