6 BORDER MANAGEMENT & IDENTITY CONFERENCEon TECHNICAL COOPERATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING8-10 December 2020 - Bangkok, Thailand

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Innovative Solutions in Managing Borders and National Security to Facilitate Migration and Trade

Hosted by: Organised by: APSCA

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and APSCA will host the 6 Conference on Technical Cooperation & Capacity Building for Border Management and Identity (6 BMIC), together with an exhibition of latest border and identity management solutions, on 8-10 December 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand. Since the 1 Border Management and Identity Conference in 2010, this international event has become the largest gathering of National Government Authorities including Immigration, Identity, Border Control, Civil Registration, Customs, Population Management, Justice, Public Security and other agencies with responsibilities in the area of Migration, Border and Identity Management in Asia.

About the Conference

OBJECTIVES The conference and exhibition were founded by IOM and APSCA as an initiative to support improvements in border and identity management, with a focus in the Asia Pacific region. The biennial meeting has a specific focus on fostering identity governance through closer consultation and cooperation between the key stakeholder groups in the identity ecosystem, including:

• Government authorities responsible for border and identity management• International partner organisations and development agencies• World’s leading identity solutions providers• Subject matter experts

The conference is an opportunity for the stakeholders to share information on key developments and continue to define the border and identity management agenda to achieve the stated objectives.

The conference includes an exhibition of latest solutions and technologies to enable government authorities and international partner organisations to enhance border and identity management processes by improving facilitation and strengthening security.

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MIGRATION, MOBILITY AND TRADEIn Asia Pacific and around the world, governments are currently facing a global environment of economic uncertainty. Protectionism and unilateralism are driving import tariffs, slowing international trade and creating negative impacts on economic development, especially of landlocked countries and remote islands.

Now, more than at any other time, the positive outcomes from facilitating international migration flows and expediting human mobility can benefit cross-border trade and economic development.

“International migration and economic development are woven together. Over the long term, each supports the other in a virtuous cycle. Migration is thus one of many forms of development.”Michael A. Clemens, Center for Global Development and IZA Institute of Labour Economics, December 2017

ASIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIESThe combined population of East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia in mid-2019 was 4.24 billion and this is expected to increase by 14% to 4.85 billion by mid-2050¹. As the largest and most populous global region with 30% of the world's land area and 55% of the current population, Asia faces context-specific challenges and undisputable opportunities in facilitating the movement of people and goods.

The need for key stakeholders to work together on defining and developing the border and identity management agenda, through cooperation and capacity building, has never been greater.

1 - Population Reference Bureau - https://www.prb.org/international/geography/asia

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FACILITATION AND SECURITYToday government authorities responsible for border and identity management are facing a growing volume and frequency of temporary and permanent arrivals. Customers requiring improved facilitation include travellers, citizens, migrants or refugees. Simultaneously, governments need to ensure that individuals that could pose a threat to national security should not cross their borders. Following are some of the key issues:

• Border management agencies are facing the same situation (increasing number of travellers, citizens, migrants, refugees and goods to process) and the same challenge: limited resources;

• Time-consuming border crossing processes and trade flows may decrease national competitiveness and lead to negative impacts on economic development;

• Increasing mobility of persons and goods is driving pressure to seek greater efficiencies in facilitating trade and travel flows, while also maintaining high levels of security;

• Temporary arrivals such as business travellers, tourists, students require efficient visa and travel authorisation processing to benefit from the positive impact on economic development;

• Long-stay arrivals, including workers, migrants and refugees, require a whole-of-government approach, including integrated national identity management systems, to facilitate access government and social services;

• For persons: identities need to be managed securely to protect citizens, migrants, refugees and vulnerable women, girls and boys, from organised crime, traffickers, smugglers and terrorists;

• For goods: protecting the supply chain from contraband and actions of commercial fraudsters, as well as protecting citizens from dangerous products are major concerns;

• At the national level, strong political commitment and close co-operation between internal border agencies and identity authorities will drive improved facilitation and security;

• From an international perspective, multilateral agreements between government border authorities and the use of international instruments are crucial to ensure good migration governance, facilitating orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people through planned and well-managed migration policies

Issues to Address

Issues to AddressBORDER CONTROL AND IDENTITY MANAGEMENTEffective identity management is essential to facilitate the legitimate movement of people and goods while maintaining secure borders in these fluid and rapidly changing scenarios.

While border control measures tend to focus on enforcing migration laws, effective identity governance goes beyond borders and aims to provide a fundamental status for individuals moving across borders, creating a robust link between individuals and their legally registered identities, contributing to a more effective implementation of security policies, strategies and responses, while ensuring fundamental rights principles.

A pivotal element of an effective identity management strategy lies also in the capacities of the Government to improve the quality and the accuracy of the biometrics collected from individuals and in making registration as well as verification secure, fast and reliable.

The 6 BMIC provides a creative platform to explore and discuss these issues from the perspective of government authorities and their partners in the international organisations.

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Border management strategies and facilitation schemes that benefit visitors, while increasing the development value from tourism and also limiting potential negative impacts.

Latest developments impacting the range of identity documents which government authorities need to issue to citizens, non-residents, travellers, migrants, refugees and stateless persons.

New initiatives to manage visas electronically and latest thinking on how government authorities can use passports and visa fraud trends to improve border control processes.

The impact on border and identity management of technology developments to improve passengers, baggage and cargo customer experience, as well as reliability and efficiency of services provided.

Use of mobile devices, digital identity and document-less identity schemes for citizens and travellers and the long-term outlook for border and identity authorities to use such new approaches for secure facilitation & identity management.

Conference TopicsSolutions and systems to assist government authorities responsible for managing customs and trade to automate and control their core processes for import, export and transit of goods.

Existing innovative approaches, including distributed ledger, to managing identities with the objective of providing enhanced trust and control over legacy approaches.

Appropriate management of data privacy requirements for Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as biographical and biometric data, used in identity data storage and transactions.

Establishing Evidence of Identity (EoI) based on increasing volumes of data that includes non-sensitive data attributes, to complement decision-making based on biographical and biometric data.

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What people said about the 5 BMIC:

"An incredibly valuable meeting place of key stakeholders discussing topics that matter. One of the highlights of this year."

Stephan HofstetterManaging Partner, SECOIA Executive Consultants

"This conference brings the gap closer between the most advanced countries and the developing countries in terms of utilization of technological advance in the area of border management.”

Shafiqullah ArianDeputy in Civil Affairs, Afghanistan Border Police

"It was an eye-opening event that not only showed what is available currently but also as to what the future trends in identity management are."

Kairangi SamuelaCook Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration

"This event is extremely important for the knowledge of new border identification methodologies, as well as new associated technologies."

ELIAS OLIVEIRA DE AMORIM NETODepartment of Migration, Ministry of Justice, Brazil

"BMIC remains an important date on our agenda. Good mix of presentations, official delegates and Industry get together."

Nicolas JaouenBusiness Development Manager, DSS, Infineon Technologies

BORDER CONTROL AND IDENTITY MANAGEMENTEffective identity management is essential to facilitate the legitimate movement of people and goods while maintaining secure borders in these fluid and rapidly changing scenarios.

While border control measures tend to focus on enforcing migration laws, effective identity governance goes beyond borders and aims to provide a fundamental status for individuals moving across borders, creating a robust link between individuals and their legally registered identities, contributing to a more effective implementation of security policies, strategies and responses, while ensuring fundamental rights principles.

A pivotal element of an effective identity management strategy lies also in the capacities of the Government to improve the quality and the accuracy of the biometrics collected from individuals and in making registration as well as verification secure, fast and reliable.

The 6 BMIC provides a creative platform to explore and discuss these issues from the perspective of government authorities and their partners in the international organisations.

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Workshop 1: Boosting Trade and Tourism without Compromising National Security An exploration of the innovative schemes from international organisations and government authorities in Asia-Pacific, designed to drive the growth of economies by improving and broadening cross-border mobility for frequent business travellers and tourists while maintaining border security requirements.

Workshop 4: Managing Identity of Non-Residents

Case studies and examples of how national identity management schemes can serve the needs of non-residents as well as citizens. This includes enabling bone fide non-residents to access government services and social services while also countering potential opportunities for identity fraud and unauthorised access to services.

Format of the ConferenceThe 6 BMIC CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION offer proven platforms for sharing of information, experiences and new developments in border and identity management from representatives of all stakeholder groups over a full three-day period.

- Conference Official Opening and Plenary Session

- Four Workshops following the Plenary Sessions

- 3-Day Exhibition of Border and Identity Management systems, equipment & document security

- A Forum for networking and information exchange

Workshop 2: Diversified Visa Schemes for Effective Migration Management

Government authorities and international organisations discuss recent case studies of targeted visa initiatives designed to facilitate migration for specific segments of workers and migrants, the security requirements of these initiatives, and whether the outcomes have achieved the planned objectives.

Workshop 3: Expanding Borders through Advanced Travel Authorization SystemsUnderstanding how both facilitation and security can be enhanced by shifting processing to the point of origin. Electronic travel authorisation schemes are being developed to collect pre-departure data to speed up processing and reduce the risk of allowing unwanted people and illicit goods across borders.

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The Radiant Awards are designed to reward end-user organisations that operate public sector identity schemes together with their partners that provide supporting technologies, solutions and integration. The Radiant Awards comprise several awards that recognize vision, creativity, thought leadership, technology innovation, implementation best practices and service delivery for citizens and residents. In 2018, a total of 23 Radiant Awards submissions were received from 16 identity authorities in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Pacific. Following judging and evaluation by a panel of independent identity experts, 12 Radiant Awards were presented to the winning government authorities and their solutions provider partners from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Maldives, Namibia, New Zealand, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong SAR, China.

Contact Us to Learn How to Enter

In 2020, APSCA will be organising the 3 Radiant Awards Ceremony which will be held in conjunction with the 6 BMIC Reception Dinner.

This is an opportunity for identity authorities and their partners from around the world to promote and raise awareness about their achievements in border and identity management.

The Radiant Awards BUT THAT’S NOT ALL!

Check out winners of the 2 Radiant Awards:https://apsca.news/2018RA_winners

email: mounisse.chadli@apsca.org

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For details about the 6 BMIC, registration or the Radiant Awards, please contact us at:

APSCA

Mounisse ChadliBusiness Delevelopment Manager

E: mounisse.chadli@apsca.orgW : www.apsca.org

IOM Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

IOM Secretariat

E: bmcsecretariat@iom.intW : www.iom.int/asia-and-pacific

Download the report from the 5 BMIC:https://apsca.org/The_5th_BMIC_Final_Report.pdf

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