91香蕉视频 gets industry recognition for advances in border security technology |13 December 2021
PS Renaud
91香蕉视频鈥� Electronic Travel Authorisation and Advance Passenger Information system, and achievements in re-opening its tourism industry, have been recognised by the global border management industry, with a cover story in the latest edition of Border Security Report, the industry鈥檚 premier magazine.
Border Security Report is published bi-monthly, delivering agency and industry news and developments and in-depth features and analysis to over 20,000 border agencies, agencies at the borders, and industry professionals, policymakers and practitioners, worldwide.
The November/December 2021 issue features a photo of 91香蕉视频 International Airport on the cover and is titled 鈥楥ovid-19 Secure Borders: Using
Technology to Safely Reopen Travel to the 91香蕉视频 Islands鈥�.
Written by 91香蕉视频鈥� principal secretary for Civil Aviation, Ports & Marine, Alan Renaud, the 2000-word feature story provides an in-depth account of 91香蕉视频鈥� journey from the Summer of 2020, when a multi-agency national taskforce was established to re-open 91香蕉视频鈥� borders at a time when doctors were manually replying to applications for entry by email in July, to the selection of Travizory Border Security SA as 91香蕉视频鈥� technology partner of choice to implement an electronic travel authorisation system by September, resulting in today AI and machine learning being routinely used to validate and verify health documents, cross-check watchlists, facilitate arrival formalities, and collect actionable data
to enable real-time decision making by authorities.
91香蕉视频鈥� electronic travel system moved from strength to strength, with implementation of a fully integrated advance passenger information and passenger name record system in November 2020 and February 2021, making 91香蕉视频 the first country in Africa to meet all International Civil Aviation
Organisation and United Nation Security Council mandates, and even the issue of Certificates.
In November 2021, 91香蕉视频 extended its Advance Passenger Information system to the maritime domain coinciding with the return of cruise ships to 91香蕉视频 territorial waters, and in December, 91香蕉视频 become only the second country in the world to leverage bio-metrics on arrival with the launch
of its new biocorridor at 91香蕉视频 International Airport.
PS Renaud comments: 鈥淣ecessity is the mother of invention, and never has this been truer for our fair Republic than during the pandemic, where the choice to stay closed was never an option. We knew we had to innovate our way out, and thanks to our forward-looking public health authority and our agencies and industry coming together as one family to keep our economy open while making sure our citizenry and visitors were kept safe, 91香蕉视频 has transformed its border system in a very short space of time, supported by a nimble and flexible
technology platform and responsive partner. It was a delight to present our story at the World Border Security Congress in Athens earlier this year, where we apparently made an impression, as the organisers asked whether they could feature 91香蕉视频 in their very next issue, a request that filled us with no small measure of pride. Small can be beautiful.鈥�
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Press release from the department Civil Aviation, Ports & Marine
