Border Security and Management

Process in Transformation

Background• German Police Service – 36 years of service• 18 years service within the Border Police• Since 1998 working for international organisations

UN, UNODC, UNCTC, OSCE, EU, European Commission

• Ministry for Foreign Affairs www.zif-berlin.org • www.border21.com

Work Experience• South East Europe• East Europe• The Caucasus• Central Asian countries• Middle East• Turkey• Afghanistan

1st ExerciseDuring the last 10 to 20 years…

• Which crises did affect BSM issues? • What kind of crises did affect BSM?

Border Management – Process in Transformation

• Fall of the Iron Curtain• Collapse of Ex-Yugoslavia• Formation of the European Union (Schengen)• 9/11• Afghanistan, Middle East, Libya, Syria• Migration and refugees• Transnational terrorism• Other transnational threats

Various forms of Border Security and Management

are..

Border Security and Management

• Integrated Border Management• Cooperative Border Management• Strategies and Action Plans to fight TNT and

transnational terrorism• Other forms of Border Security and

Management

Integrated Border Management

Key principles

Key players

Other actors

Elements

Tools

3rd Exercise

Which areas are most important and relevant regarding Border Security and Management?

IBM Key Principles

3 Pillars of IBM

1 - Intra-agency cooperation

2 - Inter-agency cooperation

3 - International cooperation

Issues of special concern (TNT, CT)

Strategies and Action Plans

Evaluation and monitoring

Intra-, Inter- & International cooperation

• Legal and regulatory framework• Institutional framework• Procedures• HR Management• Education and training• Communication and information exchange• Infrastructure and technical equipment

4th Exercise

Who are the key players relevant to Border Security and Management?

Key Players in Border Security and Management

• Ministry of Interior• Ministry for Foreign Affairs• Other key ministries• Border Police – Border Guards• Customs Service• Phyto-sanitary and Veterinary Service• Immigration service

Key Players in Border Security and Management

• Counter Terrorism agencies• Intelligence agencies• Other law enforcement agencies• Sensitive infra structure• Other stakeholders

Elements

• IBM Strategy and Action Plan• Visa, Asylum and Migration• Special areas of concern (Counter Terrorism, TNT)• Data Protection• Risk Analysis• Evaluation and Monitoring

5th Exercise

What are the tools relevant to Border Security and Management?

Tools• Risk analysis and risk management• Controlling• Inter-ministerial and inter-departmental

cooperation• Cooperation with other actors in the field of

Border Security and Management• Common platforms for communication (OSCE

NFP network)

Tools• Cross-border cooperation• Information exchange• Joint BCP’s (one stop shop) • Common border surveillance responsibilities• Joint operations (fight against terrorism)• Joint training activities• Co-ordinated work flow at BCP’s • Public Private Partnership initiatives

Tools• Co-ordinated work flow at BCP’s • Liaison officers• Common BCC• Regional ToT• Public Private Partnership initiatives (non state

actors, carriers, operators, public)

Other actors• UNCTC, CTITF, UNRCCA• ICAO (specialised UN agency) • International BSM initiatives (BOMCA, EUBAM)• Interpol (LSTD data base)• International organisations (IOM,UNHCR,

ICMPD)• International training centres (OSCE BMSC)• Public Private Partnership initiatives

Problematic areas

• 3 Dimensions Land, Air, Sea

Entry vs. Exit control• 4th Dimension Cyber Space• Border demarcation• Identification of common interests, shared values• Cross-border cooperation• Exchange of information• Partnership

Transnational Threats (TNT)- TNT – What is it about?- Definition- Relation OC – TNT - TNT – transnational terrorism- Terrorism is TNT- Comparative study- TNT potentials of the last two decades

Strategic Security Management

• United Nations (192 MS)• European Union (28 MS)• OSCE (57 MS)• G 7 (G 8)• G 20• CIS• International Organisations

„The freedom of man lies not in that he can do what he wants, but that he did not have to do what he does not want.“

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778