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1st International Symposium onLand and Maritime Border Security and SafetyChallenges and SolutionsOctober 15-19, 2017 Hilton Hotel

Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Organized bySaudi Border Guard

Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Under the patronage of

HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Saud Bin Naif Bin Abdulaziz Al-SaudMinister of Interior, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Scientific Committee

Chairman

Vice Admiral Awwad Eid Al-Aradi Al-BalawiSaudi Border Guard

Co-Chairman

Prof. Abu Nasser KhondakerKing Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Members

Prof. Alaa M. Aoun Al-BarakatiKing Abdulaziz University

Dr. Abdulaziz M. Al-SuwailemKing Abdullah University of Science & Technology

Dr. Abdurrahman Mohammed Al-ArfajKing Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy

Brig. Dr. Ahmed M. M. Al-GhamdiKing Fahd Security College

Col. Dr. Ali MulhimSaudi Border Guard

Captain Engr. Dr. Naif Hamdan Jaber AlharbiMohammad Bin Naif Maritime Academy

Introduction

Protecting our borders from the illegal movement of weapons, drugs, contraband, and people, while also promoting lawful entry and exit, is extremely essential for homeland security. Effective border security promotes economic prosperity, national sovereignty, and a peaceful World, especially today, in a World so plagued with terrorist threats and criminal acts. No nation can be truly safe without border security, because open borders easily lure harmful people and harmful actions, which could severely threaten the residents of the country and even result in the loss of lives. To this end, the Saudi Border Guard, Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has come forward and organized this 1st International Symposium on Land and Maritime Border Security and Safety – Challenges and Solutions under the theme “A Homeland that we don’t protect…we don’t deserve to live in it”.

Objectives

The main objective of this Symposium was to provide a forum for the relevant authorities and global experts to promote knowledge and exchange ideas and information that will enhance land and maritime border security and safety at national, regional, and international levels, focusing on developing counter-piracy strategies.

Major Topics

The Symposium covered a wide range of topics related to the challenges and solutions for land and maritime border security and safety issues at national and international levels including, but not limited, to the following.

• Fundamentals of border security and safety – concepts, challenges and solution approaches at national and global perspectives.

• Security and safety of sea and land ports and protection of critical assets.• Security and safety of land and maritime borders – towards an integrated solution.• National, regional and international cooperation and its effectiveness to enhance border security and

safety – past, present and future. • National and international legislation and law enforcement impacts on border crime management –

experience, assessment and the lessons learned.• The role of integrated technologies and advanced systems in achieving the border security and safety

missions and improving performances. • Management of maritime disasters and coordination of search and rescue (SR).• Focused education and training programs to prepare qualified personnel with enhanced integrity,

efficiency, and experience through gaining scientific and operational skills to face the challenges of border and national security and safety.

• Impacts of border safety and security on socio- economic development.• Any other topic relevant to the wide spectrum of land and maritime border security issues including

terrorism, piracy, smuggling, and other crimes.

1st International Symposium onLand and Maritime

Border Security and SafetyChallenges and Solutions

October 15-19, 2017

Hilton HotelJeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

HIGHLIGHTS

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Symposium Brief

The 1st International Symposium on Land and Maritime Border Security and Safety - Challenges and Solutions was held at the Hilton Hotel, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Araia during 15 to 19 October 2017 under the patronage of HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Minister of Interior, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Border Guard organized this event.

The Symposium was attended by 44 speakers from 14 countries, including representatives from governmental institutions, experts, scientists, academicians, and other key players pertinent to security and safety of land and maritime borders. The presented scientific papers covered a wide spectrum of very important topics related to security and safety of borders, and highlighted the experiences of some countries in land and maritime security and safety. The symposium also included an exhibition featuring 79 booths displayed by 34 specialized agencies and companies from 9 countries. An exercise was conducted by the members of the Saudi Border Guard that featured 5 drills related to land and maritime security.

More than 500 delegates and participants including a number of commandants and officials of border and coast guards from 17 countries were in attendance.

1st International Symposium on Land and Maritime Border Security and Safety - Challenges and Solutions: Highlights

A brief on the technical sessions covering a wide spectrum of topics pertinent to the theme of the symposium follows.

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Technical Sessions Summary

Day 2 Monday October 16, 2017

Technical Session 01 Chair: Dr. Abdulaziz A. Al-Ohali

1st Speaker: Vice Admiral Awwad Eid Al-Aradi Al-Balawi, Director General of Saudi Border Guard, Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Topic: Saudi Border Guard within an Integrated Borders Prospect

2nd Speaker: Vice Admiral Charles Ray, Deputy Commandant for Operations of US Coast GuardTopic: General speech on the Border Security and Safety

3rd Speaker: Lieutenant General Jürgen Schubert, Vice President of the German Federal PoliceTopic: Challenge for a Modern Border Police Organization

Technical Session 02 Chair: Vice Admiral Awwad Eid Al-Aradi Al-Balawi

1st Speaker: Kiruja Micheni, Maritime Safety Division, International Maritime OrganizationTopic: The Revised Code of Conduct Concerning the Repression of Piracy, Armed Robbery Against

Ships, and other Illicit Maritime Activity in the Western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden Area

2nd Speaker: Mohd Majde Qabil, Al-Yamamah University, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaTopic: The Role of the Operations Research Center in Establishing National Security and Border

Security

3rd Speaker: Misfir Bin Hasan Misfr Alqahtani, Ministry of Interior, King Fahd Security College, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Topic: Legal Policy to Protect the Security of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from Crimes of Human Trafficking across National Borders

4th Speaker: Khalid Mifrah Alghamdi, Mohammed bin Nayef Academy for Maritime Science and Security Studies, Jeddah, Saudi Border Guard, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Topic: Saudi Border Guards’ Efforts to Combat Drugs by Sea

Technical Session 03 Chair: Mr. Kiruja Micheni

1st Speaker: Asha-Rose Migiro, Ambassador, Tanzania Embassy in London, United KingdomTopic: Maritime Safety and Security in Tanzania: Challenges and Opportunities

2nd Speaker: Chris Ashcroft and D Bence, PCA Maritime Limited, United KingdomTopic: Mine Threats – Protecting the Maritime Boundary

3rd Speaker: Abdulrahman Saleh Alghamdi and Mohab Abou-Elkawam, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom

Topic: Piracy Deterrence in North-East Africa and South-East Asia

4th Speaker: Olivier Yvon, Airbus Defence and Space Saudi Limited, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaTopic: Blue Border Security

Technical Session 04 Chair: Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro

1st Speaker: Akram M. El-Antably, King Abdulaziz University, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaTopic: Measurement of the Gap between the Current Capabilities of the Port and the Requirements

of Activating the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code


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2nd Speaker: Bohenya Qawi, University of Ouargla, AlgeriaTopic: Securing Borders from Security Threats: A Study of Experiences in the Preparation of Crisis

Management System in Combating Hard and Soft Threats

3rd Speaker: Samir A.M. Mahdaly, College of Maritime Transport and Technology, Arab Academy for Science Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Alexandria, Egypt

Topic: Lessons Learned from SAR Operation of Egyptian Ferry Bella

Day 3 Tuesday October 17, 2017

Technical Session 05 Chair: Dr. Requia Silmane Aouachria

1st Speaker: Norhasliza Mat Salleh, National Security Council, Prime Minister’s Department, MalaysiaTopic: Management of Maritime Security in the World’s Busiest Shipping Lanes – Straits of Malacca

2nd Speaker: Jyrki Suomala, Laurea University of Applied Sciences, FinlandTopic: The Brain and Border Security

3rd Speaker: Mayada Mostafa Mohamed Almahroqi, Arab East Colleges, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaTopic: Law Enforcement Mechanisms and their Impact on the Reduction of the Crime of Maritime

Piracy at the Regional and International Levels

4th Speaker: Nahed Mohamed Riyadh Elsayed Hashish, National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Egypt

Topic: The Role of Telecommunications in Enhancing the Safety of Maritime Navigation

Technical Session 06 Chair: Brig. Dr. Ahmed Messfer Alghamdi

1st Speaker: Rebhi Hassene, Tunisian Coast Guard, and Makhlouf Mondher - Mohammed bin Nayef Academy for Maritime Science and Security Studies, Jeddah, Saudi Border Guard, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Topic: Advanced Technologies for Maritime Border Security

2nd Speaker: Ahmed M. Bassyouni, Archen Engineering Consultants, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaTopic: A Mobile 4D Imaging Radar System Network for Maximum Land and Maritime Border Security

3rd Speaker: Khalid Raed Al-dhubhani1, Waleed Al Shehri1, Rashid Mehmood1, Iyad Katib1, Abdullah Algarni1 and Saleh Altowaijri2, 1King Abdulaziz University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2Northern Border University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Topic: Smarter Border Security: A Technology Perspective

4th Speaker: O. S. D. Alshamrani and M. Saleem, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Topic: Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Surveillance and Security of Border Areas and Cities

Technical Session 07 Chair: Capt. Abdulwahab Al-Dewani

1st Speaker: Philippe Buffe de Mornas, President, Keys for Seas, FranceTopic: Africa’s Maritime Strategy: A New Vision for the African Union?

2nd Speaker: Adel Ebada, College of Maritime Transport and Technology, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Alexandria, Egypt

Topic: Simulators Enhance Maritime Disasters Minimization and Optimal Management

3rd Speaker: Abd Elkhalik Kamal Eldin Soliman Selmy, College of Maritime Transport and Technology, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Alexandria, Egypt

Topic: Integrated MOB Search and Rescue System (IMOB - SARS) – An Overview


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4th Speaker: Fayez Faisal Salm Alsherif, Mohammed bin Nayef Academy for Maritime Science and Security Studies, Jeddah, Saudi Border Guard, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Topic: The Impact of Geopolitical Changes in Prioritizing the Strategic Plan of the Mohammed bin Nayef Academy for Science, Security and Maritime Studies

Technical Session 08 Chair: Colonel Dr. Ali Al-Molhim

1st Speaker: Reguia Silmane Aouachria, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Batna1, Algeria

Topic: International Efforts to Combat the Crime of Smuggling of Migrants: An Evaluation Study of the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air 2000

2nd Speaker: Saif Aldeen Ali Mahdi, Northern Border University, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaTopic: Border Security is a Gateway to Economic and Social Development

3rd Speaker: Miloud Abdul-rahman Benatik Abu Ammar, University of Mundipolis Casablanca, MoroccoTopic: The Need of the Border Areas to Promote Citizenship among its Residents through

Rehabilitation according to Local Integrated Programs with a National Dimension: A Proposal for a Program of Work

Day 4 Wednesday October 18, 2017

Technical Session 09 Chair: Prof. Bohenya Qawi

1st Speaker: Abdulghafar Afifi Aldewiq, Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Topic: Towards an Arab Strategic Vision to Combat Maritime Terrorism

2nd Speaker: Hesham M. Helal and Osama I. Hassan, College of Maritime Transport and Technology, Arab Academy for Science Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Alexandria, Egypt

Topic: Maritime Surveillance: An Integral Part of Maritime Security

3rd Speaker: Mohamed M. Abdel Fattah, College of Maritime Transport and Technology, Arab Academy for Science Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Alexandria, Egypt

Topic: The Role of International and National Legislations in Enhancing the Maritime Security of Port Facilities

4th Speaker: Stephen Bryan Robson, PCA Maritime Limited, United KingdomTopic: Maritime Boarding Operations - Protecting the Maritime Boundary

Technical Session 10 Chair: Dr. Mohammed Koman

1st Speaker: Abul Hossain, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), BangladeshTopic: National, Regional and International Cooperation and Its Effectiveness to Enhance Border

Security and Safety: Past, Present, and Future

2nd Speaker: Mohamed Yoseuf Taha and Ali Khalid Bebrs, College of Maritime Transport and Technology, Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Alexandria, Egypt

Topic: Control and Management of Maritime Borders “The Experience of European Border Guards and Coasts”

3rd Speaker: Hannah Shirley and David Fairclough, Home Office, Immigration Enforcement, United Kingdom

Topic: Tackling the Key Threats to the United Kingdom


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4th Speaker: Shaye Bin Khalid Alqahtani, Saudi Border Guard, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaTopic: Strategic Vision for Training Development to Meet the Contemporary Security Challenges of

Border Security and Safety

Technical Session 11 Chair: Prof. Abu Nasser Khondaker

1st Speaker: C. L. Broennimann and G.G. Stigmer, Alakhdar, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaTopic: Integrated Border Management (IBM)

2nd Speaker: Sameh K.Rashed and Zouheir Badawi, College of Maritime Transport and Technology, Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Alexandria, Egypt

Topic: Toward More Effective and Reliable Maritime Border Control

3rd Speaker: Said Lavani, National Agency of Maritime Affairs in ComorosTopic: Sharing of Information on Land and Maritime Border Security and Safety

4th Speaker: S. Altowaijri, M. Ayari, and Y. El-Touati, Northern Border University, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaTopic: On the Use of Multi-Sensor Technology for Improving Soldiers’ Safety and Saudi Border

Security

Day 5 Thursday October 19, 2017

Technical Session 12 Chair: Norhasliza Mat Salleh

1st Speaker: Saeed Saud Al-Hagri, General Directorate of Training, Saudi Border Guard, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Topic: The Role of Training in Developing the Skills of Border Guards Working in the Security Force of Land Ports

2nd Speaker: Saleh Mesbah Alqafas and Abdulwahab Ali Kamel, College of Maritime Transport and Technology, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Alexandria, Egypt

Topic: The Use of Unmanned Aircraft and Geographic Information Systems to Secure Border Security

3rd Speaker: Yousuf Saeed Saad Alazmi, General Directorate of Land Border Security (Southern Border Management), Kuwait

Topic: Land and Maritime Border Security and Safety


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Panel Discussion and RecommendationsA ten-member panel consisting of following selected speakers, specialists, and members of the

scientific committee was formed for the panel discussions on the 5th day of the symposium.

ChairmanVice Admiral Awwad Eid Al-Aradi Al-Balawi

Co-ChairmanProf. Abu Nasser Khondaker

MembersProf. Alaa M. Aoun Al-Barakati Col. Dr. Ali Al-Mulhim Dr. Asha-Rose MIGIRO Mrs. Norhasliza Mat Salleh Dr. Requia Selmane Aouachria Mrs. Hannah Shirley Prof. Bohenya Qawi Mrs. Mayada Mostafa Mohamed Almahroqi

All suggestions and recommendations of the panel and the speakers were discussed and reviewed in an open forum for about an hour. Based on the discussions by the panel and the attendees, the final statements and recommendations of the symposium were prepared.

At the conclusion of the symposium, the participants agreed upon the following recommenda-tions.

1- Establishment of an International Land and Maritime Border Security and Safety Forum (LMBSSF) to enhance border security and safety through collaboration among countries and better integration of efforts towards a more peaceful world.

2- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia should play the leading role as the Coordinator/Chairman of the LMBSSF up to the next Symposium, which is expected to be held within the next two years.

3- Preliminary Charter Outline for the LMBSSF

a) Communicate the recommendations of the symposium to participating countries and to the wider international communities.

b) Establish and maintain regular contact with the relevant authorities of countries.

c) Arrange periodic Forum Meetings among countries and involving experts and stakeholders to develop a detailed Charter for the Forum, which should include, but not limited, to the necessary cooperation and coordination, co-sharing of knowledge and experience, training, and development and implementation of appropriate research programs focusing on various security and safety issues related to land and maritime borders.

d) Initiate arrangements for the next episode of the Symposium.

4- Urge for better coordination of capacity building programs, including training of trainers.

5- Encourage countries to share information to effectively combat transnational and organized crimes.

6- Urge countries to implement regional and international instruments that address illegal acts affecting land and maritime border security.


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7- Urge countries to focus on the economic development of border areas and encourage participation of local communities to contribute to land and maritime border security.

8- Encourage all the countries to cooperate in scientific research to enhance border safety and security, including the security and safety of border guard personnel.

9- Conduct the Second International Symposium on Land and Maritime Border Security and Safety within the next two years.

In conclusion, the participants expressed their sincere appreciation and gratitude to the Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques, HRH The Crown Prince, and HRH The Minister of Interior for their unswerving support to achieve regional and international security and stability, and extended their thankfulness to the Saudi Border Guard for the generous hospitality and valuable contribution to the success of the Symposium.

Any success is granted by Allah.


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Correspondence

Vice Admiral Awwad Eid Al-Aradi Al-BalawiSymposium ChairmanDirector General, Saudi Border GuardMinistry of InteriorRiyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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