ICBWG

We live in a time of incredible technological innovation and digitization.  Many aspects of our daily lives have been successfully digitized.  Take the way we exchange and spend money. Though there was a time when we hid cash in our…
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With ICAO Digital Travel Credentials (DTCs) we can present identity data using devices like smartphones and the provision and verification of data remotely. They bring more efficient ways to present data as possibilities for checks to be…
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We’re often recognized at ICAO for our No Country Left Behind (NCLB) initiative and efforts to assist all States, regardless of size or capacity, in implementing ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs). SARPs are the technical…
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The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on the ICAO Traveller Identification Program (TRIP) is supported by two working groups with complimentary roles: the Implementation and Capacity Building Working Group (ICBWG) and the New Technologies…
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There was no playbook for how to respond to a global pandemic. For more than two years, the world was in a crisis. Issuing authorities saw a huge reduction in applications for travel documents as COVID-19 reduced international travel from…
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Tēnā koutou katoa Ko kaiwhakahaere matua o Kāwai ki te Iwi, Te Tari Taiwhenua. Ko Maria Robertson ahau When I spoke at David’s funeral in December 2021 I told those who were gathered that I always thought he would speak at my…
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ICAO is committed to working with Member States to establish standards, specifications and best practices in all machine readable travel document (MRTD) related areas. Through our Traveller Identification Programme (TRIP) Strategy, ICAO…
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