The World Border Organization - BORDERPOL® is a 21st Century global border security body dedicated to making international borders smarter and safer. Recognizing the need for the establishment of a global home to over 1000 border related services BORDERPOL was officially registered in March 2003 as a non profit international association with Headquarters in Canada. It's primary mission is to represent the interests of and to facilitate co-operation among progressive national border services and related agencies in order to establish and operate border systems that effectively protect and efficiently connect the international community. Today representatives from border and police services from eleven countries, public organizations and many outstanding experts and leaders in border management are members or observers of BORDERPOL. They recognize the value of being a part of a new global institution that complements existing intergovernmental organizations which only possess peripheral mandates in matters related to border security and management.
BORDERPOL is managed by an Administrative Council which is built on two pillars of support.
Pillar One: Representatives of recognized international and national public organizations or government border management bodies may join BORDERPOL and formally become a member of the strategy development forum known as the Borderpol Exploratory Committee (BEC). This non constituted body provides strategic management and oversight support to BORDERPOL. Membership is by invitation only.
Pillar Two: Individuals, border issue enthusiasts, and industry representatives may join the Technical Committee. This non voting group provides opportunities for it members to network and participate in various BORDERPOL initiatives. Membership is free.
To learn more about BORDERPOL download the document "About Us".
L' organisation mondiale des frontières BORDERPOL, est un organisme qui englobe tous les aspects de la sécurité frontalière du 21éme siècle avec pour principal objectif le franchissement des frontières plus sur et plus fonctionnel. BORDERPOL répond au besoin d'une structure globale de regroupement pour plus d'un millier de services qui interviennent sur les frontières du monde entier. Association internationale sans but lucratif, BORDERPOL est enregistrée depuis 2003 au Canada où elle a établi son siège international. La mission prioritaire de cette association est de représenter les intérêts de tous les services "dynamiques" qui interviennent aux frontières nationales, d'encourager une coopération mutuelle afin d'établir et de faire fonctionner des systèmes transfrontaliers qui protégent de manière plus efficace tout en améliorant les relations au sein de la communauté internationale. Aujourd'hui, les représentants de services frontaliers et de services de police de onze pays, des organisations publiques, de nombreux experts de haut niveau et des cadres de la gestion des flux transfrontaliers sont devenus membres adhérents ou observateurs de l'organisation. Ils ont le sentiment d'appartenir à une nouvelle institution générale qui complète les organisations inter-gouvernementales existantes qui en fait ne possèdent que des mandats partiels en ce qui concerne la sécurité et la gestion des flux transfrontaliers.
BORDERPOL dirigé par un conseil d'administration repose sur deux pilliers de soutien: Le premier pillier: Les représentants d'organisations publiques internationales ou nationales ou ceux de directions de la fonction publiques peuvent rejoindre BORDERPOL en devenant membre du forum de développement stratégique plus connu sous le nom de Comité Exploratoire de Borderpol (B.E.C en anglais); Ce corps non constitué est en fait une direction stratégique de gestion et de contrôle de BORDERPOL.L'adhésion s'y effectue par invitation seulement.
Le deuxième pillier: les particuliers, tous ceux qui sont passionnés par les problèmes de frontières et les représentants de l'industrie sont invités à rejoindre le comité technique. Ce groupe sans droit de vote, offre aux adhérents la possibilité d'appartenir à un réseau et de participer ainsi aux projets initiés par BORDERPOL (y compris des missions d'assistance et de conseils). L'adhésion y est gratuite.
Pour en savoir plus sur Borderpol, télécharger le document "Qui sommes nous ?"
News and Notices
NEW NOTICE 06/05/2008: WORLD BORDER Management CONFERENCE Preparations are being made by WBO-Borderpol to host the first annual World Border Management Conference in March 2009. This meeting will for the first time bring together the top leadership of worlds most important and influential border security and border management organizations. Open debate, focused discussions and top tier networking will be guaranteed along with the best tradition of cooperation and communication within the framework of the worlds only organization dedicated to border issues - BORDERPOL. For more information on how you can attend WBMC/2009 contact the Executive Director at +1.416.352.6105.
NOTICE 26/02/2008: BORDERPOL MAGAZINE A successor to the highly successful Borderpol Journal has been re-launched. The commercial trade and information magazine will be published independently by Cava Media (UK) under the Editorial supervision of Borderpol. For subscription information please contact Cava Media Ltd. Surrey Hills Business Park, Sheephouse Lane, Dorking RH5 6QH United Kingdom. Or visit www.borderpoljournal.com for further details.
NOTICE 29/02/2008 : EUROPEAN SECRETARIAT OFFICE UPDATE The Secretariat is pleased to announce the reopening of the office of the European Secretariat in Budapest, Hungary. Details concerning telephone and address details are available from the Secretariat.
NEW NOTICE 06/05/2008: BORDERPOL 24/7 VOICE/FAX MESSAGE SYSTEM This program will be operational until further notice. Fax and voice mail messages may be sent to WBO-Borderpol Secretariat 24/7 from the Americas at +1.416.352.6105 and from Europe, Africa and Asia at +44.870.132.6964
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Cooperation, consultation and those pesky visa rules……
I recently was asked what I thought about the issue of the continued imposition of visas on certain European Union countries by the United States or Canada.This policy is viewed by some EU leaders as totally unacceptable because in their view all EU member states must be treated equally on this issue.
Clearly the no borders policy internally within the EU serves the single market approach very well and underpins what is in fact the fortress Europe program. However it is not a concept that exports very well to non EU countries as a viable border management policy.
For the rest of this story download the March Blog
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What This Blog Is Not
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