PROGRAMME & ASSISTANCE OBJECTIVES

ICAO’s task is to establish standards and recommended practices, to achieve the promotion of harmonized procedures, which allow for global interoperability and facilitation. However, ICAO is not a certifier entity for products or processes, and therefore, each State implements ICAO’s standards in the way that it appears to be most adequate, bearing in mind the State’s own resources and available technology.

Nevertheless, to assist States on the implementation of the referred standards, especially regarding passport and other travel documents issuance, ICAO has brought to action a program which is expected to help States to determine needs and to accommodate resources as well as required assistance through co-operation agreements with other States and organizations.

The main objectives of the UIMRTD are:

     1. Establish the present situation of those States that have not implemented MRTDs and;

     2. Propose and recommend mechanisms for increasing security in the MRTD and its issuance and control processes according to ICAO standards.