APEC Land IS-CAP Project Overview

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APEC Land IS-CAPProject Overview

• Samuel C. Custodio
• Transport and Traffic Planners Planners, Inc.

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Background of the Project

• Within the overall objectives of APEC
• Achieve the liberalization of transport services
  and enhance the safety and security of APEC
  transport systems to encourage economic
  development in the Asia-Pacific region

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Background of the Project

• 4th Transport Ministers Meeting in Bali,
  Indonesia, 27-29 July 2004
• Recognized that transnational organized crimes
  are increasingly posing threats to transport
  security.
• Prioritized the improvement of transport security
  and safety in the region, implement goals of the
  Leaders Statement on Counter-Terrorism

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Background of the Project

• Transport Ministers Meeting in Tokyo, Japan, in
  January 2006
• Upheld the need to address rail and mass transit
  security issues
• Facilitate the sharing of best practices and
  enhanced global cooperation in passenger
  land/rail transport security

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Background of the Project

• Present Situation
• No international organization for public
  land/rail transport that acts as a regulatory
  body or clearing house for internationally
  accepted standards and guidelines
• Individual economies made their own initiatives
  to address land/rail transport security threats
• Identify vulnerabilities and mitigating measures

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Background of the Project

• Course of Action
• International collaboration is needed to address
  threats and identify best mitigation strategies
• Member economies would benefit from sharing of
  ideas that would eventually lead to a set of
  guidelines or principles when assessing land/rail
  transport security and safety risks and threats

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Background of the Project

• The Philippines proposed the Land-ISCAP in 2005
  to draw up and design a set of Terms of Reference
  Rules of Engagement, establish an Advocacy
  Campaign to refocus the culture of Public Land
  Transport Commuters and enhance their vigilance
  awareness on pro-active security program plan of
  actions against terrorism, particularly in Public
  Land Transport Critical and Strategic
  Infrastructures and Services (PLT-CSIS)

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Background of the Project

• Short-term
• Environmental Scanning, SWOT Analysis and
  identification of specific Public Land Transport
  Critical and Strategic Infrastructures and
  Services.
• Dialogues, Consultations and Seminar Workshops
  with APEC-wide identified stakeholders
  (Government Agency Representatives, Commuter
  Representatives, Transport Associations, NGOs/POs
  and other advocates) to draw up a comprehensive
  and codified Terms of Reference (TOR) and Rules
  of Engagements (REs) in PLT-CSIS.

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Background of the Project

• Short-term
• Advocacy Campaign, including sloganeering and
  communications planning, printing and
  distribution of materials on TOR REs on
  PLT-CSIS.
• Policy formulation on infrastructure and facility
  spatial readjustments and security requirements.
• Value Formation, Re-orientation and Re-tooling on
  Commuter Culture relative to security of PLT-CSIS.

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Background of the Project

• Medium and Long-term
• Incorporate the codified TOR and REs under the
  Land Transport Action Plans
• Basis and inputs to Legislative Agenda on
  Counter-Terrorism
• Inputs to Best Practices and Implementation as a
  precursor to APEC-wide and/or International Land
  Transportation Safety and Security Standards.

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Background of the Project

• Project was approved for funding in 2007
• Project ID TPT05-2007
• Project Overseer
• Usec. Cecilio R. Penilla
• Office for Transportation Security
• Department of Transportation and
  Communications
• Project Consultant
• Transport and Traffic Planners (TTPI) Inc.

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Objectives of the Project

• Evaluate existing public land/rail transport
  security mitigation measures
• Draw up and design a set of Terms of Reference
  and Rules of Engagement
• Establish an Advocacy Campaign to refocus the
  culture of public land/rail transport commuters
  and enhance their vigilance and awareness on
  pro-active security programs against terrorism

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Expected Outputs of the Study

• 1. Conceptual Framework, Work Outline, General
  Guidelines and Work and Financial Plan for
• Environmental scanning, SWOT Analysis and
  identification of Public Land Transport Critical
  and Strategic Infrastructure and Services
  (PLT-CSIS)
• Dialogues, Consultations and Seminar Workshops
  with stakeholders to draw up TORs and REs in
  PLT-CSIS

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Expected Outputs of the Study

• 1. Conceptual Framework, Work Outline, General
  Guidelines and Work and Financial Plan for
• Advocacy Campaign, including sloganeering and
  communications planning, printing and
  distribution of materials on TORs and REs on
  PLT-CSIS
• Policy formulation on infrastructure and facility
  spatial requirements and Value Formation,
  Re-orientation and Re-tooling

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Expected Outputs of the Study

• 2. Identification of the gaps of current
  land/rail transport security mitigation measures
  on existing PLT-CSIS in all APEC economies
• 3. Appropriate survey forms/ questionnaires and
  coordinative mechanisms and instruments for
  essential and relevant information exchange

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Expected Outputs of the Study

• 4. Summary of responses to the Survey
• 5. Preliminary meeting (teleconference) - deleted
• 6. Two-day Plenary Conference
• 7. Policy Guidelines on PLT-CSIS
• 8. Publication and dissemination of the Policy
  Guidelines on PLT-CSIS

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Development of the Protocol

• Meaning of Protocol
• Code of Conduct
• Rules of Engagement
• Etiquette
• Accepted Procedures
• Set of Rules on Relationships
• Equivalent of Protocols for Air Transport and
  Maritime Transport

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Development of the Protocol

• Meaning of International
• International Land Transport in the same way that
  the Protocols for Air Transport and Maritime
  Transport are for international transport?
• International in the sense that the best
  practices come from different countries.

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First Draft of the Protocol

• Format was patterned after the air security
  protocol
• Uses the imperative word shall

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First Draft of the Protocol

• Composed of Six (6) Chapters
• Chapter 1 - General Principles
• Objectives
• Security and Facilitation
• International Cooperation
• Equipment, Research and Development
• Chapter 2 Definitions

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First Draft of the Protocol

• Composed of Six (6) Chapters
• Chapter 3 Organization
• National Organization and Appropriate Authority
• Land Transport Facility Operations
• Land Transport Vehicle Operators
• Quality Control

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First Draft of the Protocol

• Composed of Six (6) Chapters
• Chapter 4 Preventive Security Measures
• Objectives
• Measures Relating to Land Transport Vehicle
• Measures Relating to Passengers and Their Cabin
  Baggage
• Measures Relating to Compartment Baggage
• Measures Relating to Cargoes, Mail and Other
  Goods
• Measures Relating to Access Control

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First Draft of the Protocol

• Composed of Six (6) Chapters
• Chapter 5 Management of Measures to Secure and
  Protect Land Transport System
• Prevention
• Response
• Exchange of Information and Reporting
• Chapter 6 - Commuters Awareness and Advocacy
  Programme
• Objective
• Programme

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First Draft of the Protocol

• GENERAL PRINCIPLES
• Objectives
• Each Participating Economy shall have as its
  primary objective the safety, security and
  protection of the whole land transport system,
  viz., passengers, crew, ground personnel, the
  general public, goods, vehicle, infrastructure
  and information.

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Comments Received

• Give focus on intelligence gathering and
  deterrence
• Structure of APEC documents are not mandatory

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Latest Draft of the Protocol

• Avoids the use of imperative shall on the APEC
  economy
• Contains guiding principles
• Provides examples of best practices at the end of
  each relevant chapter, for consideration of APEC
  economies (contained in the Appendices, one
  Appendix per APEC economy)

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Latest Draft of the Protocol

• Composed of Six (6) Chapters
• Chapter 1 General
• Introduction
• Objectives
• Functional Principles
• Chapter 2 - Definitions

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Latest Draft of the Protocol

• Composed of Six (6) Chapters
• Chapter 3 Organization
• National Organization and Appropriate Authority
• Land Transport Facility Operations
• Land Transport Vehicle Operations
• Quality Control
• Chapter 4 Preventative Security Measures

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Latest Draft of the Protocol

• Composed of Six (6) Chapters
• Chapter 5 - Management of Measures to Secure and
  Protect Land Transport System
• Deterrence and Prevention
• Response
• Chapter 6 - Commuters Awareness and Advocacy
  Programme
• Rationale
• Programme
• Intra- and International Cooperation

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