Security and Facilitation

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Security and Facilitation

Mr. Fahad Dabsan Al Qahtani
Director of Security and Facilitation Department

Functions of the Department:

Develop the overall strategy for security programs for aerodromes and civil aviation, and its implementation procedures, in coordination with security authorities and concerned bodies, and supervise compliance with established security measures.
Propose the overall strategy of aerodrome facilities, prepare the national programme for air transport facilitation and update it.
Coordinate with security authorities regarding enforcement of international conventions related to the protection of civil aviation from acts of unlawful interference.
Coordinate with all competent units and authorities in the State, to implement the obligations imposed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) regarding security and facilitations.
Undertake all actions to establish the required bases to achieve cooperation with all administrative units of the Authority related to security and facilitation.
Develop the regulations, decisions and procedures that aim at enforcing laws and legislations related to security and facilitations.
Undertake required actions to raise awareness on national regulations and international rules related to air transportation facilities.
Implement quality control programmes to ensure the achievement of national civil aviation security programme and national air transport facilitation programme.
Undertake practical measures necessary to ensure the arrival and departure of aircraft, passengers, flight crew, baggage, mail, cargo and other materials without hindrances and remove any existing hindrance thereof.
Investigate any violations of the national programmes of civil aviation security and national air transport facilitation programme, specify responsibilities and take all required actions based on the findings of the investigations.
Undertake regular review and evaluation of national civil aviation security programme and national air transport facilitation programme.
Prepare reports on deviations from internationally adopted aviation security-related standards.
Conduct security surveys to identify security measures required by the national civil aviation security programme.
Develop security standards through requirements and approvals according to security programmes submitted by bodies working in different civil aviation fields.
Participate in national, regional and international meetings and conferences and ICAO activities and hold awareness forums on national regulations and international rules related to aviation security and facilitation.

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