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2008-03-23:
Declaration of Intent Between the Department of Public Safety and
Emergency Preparedness of Canada and the Ministry of Public Security of
the Government of the State of Israel
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Declaration of Intent Between the Department of Public Safety
and Emergency Preparedness of Canada and the Ministry of Public Security
of the Government of the State of Israel
The Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness of
Canada and the Ministry of Public Security of the Government of the
State of Israel, declare their intent:
- To prioritize and manage cooperation in the following areas within the responsibility of the Ministries:
- Border management and security, including biometric applications;
- Correctional services and prisons;
- Crime prevention;
- Critical infrastructure protection;
- Emergency management;
- Illegal immigration;
- Law enforcement cooperation;
- Money laundering;
- Organized crime;
- Terrorist financing; and
- Trafficking in persons.
- To achieve the following objectives:
- Build on their shared commitment to facilitate and
enhance cooperation to protect their respective countries’ population,
assets and interests from common threats;
- Integrate and coordinate of the identification,
prioritization, and implementation of cooperative efforts between
themselves in the area of public safety;
- Manage the delivery of approved cooperative activities within the scope of this Declaration;
- Establish of clear lines of communication and points of
contact between themselves as part of an ongoing process of dialogue
and partnership in pursuing common goals;
- Share knowledge, experience, expertise, information, research, and best practices;
- Identify and share public safety concerns on the basis
of threats, risk assessments, priorities, vulnerabilities, and
consequences; and
- Facilitate technical exchange cooperation, including education, training, and exercises.
- To establish a Management Committee that would:
- Be comprised of the Deputy Minister of Public Safety
and Emergency Preparedness of Canada, and the Director General of Public
Security for the Government of the State of Israel;
- Meet annually and as needed to develop and approve a
program of work, consistent with the scope and objectives of this
Declaration, for that upcoming year;
- Evaluate and approve progress and results of activities carried out under this Declaration from the previous year;
- Identify officials from the Ministry of Public Security
of the Government of the State of Israel and from the department and
agencies for which the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency
Preparedness of Canada is responsible, to carry out, within specific
timeframes, each of the items in the approved program of work;
- Be supported by a Senior Coordinator, namely, the
Assistant Deputy Minister (Strategic Policy) for the Department of
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness of Canada, and the Deputy
Director General for the Ministry of Public Security of the Government
of the State of Israel; and
- Have the Senior Coordinators ensure the delivery of the
approved program of work and recommend new activities for the
Committee’s approval.
- To bear respectively the costs that they
each incur for performing, managing, and administering its activities
under this Declaration;
- To ensure the appropriate protection of all information,
knowledge, expertise, etc. that is exchanged between them against any
unauthorized access, alteration, publication, or dissemination; and
- To protect any information, knowledge, expertise, etc.
that is exchanged between them against disclosure to any third party
with the same degree of care as they each exercise with their own
information, knowledge, expertise, etc. of a similar nature;
It is understood that:
This Declaration is not intended to duplicate or supersede any
existing arrangements between any departments and/or agencies of the
Government of Canada and the Government of Israel; and
This Declaration is not intended to create legally binding obligations, under either domestic or international law.
Signed in duplicate at Tel Aviv, this 23rd day of March, 2008,
which corresponds to the 16th day of Adar b'5768, in the English,
French, and Hebrew languages with all texts being equally valid.
For The Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness of Canada |
For The Ministry of Public Security of the Government of the State of Israel |