The Eighteenth meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Machine Readable Travel Documents (TAG-MRTD/18) was held at ICAO Headquarters, Montréal, Canada from 5 to 8 May 2008.

Documentation

Documentation will be posted in English only (pdf) as it becomes available.

• TAG-MRTD - Agenda
• TAG-MRTD - Order of Business

Working Papers and related Presentations

#	Working Papers	Presentations	Date
1	Report of the new Technologies Working Group (NTWG) (Presented by New Technologies Working Group - NTWG)		22/04/08
2	Transliteration Rules (Arabic), Revised (Presented by NTWG)		22/04/08
3	Guidelines on e-MRTDs & Passenger Facilitation (Presented by NTWG)		22/04/08
4	Guide for Assessing Security Standards for Handling and Issuance of Travel Documents (Presented by NTWG)		22/04/08
5	G8 Project on Use of e-Passports in Border Processing (Presented by NTWG)		22/04/08
6	Basic Access Control/Extended Access Control in e-Passports (Presented by NTWG)		22/04/08
7	TD-1 Cards: Placement of Essential Information, Revised (Presented by NTWG)		22/04/08
8	Guidance to Border Control Authorities on Handling ePassports that Fail to Read, (Presented by NTWG)		22/04/08
9	Report on Test Methodology being developed for MRTDs and e-MRTDs (Presented by NTWG)		22/04/08
10	Application of Photo Standards in the e-MRTD Issuing Process (Presented by NTWG)		22/04/08
11	Informative Appendix 1 to Section III - Security Standards for MRTDs (Presented by NTWG)		22/04/08
12	The Strategic Focus for Future Work of the NTWG (Presented by NTWG)		22/04/08
13	UIMRTD Photos and Printing (Presented by NTWG)		22/04/08
14	Technical Report CSCA Countersigning and Master List Issuance (Presented by PKD Board)		22/04/08
15	ICAO Secretariat Business Plan and Strategy for the MRTD Programme (Presented by ICAO Secretariat)		30/04/08
15 Appendix A	ICAO Business Plan

Information Papers and related Presentations

#	Information Papers	Presentation	Date
1	Logical Data Structure and Security Framework (Presented by NTWG)		22/04/08
2	2007/08 ICAO request for information (RFI) (Presented by NTWG)		22/04/08
3	Please see Appendix to "Guidance to Border Control Authorities on Handling ePassports that Fail to Read" (Presented by NTWG)		22/04/08
4	ICAO PKD Update (Presented by the ICAO PKD Board)		22/04/08
5	Regional Movement Alert System (RMAS) Update (Presented by Australia)		22/04/08

Other Presentations

1. Update and Outlook on European initiatives related to Documents and Border Control -
   European Commission
2. SLTD Project - INTERPOL
3. International Organization for Migration - IOM
4. Travel Document Security, Action against Terrorism -
   Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

More information regarding MRTDs may be found at www.mrtd.icao.int.

For additional information, please contact:

Mauricio Siciliano
Secretary of TAG
Phone: +1 514-954-8219, extension 7068,
Fax: +1 514-954-6408
Email: msiciliano@icao.int