Government continues to look at ways to strengthen its borders through the procurement of various state of the art technological equipment and at the same time find more efficient ways of serving the public.
Through the purchase of an Integrated Border Management System (IBMS) Server, travelers passing through Fiji’s international gateways can expect quicker turnaround time for processing their travelling documents.
In launching the new services today, the Minister for Defense, National Security and Immigration Mr Joketani Cokanasiga who launched the system last year, said the services has provided Fiji with international capabilities into new ways of collating data for future usage by all stakeholders such as the Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority (FRCA), Immigration, Bio Security Authority of Fiji (BAF), Ministry of Health, Airports Fiji Limited and the Fiji Police Force.
“The launching of these IBMS servers today is proof of the Fijian Government’s commitment to the fulfillment of this objective on a national level. It is also a sign of the Fijian Government’s commitment to raising the bar and move towards international best practice in this area,” he said.
Within the last twelve months, there were further developments, new software created and aligned, to have the system communicating to each other and more importantly the retrieving of data for analysis purposes which will then assist in decision making.
The servers will also enhance the captured data to be saved and distributed effectively on a timely basis strengthening Fiji’s border control capabilities.
“I am confident too that all Fijian Border Management agencies will continually strengthen their co-operation, exchange information, build capacities through training, and continue to work closely together for the improvement of border procedures in order to ensure to the efficient movement of people as well as facilitating trade and transit,” Minister Cokanasiga said.
“The data which you will be able to collect from this new system will open up numerous opportunities for improving policies, rules and procedures for border management – both nationally and regionally.”
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