Taute, BJE2009-03-092009-03-092007-03Taute, BJE. 2007. Integrated control of the South African border environment. South African Joint Air Defence Symposium 2007, Pretoria, 30-31 May, pp 7.9780620383110http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3181South African Joint Air Defence Symposium 2007, Pretoria, 30-31 May 2007The Border Control Operational Coordinating Committee (BCOCC) is a national body “responsible for the strategic management of the South African border environment in a coordinated manner.” This includes the key components of improved and coordinated security, trade and tourism. Control of the border environment is inherently a multi-departmental responsibility, requiring extensive communication and coordination across departments, agencies and provinces, and covering the whole of the South African border environment. This environment includes land border lines and ports of entry; the harbours, coastline and Exclusive Economic Zone in the sea; and the airports and air borders that can essentially be anywhere in the country where international flights enter our airspace. To control/coordinate the border environment effectively requires a vast range of information sources, reconnaissance and surveillance sensors, a communications infrastructure and a hub where information can be collected, collated, analysed and disseminated. This is often required in real-time to enable effective response to incidents. This paper describes the approach which is currently being followed to create a new national asset, the National Border Coordinating Centre (NBCC)enNational Border Coordinating CentreBorder Control Operational Coordinating CommitteeNBCCBCOCCBorder controlLOSTSAJADS 2007South African border environmentSafety and securityConference PresentationTaute, B. (2007). Integrated control of the South African border environment. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3181Taute, BJE. "Integrated control of the South African border environment." (2007): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3181Taute B, Integrated control of the South African border environment; 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3181 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Taute, BJE AB - The Border Control Operational Coordinating Committee (BCOCC) is a national body “responsible for the strategic management of the South African border environment in a coordinated manner.” This includes the key components of improved and coordinated security, trade and tourism. Control of the border environment is inherently a multi-departmental responsibility, requiring extensive communication and coordination across departments, agencies and provinces, and covering the whole of the South African border environment. This environment includes land border lines and ports of entry; the harbours, coastline and Exclusive Economic Zone in the sea; and the airports and air borders that can essentially be anywhere in the country where international flights enter our airspace. To control/coordinate the border environment effectively requires a vast range of information sources, reconnaissance and surveillance sensors, a communications infrastructure and a hub where information can be collected, collated, analysed and disseminated. This is often required in real-time to enable effective response to incidents. This paper describes the approach which is currently being followed to create a new national asset, the National Border Coordinating Centre (NBCC) DA - 2007-03 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - National Border Coordinating Centre KW - Border Control Operational Coordinating Committee KW - NBCC KW - BCOCC KW - Border control KW - LOSTSAJADS 2007 KW - South African border environment KW - Safety and security LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2007 SM - 9780620383110 T1 - Integrated control of the South African border environment TI - Integrated control of the South African border environment UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3181 ER -