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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:

  1. To prioritize and manage cooperation in the following areas within the responsibility of the Ministries:

    1. Border management and security, including biometric applications;
    2. Correctional services and prisons;
    3. Crime prevention;
    4. Critical infrastructure protection;
    5. Emergency management;
    6. Illegal immigration;
    7. Law enforcement cooperation;
    8. Money laundering;
    9. Organized crime;
    10. Terrorist financing; and
    11. Trafficking in persons.

  2. To achieve the following objectives:
    1. Build on their shared commitment to facilitate and enhance cooperation to protect their respective countries’ population, assets and interests from common threats;
    2. Integrate and coordinate of the identification, prioritization, and implementation of cooperative efforts between themselves in the area of public safety;
    3. Manage the delivery of approved cooperative activities within the scope of this Declaration;
    4. 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;
    5. Share knowledge, experience, expertise, information, research, and best practices;
    6. Identify and share public safety concerns on the basis of threats, risk assessments, priorities, vulnerabilities, and consequences; and
    7. Facilitate technical exchange cooperation, including education, training, and exercises.


  3. To establish a Management Committee that would:
    1. 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;
    2. 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;
    3. Evaluate and approve progress and results of activities carried out under this Declaration from the previous year;
    4. 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;
    5. 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
    6. Have the Senior Coordinators ensure the delivery of the approved program of work and recommend new activities for the Committee’s approval.

  4. To bear respectively the costs that they each incur for performing, managing, and administering its activities under this Declaration; 

  5. 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

  6. 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