Appendix A: International travel by Department employee in 2018/19
Position in DIA
Purpose of travel
Outcomes achieved
Destination
Total ($)
CEO of Gambling
Attend International
Represented New Zealand Gambling
Denmark
18,278
Commission and Chief
Association of Gambling
Commission at annual conference for
Gambling
Regulators (IAGR)
International Association of Gambling Regulators
Commissioner
Conference in Copenhagen
Chief Archivist
Forum of National Archivists
Represent Archives New Zealand at the annual
Abu Dhabi
8,188
(FAN) conference
conference/meeting/congress
Collection Care Leader
International Institute for
Represent National Library New Zealand at the
Italy
5,575
Conservation of Historic and
annual conference/meeting/congress
Artistic Works (IIC) 2018
conference
Counsel Assisting
Travel to interview Inquiry
Inquiry witnesses’ interview
Confidential
25,483
witnesses
Data and Technical
Attend National Institute of
Knowledge enhanced and opportunities
USA
7,532
Manager
Standards and Technology
explored.
(NIST) Facial Recognition
Conference to maintain
current knowledge of Facial
Recognition and to support
the Facial Recognition
project in Service Delivery
Operation
Deputy Chief Executive
Bilateral 5-year
To forge new bilateral 5-year arrangement
China
5,532
'Arrangement on
between both libraries
Cooperation' between the
National Library of New
Zealand and the National
Library of China in Beijing.
Deputy Chief Executive
To form an arrangement on
Explored possibilities for shared digital access to
Egypt
7,772
cooperation between
historical documentary resources of mutual
National Library New
interest to New Zealand and Egypt
Zealand and equivalent
institutions in Egypt.
Deputy Chief Executive
Attend and speak at the
This event was delegated to Director, Digital
Singapore
25,367
Digital Government
Government Strategy to attend, cost to cancel
Exchange (DGX)
airfares for Deputy Chief Executive
Conference in Singapore
Deputy Chief Executive
Accompanying Minister to
New Zealand's invitation to the event was
Estonia
27,059
and Govt Chief Privacy
attend the Tallinn Digital
indicative of our involvement and leadership
Officer
Summit
within the D7 which a forum of leading digital
nations is who share best practice, identify how
to improve digital series and col aborate on
common projects to support and champion
growing as digital nations. New Zealand and
Estonia an original member of the group,
alongside Israel, South Korea and the UK.
Deputy Chief Executive
Attendance at the Digital
Invited by Harvard - Strengthen an emerging
USA
3,405
and Manager ICT
Services Forum at Harvard
relationship with Harvard and opportunities to
Leadership Capability
Kennedy School in Boston
partner and share GCDO approach, expertise
Programme
and experiences. Ongoing relationships with MIT
Sloan CSIR and Fletcher School.
Deputy Chief Executive,
Attend the D7 Summit in
Representing New Zealand as a leading digital
Israel
55,287
Govt Chief Privacy
Israel / D9 Ministerial
nation in the D7 - New Zealand was a founding
Officer, Principal
Summit
member and at this summit Mexico and Portugal
Advisor, and Director,
wil sign the D7 charter which will incorporate the
Digital Identity
D7 becoming the D9. The Minister Government
Transformation
Digital Service was invited to attend and sign the
charter; however, she declined the invite, so
Deputy Chief Executive attended as Head the
New Zealand delegation.
Deputy Chief Executive,
Attend the OECD E-Leaders
New Zealand is the current chair of the OECD E-
South Korea
24,718
Principal Advisor, and
meeting in South Korea
Leaders Working Group which is an important
Chair OECD
recognition of New Zealand's place as a leader in
the digital government and to continue
performing this role has al owed New Zealand to
have a strong influence in setting the overall
work programme for the group. The OECD
made a formal request for the former Chief
Executive of Internal Affairs to remain as chair at
this meeting until a new chair was
confirmed. The State Services Commission
approval this request.
Digital Collection
Digital Library Federation
Represent National Library New Zealand at the
USA
3,770
Services Team Leader
(DLF) 2018 Conference
annual conference/meeting/congress
Digital Collection
International Conference on
Represent National Library New Zealand at the
Netherlands
4,472
Services Team Leader
Digital Preservation (IPRES)
annual conference/meeting/congress
2019 conference
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Position in DIA
Purpose of travel
Outcomes achieved
Destination
Total ($)
Digital Preservation
Rosetta User Group meeting
Represent National Library New Zealand at the
USA
1,535
Analyst
annual conference/meeting/congress
Digital Preservation
International Conference on
Represent National Library New Zealand at the
USA
6,988
Process Administrator
Digital Preservation (IPRES)
annual conference/meeting/congress
2018 conference
Digital Preservation
iPres 2019 Digital
The METS-EB has an annual face-to-face
Netherlands
3,927
Technical Specialist
preservation Conference
meeting at iPres, and they requested
representation from the Asia-Pacific region (al
other members are from Europe or the United
States).
Digital Preservation
Archives Unleashed
Represent National Library New Zealand at the
Canada
4,665
Web Engineer
Datathon
annual conference/meeting/congress
Director Content
Cultural Heritage Online:
Represent National Library New Zealand at the
Netherlands
739
Services & Manager
The World Digital Library in
annual conference/meeting/congress
Digital New Zealand
a Global Context" in The
Hague
Director Digital
Attend Digital Government
Attended the Digital Government Exchange
Singapore
4,753
Government Strategy
Exchange (DGX) Singapore
(DGX) - a two-day invitation-only event for a
Conference 2019
select group of international public sector leaders
from jurisdictions that have made significant
progress in digital government and smart cities.
Discussions deep dived into the ethical dilemma
of responsible AI and how Government can stay
relevant, making cloud work for Government and
considerations of cloud neutrality.
Director Digital Identity
Visit Canadian D9
Developed a joint proof of concept with Canada
Canada
17,508
Programme
colleagues to further
focussed on inter-jurisdictional digital identity.
advance shared D9
commitments
Director Digital Identity
Attend Digital Divide and
Attend the O5 International Identity Summit in
USA
25,603
Programme & General
Chief Information Officer
Seattle and represented New Zealand at the
Manager Service
Forum Seattle US /
annual International Identity Summit 2018
Innovation
International Identity Summit
2018
Director Operational
Attend the Social Enterprise
Supporting the Minister for the Community and
United Kingdom
26,716
Services and Senior
World Forum 2018
Voluntary Sector to attend the Forum where he
Operational Analyst
met with key social enterprise experts from
around the world, represented New Zealand at
the policy forum and as a speaker on a plenary
session panel. Attendance at the Forum al owed
the Minister and the Department to share
information about the work we are doing develop
the sector and learn from overseas experts.
Director Public
Museums Connections
Represent National Library New Zealand at the
France
2,209
Engagement
Conference - Business of
annual conference/meeting/congress
Museum Innovation
Director, AML and
Financial Action Task Force
Represented DIA as part of the New Zealand
France
21,649
Senior Operational
Plenary (FATF)
delegation at the FATF Plenary
Policy Analyst
Director, Digital Rights
World Economic Forum
New Zealand has taken up the invitation to
USA
15,705
nominate a fellow to the WEF
External - consultant
Pre-Mutual Evaluation
Co-facilitated workshops for representatives from
France
8,752
Country Training Workshops
New Zealand Anti-Money Laundering and
Countering Financing (AML/CFT) system
agencies to support preparation for FATF
(Financial Action Task Force) Mutual Evaluation
External - consultant
Reimbursement of airfares
Meeting with Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry for
United Kingdom
21,095
to the Scottish government
learnings relevant to our inquiry. Scottish
delegates flew to New Zealand at the Royal
Commission's cost
External - expert
Travel to New Zealand to
Expertise presented at Inquiry hearing
United Kingdom
11,366
contractor
present evidence at Inquiry
hearing
External Delegate from
Victoria University of
External invited to join the annual initiative
USA
4,684
Library and Archives
Wel ington's Capital City
Canada
Universities Initiative
General Manager &
International Conference of
Represented Department of Internal Affairs New
USA
14,099
Manager Regulatory
Charity Regulators
Zealand at the annual International Conference
Charities Services
of Charities Regulators
General Manager
Attend Annual OECD and
Represent GCDO and Delivery at annual OECD
United Kingdom/
4,805
Commercial Strategy
Procurement Conferences
and Procurement conferences.
France
and Delivery
General Manager
Attend International Civil
Represented New Zealand
Luxembourg
10,352
Partners and Products
Aviation Organisation's
Public Key Directory Board
Meeting
General Manager
Attend International Civil
Represented New Zealand
Montreal
10,505
Partners and Products
Aviation Organisation’s
Public Key Directory Board
Meeting
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Position in DIA
Purpose of travel
Outcomes achieved
Destination
Total ($)
General Manager
International Civil Aviation
Represented New Zealand
Brazil
19,179
Partners and Products
Organisation (ICAO)
and Manager Product
Capability Building Working
Development
Group Meeting
General Manager
The International Council for
Attended the 52nd ICA Conference in Helsinki,
Finland
13,179
System Transformation
Information Technology in
Finland 3-6 September 2018 fol owed by
Government Administration
meetings in Amsterdam and The Hague 7
(ICA) Conference 2019
September. New Zealand was acknowledged as
a leading digital government. Attending the
annual ICA conference gave us an opportunity to
test our current approach to digital government
and to learn from other nations. We have
attended previous convention 2017 in Tokyo
representing New Zealand as an observing
country, presenting on network leadership, how
we have used disruption and on the success of
SmartStart. We updated the conference on the
progress made in New Zealand over the past 12
months.
General Manager Te
5 Nations Meeting, Microsoft
Represented New Zealand and met with
USA
27,582
Ara Manaaki, General
meeting and Accenture
information technology providers
Manager Partners and
Innovation Lab
Products and General
Manager Operations
General Manager,
D9 Steering Committee
New Zealand is a founding member of the D9
Portugal
21,949
Principal Advisor
meeting, Portugal
group of digitally advanced nations, steering
committee meeting part of preparation for
Ministerial Summit
Government Enterprise
Digital Identity & Business
Visit Canadian D9 colleagues from 26 February
Canada
17,007
Architect
2019 - Visit with Canadian
2019 to 7 March 2019 in Ottawa.
Digital Identity Officials
Benefits included:
The D9 member countries had actively
committed to: share world-class digital practices,
identify improvements to digital services,
collaborate to solve common problems, and
support and champion the group's growing digital
economies.
The Federal Canadian Government had invited
DIA with the purpose of helping to advance our
shared D9 commitments and continue the
dialogue and explore ways both countries can
cooperate in the area of Digital Identity (both
personal identity and business identity). The
programme being developed for the trip includes:
Dialogue on the topic of Digital Identity with
Canadian Government representatives, New
Zealand Government representatives, and
representatives from the Province of British
Columbia; Finalising details of proofs-of-
concept, which wil explore use of verified identity
for specific inter-jurisdictional use cases in the
D9 context; Multi-sector event including
representatives from across the Federal
Government, Government of British Columbia,
Canada's Gov-Tech Landscape and others;
Meetings with key organizations that align with
New Zealand's objectives. MBIE accompanied
us in relation to Business Identity and the
opportunity to collaborate with Canada at their
own cost.
Head of Policy and
Exploratory meetings with
We gained useful insight and information that wil
United Kingdom
55,185
Research, Counsel
international technical
assist us in the context of our inquiry.
Assisting and the two
experts, and those with
Commissioners of the
experience in the matters we
Inquiry
are considering.
Manager AoG ICT
Attend Google Annual
Represent Commercial Strategy and Delivery at
USA
5,881
Common Capabilities
Conference
the annual Google conference - trends in cloud
computing, infrastructure solutions, technology.
Manager Censorship
Travel for International child
Secure operational meetings and engagement
Brazil
597
exploitation operation
for plans for New Zealand involvement in
planning and update (secure
Taskforce Fidelitas which is a global taskforce to
in person)
take down dark net offending.
Manager Engagement
Charities Services fact
Learn about regulatory operating models in other
United Kingdom,
4,327
and Business
finding mission to United
jurisdictions - including systems and process
Ireland
Improvement Charities
Kingdom and Ireland Charity
differences, gather information to support
Services
Regulators
modernisation of Charities Act, and build
relationships with international col eagues
Manager Information
Chair meeting of the
Represented New Zealand on development of an
Netherlands
10,079
Partnerships
International Civil Aviation
internationally accepted digital travel credential
Organisations New
Technologies Working
Group on Digital Travel
Credentials
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Position in DIA
Purpose of travel
Outcomes achieved
Destination
Total ($)
Manager Integrated
Speak at the Asian Public
Presentation on the New Zealand successes and
Vietnam / Malaysia
2,494
Services
Governance Forum on
lessons learned in regard to digital service
Public Innovation (PI APG)
design and delivery.
Hanoi, Government
Innovation for Sustainable
Development: Toward
Enabling, Serving as Acting
Govt with Integrity
Manager Operations
5 Nations Anti-Fraud
Represented New Zealand
Canada
14,829
Working Group
Manager Product
International Organisation
Represented New Zealand
Thailand
5,825
Development
for Migration Conference on
Technical Cooperation and
Capacity Building
Manager Product
International Civil Aviation
Represented New Zealand
Namibia
14,245
Development and
Organisation (ICAO)
General Manager
Regional Work Shop -
Partners and Products
Capacity Building
Manager Regional
Attend International Festival
Greater understanding of community change in
Canada
6,225
Services
of Change conference held
an international context. Site visits to
Otago/Southland
by the Tamarack Institute
organisations and communities that have been
involved in community change. Conversations
with people from Australia, Canada, USA
regarding community change initiatives. Become
involved in international community of practice
for a six-week period after the conference.
Manager Service
Attend the 11th International
The Forum wil provide an international venue for
Brazil
24,309
Delivery
Forum on the e-Apostil e
the exchange of best practices and information
(Authentications
on the latest developments of the e-Apostil e
Conference).
worldwide. The Forum also represents an
invaluable opportunity for Contracting Parties to
learn from the experience of the growing number
of e-Apostil e jurisdictions. In particular, the
Forum wil also provide an opportunity for Brazil,
as host State, to official y launch its e-Apostille
platform, one which it intends to make available
to interested Contracting Parties.
National Librarian
Bilateral 5-year
To forge new bilateral 5-year arrangement
China
3,915
'Arrangement on
between both libraries
Cooperation' between the
National Library of New
Zealand and the National
Library of China in Beijing.
National librarian, Digital
International Federation of
Represent National Library New Zealand at the
Malaysia
11,208
collection services team
Library Associations and
annual conference/meeting/congress
leader, Team leader
Institutions (IFLA) 2018
collection dvpmt-legal
conference
deposit, Director content
services, and
Programme Director
preservation research &
Senior Business Advisor
National Librarian,
International Federation of
Represent National Library New Zealand at the
Greece
16,351
Director Literacy and
Library Associations and
annual conference/meeting/congress
Learning, and Director
Institutions (IFLA) 2019
Content Services &
conference
Senior Business Advisor
NDHA Test and
International Group of Ex
Represent National Library New Zealand at the
Singapore
3,779
Assurance Manager &
Libris Users (IgELU) annual
annual conference/meeting/congress
Team Leader
conference
Cataloguing
Pacific Advisor
East West Centre
Attend sessions that assisted in understanding
South Korea
2,952
Association - International
the following concepts in-depth:
Conference, Seoul 2018
- intercultural engagements across Asia-Pacific
- understand negotiating inter-generational
cultural differences
- understand strategies for creating more resilient
communities
- empowering women
Principle Advisor Digital
To deliver training for
Training delivered - positive networks and
Netherlands
403
Safety
Europol on technology and
reputational benefit for DIA
investigative techniques
Principle Advisor
Attending 5 Eyes Research
Agreed 5RD priorities and working group - 5RD
USA
11,570
Technology and
and Development (5RD)
plan developed
Innovation
meeting primarily with
additional stakeholder
engagements in relation to
child exploitation
Principle Advisor
Attending Asia Victim
Contribution to victim identification for child
Singapore
7,590
Technology and
Identification Taskforce in
exploitation. Taskforce and New Zealand
Innovation and Principle
December 2018
involvement led to 20GB of video and image data
Advisor Digital Safety
being analysed and 60 global locations of
production identified
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Position in DIA
Purpose of travel
Outcomes achieved
Destination
Total ($)
Product Owner, All-of-
Attend the D7 Steering
The 2018 exchange fol ows the success of the
United Kingdom
61,265
Government Senior
Group meeting
2017 exchange between DIA and the UK Home
Strategy and Investment
Office. The New Zealand participants have
Advisor, Govt Chief
expanded to include New Zealand Police and
Digital Officer, and
Immigration New Zealand to more accurately
Principal Advisor
reflect the make-up of the UK home Office with
each agency having a minimum of one
participant in the exchange. During the visit, the
team members met with a wide range of people
from the UK, Scottish, Singapore, and San
Francisco governments, to gain insights into how
digital transformation is being achieved by other
jurisdictions. Each team member had special
areas of interest that they pursued individual y,
such as investment strategy, digital service
delivery using Agile methods, digital product
development, as wel as data and identity in the
context of passports and immigration. Since
returning to New Zealand, al team members
have had opportunities to share and apply their
learnings in their roles in their respective
departments. 2 travel ers from MBIE and 1 from
New Zealand Police.
Programme Director
Research Infrastructure for
Represent National Library New Zealand at the
Netherlands
2,045
Preservation Research
the Study of Archived Web
annual conference/meeting/congress
Materials (RESAW) 2019
conference
Programme Director
International Internet
Represent National Library New Zealand at the
Republic of Croatia
4,658
Preservation Research
Preservation Consortium
annual conference/meeting/congress
(IIPC) Web Archiving 2019
conference
Senior Advisor
Attend Pacific Immigration
Represented New Zealand
Fiji
1,184
Directors Conference
Senior Advisor to the
Attend Information Access
Represent Government Chief Privacy Officer at
USA
8,478
Government Chief
and Protection of Privacy
Information Access and Protection of Privacy
Privacy Officer
Washington Conference
Washington Conference
Senior Advisor,
Travel for staff member from
Capability building for staff and developed
Canada
8,737
Engagement and
the Canadian Radio
recommendations for strategic direction for the
Innovation
Television
unit. Refreshed enforcement strategy.
Telecommunications
Commission to take up six-
month secondment with
DIA's Electronic Messaging
Compliance Unit
Senior Advisor, Product
Attend 2018 Biometrics
Represent Department of Internal Affairs at
United Kingdom
19,977
Development
Conference, Digital Identity
Annual Meeting
Expert Group and Joint
Expert Group Briefing
Senior Analyst Business
Attend our software vendor
Received training through workshops at Fluxx
USA
22,763
Systems & Manager,
Fluxx's conference and visit
advanced users conference, which enables DIA
Operational Policy and
other clients
to initiate a project to implement Application
Business Improvement
Program Interface (API's) into our system. Also
met with senior account executives to discuss
contract renewal
Senior Business Advisor
International Organisation
Working group meetings - discussing the
Norway
8,155
for Standardisation (ISO)
development of International Standards
SC27 Working Group
Organisation. The Senior Business Advisor is the
Meetings to discuss
current incumbent and responsible for
development of New
development of New Zealand identity standards
Zealand standards
Senior Business Advisor
International Organisation
International Standards Organisation meeting in
Israel
10,402
for Standardisation (ISO)
Tel Aviv
and the International
Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC) SC27
Working Group and Plenary
Meetings to discuss
development of standards
Senior Business Advisor
International Conference on
Represent National Library New Zealand at the
USA
6,954
& Senior Digital
Digital Preservation (IPRES)
annual conference/meeting/congress
Archivist
2018 conference
Senior Investigator
Federal Bureau of
International training and contribution to online
Hungary
72
Censorship
Investigation (FBI) Internet
child exploitation investigations
Crimes Against Children
International Taskforce
Senior Investigator
Attend Encase Digital
Certificate of Completion
Singapore
5,478
Censorship
Forensic 210 Course
Senior Investigator
Attending the International
Secure information exchange for the purpose of
Netherlands
8,193
Censorship
Criminal Police Organization
covert detection and disruption of dark web
(INTERPOL) 'Operation
online child exploitation network
Fidelitas' specialist training
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Position in DIA
Purpose of travel
Outcomes achieved
Destination
Total ($)
Senior Investigator
To deliver covert
Delivered training to a global group of covert
Netherlands
12,448
Censorship
investigation training for
investigators specialising in covert detection of
European Multi-Disciplinary
child sexual exploitation and abuse
Platform Against Criminal
Threats (EMPACT)
Senior Investigator
Attend the Unsolicited
Represent the Department of Internal Affairs at
USA
8,738
Electronic Messaging
Communications
this conference. Department of Internal Affairs is
Compliance
Enforcement Network
an executive member of UCENet. The employee
(UCENet) conference
facilitated 2 panel discussions throughout this
conference and presented on our engagement
with stakeholders to combat spam (specifical y
SMS text spam), and on our guidance material
project. The employee attended a number of
other talks a session which directly relate to our
UCENet membership – the overarching 3-year
operations plan, as wel as joining the Asia
Pacific joint initiative.
Senior Investigator
To complete the master’s in
Sat five exams to complete the two-year study.
Ireland
15,027
Electronic Messaging
forensic computing and
Obtained a pass, with first class honours. The
Compliance
Cyber Crime Investigation
study is part of professional development and wil
be applied in day-to-day work within Digital
Safety. Exams were unable to be completed in
New Zealand at short notice
Senior Operational
Financial Action Task Force
Represented DIA as part of the New Zealand
USA
22,667
Policy Analyst and
Plenary (FATF)
delegation at the FATF Plenary
Service Design
Manager
Senior Specialist
Attend 21st European
The themes of the conference are based on the
Denmark
2,081
Developing Readers
Conference of Literacy
eleven conditions from the European declaration
August 2019
of the Right to Literacy and connect with the
strategic priorities of the National Library and
Services to Schools around creating readers.
Stock Lifecycle
Temporary accommodation
Viewed potential temporary accommodation sites
London
2,746
Assurance Controller
visit
Stock Lifecycle
Project Uruwhenua
Participation in proof of concept for production of
Canada
15,341
Assurance Controller
machine-readable travel documents
Stock Lifecycle
Project Uruwhenua
Participation in proof of concept for production of
Germany
69,640
Assurance Controller,
machine-readable travel documents
Test Manager, Project
Managers, and
Manager Information
Partnerships
System Lead Digital
MIT, Tufts, Fletchers,
Attended the Digital Government Exchange in
USA
178
Government Futures
Harvard Business School
Singapore and the Harvard Kennedy School
2018
Digital Services Convening in Boston. Attended
the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Partner meeting and World Economic Forum
Industry Strategy Meeting in San Francisco and
the Harvard Kennedy School (digitalHKS) Digital
Services Convening in Boston. Whilst in Boston
also met with researchers at Harvard’s Berkman
Klein Centre for Internet and Society
Technical Business
Attend and participate in the
Represent Department of Internal Affairs at
China
8,456
Advisor
International Organisation
ISO/IEC SC37 - Biometrics meeting for
for Standardisation (ISO)
Standards relating to Biometrics (Facial
and the International
Recognition)
Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC) SC37-
Biometrics
Technical Business
Attend and participate in the
Represent Department of Internal Affairs at
Japan
8,773
Advisor
International Organisation
ISO/IEC SC17 WG3 -eMRTD meeting for
for Standardisation (ISO)
Standards relating to electronic passports
and the International
Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC) SC17
WG3 - eMRTD (Machine
Readable Travel
Documents)
Technical Business
Attend and participate in the
Represent Department of Internal Affairs at
Germany
9,224
Advisor
International Organisation
ISO/IEC SC37 - Biometrics meeting for
for Standardisation (ISO)
Standards relating to Biometrics (Facial
and the International
Recognition)
Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC) SC37-
Biometrics
Technical Business
Attend and participate in the
Represent Department of Internal Affairs at
Chile
11,682
Advisor
International Organisation
ISO/IEC SC37 - Biometrics meeting for
for Standardisation (ISO)
Standards relating to Biometrics (Facial
and the International
Recognition)
Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC) SC37-
Biometrics
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Position in DIA
Purpose of travel
Outcomes achieved
Destination
Total ($)
Technical Business
Attend and participate in the
Represent Department of Internal Affairs at
USA
14,820
Advisor
International Organisation
ISO/IEC SC17 WG3 -eMRTD meeting for
for Standardisation (ISO)
Standards relating to electronic passports
and the International
Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC) SC17
WG3 - eMRTD (Machine
Readable Travel
Documents)
Total
1,110,937
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