Willem Mudde

Vice President - Aviation
European Association of Airport and Seaport Police (EAASP)

Formerly Lieutenant Colonel at Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (RNM military and borderpolice, Willem Mudde is Vice President of the European Association of Airport & Seaport Police (EAASP) and current Director of MAPS international and consultant at the Center for International Legal Coorperation (CILC) for a project in West Balkan countries.
Relevant working experiences are; former Head of PIU Netherlands and Head of the Targeting Center Borders of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, as well as previously studied Project and Program Management at The Hague University of Applied Siences and recently completed the IATA training on API and PNR.

Sessions

EAASP Workshop
Shaping the future requirements for traveller verification at European borders
Tuesday 25th March
10.30am – 12.30pm
The European Association of Airport & Seaport Police (EAASP) is one of the parties involved in the EU-funded project SafeTravellers which started January 2024 and will last for three years, and is leading this workshop.
The project aims to produce a near operational system at TRL7 or above. SafeTravellers is about:
a) strengthening the security at the borders and supporting associated law enforcement identity investigation activities,
b) improving the productivity of the Border Authorities by providing them with the appropriate tools to perform trustworthy identity management, combat identity fraud at the hardware, identity and travel document, and biometrics level, while
c) offering a frictionless border crossing experience for EU and Third Country Nationals (TCN) citizens so they will not have to stop when crossing the border checkpoints.
At a Workshop at the World Border Security Congress meeting in 2024 practitioners were given the opportunity to contribute their operational wishes for an enhanced border system as part of the requirements definition phase. The aim of the workshop in 2025 is to report progress and present the outline plans for Pilot testing in an Airport, Land Border, Rail and Maritime environment. Participants will be invited to help the project refine the plans for the Pilots to make them as useful as possible to the wider Border Security community. The workshop will discuss opportunities for future engagement of participants in project demonstration activities in simulated operational environments.
The opportunity for participants is to identify issues of importance and thereby maximise their benefits from the final solution.
Join this workshop and help shape the future of the SaveTravellers programme.
Modus Operandi (Drugs and contraband)
In the spirit of interagency cooperation this workshop will facilitate the sharing of on the ground experience, real life case studies and share actionable intelligence on the movement of drugs, illicit goods, illegal waste, heritage goods, wildlife trafficking and modus operandi used to enable these trades.
OPENING KEYNOTE AND WELCOME
Opening Keynotes and Welcome Messages to the 2025 World Border Security Congress