Donor Partnership

An encouraging development for implementation of SAFE Framework of Standards is the high level of donor support for the programme which has ensured that an aggressive approach can be taken to the delivery of the Columbus programme.

Funding, human resources and expertise have been contributed by multiple WCO development partners; international organizations and agencies, national Customs administrations and governments.

 

 

Direct funding has been provided to the Secretariat by: Italy, Japan, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States

 

These funds have been used to conduct diagnostic missions and the regional workshops of the Framework of Standards and will be used in Phase two of the programme to support action plan development and pilot projects.

 

The pool of facilitators for diagnostic missions has been drawn from many countries, such as :
Argentina	Brazil	China	Japan	Russia
Australia	Burkina Faso	Denmark	Kazakhstan	South Africa
Azerbaijan	Canada	Finland	the Netherlands	Sweden
Bermuda	Cap Verde	France	New Zealand	United Kingdom
Bolivia	Chile	Hong Kong China	Norway	United States

 

Non-member assistance has come from
	African Union (AU)
	Asian Development Bank (ADB)
	Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
	Commonwealth Secretariat
	Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC)
	European Union (EU)
	Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
	Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD)
	Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
	Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (SIDA)
	UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
	The World Bank (WB)