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Asia and the Pacific and the Americas : Customs Leaders’ Partnership Dialogue - Efficient and Secure Trade for Shared Prosperity

4-5 April 2013

Panama City, Panamá

Summary (En, Fr, Sp)

Opening Session
  • Virna Luque, Director General, Panama Customs
Session 1: Asia and the Pacific-Americas Strategic Partnership for Growth and Development
  • Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Custom Organization (WCO): Customs View
  • Antoni Estevadeordal, Manager, Integration and Trade Sector, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) : A View from Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Ying Qian, Director, Public Management, Financial Sector, and Regional Cooperation Division (EAPF), East Asia Department (EARD), Asian Development Bank (ADB): A View from Asia and the Pacific.
Session 2: Modernized Customs Procedures towards Economic Competitiveness and Regional Integration
  • Ahmed Hussain, Member (Customs), Bangladesh Customs (Modernized Customs Procedures towards Economic Competitiveness and Regional Integration) Presentation
  • Fernando Fernandez, National Director for Customs, Dominican Republic (Regional Economic Integration and Customs)
  • Shinichi Goto, Deputy Director General, Japan Customs (Support on building capacity) Presentation
  • Manuel Marquez, Customs Lead Specialist,  Integration and Trade Sector, IDB (Integration Cases through Coordinated Border Management)
  • Haruya Koide, Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist (ADB-WCO Partnership, APEC Focal Point, and Trade Facilitation across Asia and the Pacific), Office of Regional Economic Integration (OREI) (ADB’s Support for Customs Modernization and Trade Facilitation) Presentation

Session 3: Customs’ Contribution to Interregional Connectivity

  • Praveen Mahajan, India Central Board of Excise and Customs (Globally Networked Customs: Context, Concept, Rationale and Benefits–Indian Customs Perspective) Presentation
  • Siomara Ayeran, Director General,  Argentina Customs; and Ernani Checcucci,  Undersecretary of Brazil Customs and International Relations  (Regional exchange of Information within the region)
  • Zulkifli Yahya, Director of State of Penang Customs, Royal Malaysian Customs (ASEAN[1] Single Window: the ASEAN Connectivity Towards ASEAN Economic Community) Presentation
  • Gerardo Bolaños, Director General, Costa Rica Customs (International Transit of Goods); and Jorge Sequeira, General Manager for PROCOMER Costa Rica (National Single Window)

Session 4: Customs Approach to Facilitate and Secure International Trade
  • Juan Ricardo Ortega, Head of the Tax and Customs Service, Colombia (Regional Developments in the commitment to Security and Facilitation in the supply chain)
  • Luis Eduardo Lara Gutiérrez, General Administrator of Audit and Foreign Commerce,  Mexico  (AEO and the Competitiveness of the Private Sector in the Americas region)
  • Syarif Hidayat, Customs Attaché for Japan, Indonesian Customs (Development of Authorized Economic Operator in the APEC Economies)  Presentation

Session 5: Transforming into Better Performing Customs
  • Enrique Canon, National Director, Uruguay Customs (Strategic Performance Measurement to Customs) 
  • Jitoko Tikolevu, Chief Executive Officer, Fiji Islands Revenue and Customs Authority (Time Release Study–Fiji’s Experience)  Presentation
5 April 2013 (Friday)
Session 6: Customs-to-Customs Cooperation in Countering Illicit Trade to  Protect Society
  • Rozzano Rufino Biazon, Commissioner, Bureau of Customs, Philippines (Achievements and Challenges on Intelligence-driven Risk Management) Presentation
  • Rodolfo Alvarez, National Customs Director, Chile, RILO Americas (C2C Enforcement  Information Exchange and Cooperation with RILO)
  • Gwanghyeon Jang, Deputy Head, RILO AP (Interregional Cooperation through Global RILO Project: Project Drug Seizure Immediate Notification System)
  • Ricaurte Arrocha, Deputy General Director for Logistics, Panama customs (Interface Public-Members[2] and Container Control Program)
Session 7: Summary and Strategic Perspectives
  • Yoshihiro Kosaka, Head, WCO Asia Pacific Regional Office for Capacity Building (Thailand) (Capacity Building in the AP region)
  • Andrea Paz, Head,  WCO Americas and the Caribbean Regional Office for Capacity Building  (Argentina) (Capacity Building in the Americas region)
  • Joaquim Tres, Integration and Trade Lead Specialist, IDB
  • Ying Qian, Director, EAPF, EARD, ADB
Closing Session
  • Closing Remarks: Haruya Koide, Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist (ADB-WCO Partnership, APEC Focal Point, and Trade Facilitation across Asia and the Pacific), OREI, ADB
  • Closing Remarks: Tomas Bermudez, IDB Representative in Panama
  • Closing Remarks: Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, WCO  
  • Closing Remarks: Virna Luque, Director General, Panama Customs

[1] Association of South East Asian Nations

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