World Customs Organization to celebrate 2011 as the Year of Knowledge

03 December 2010

World Customs Organization to celebrate 2011 as the Year of Knowledge

Brussels, 3 December 2010

Announcement

Secretary General of the WCO, Kunio Mikuriya, is pleased to announce that 2011 will be dedicated to knowledge and the critical part it plays in enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of Customs administrations across the globe.

Guided by the theme "Knowledge, a catalyst for Customs excellence", the WCO's 177 Member Customs administrations as well as the Customs community's stakeholders are urged to be innovative and creative in taking forward the knowledge theme in all its facets during 2011.

The Year of Knowledge will be launched on International Customs Day, celebrated annually by the global Customs community on 26 January in honour of the inaugural session of the Customs Co-operation Council (CCC) which took place on 26 January 1953.

The CCC adopted the informal working name "World Customs Organization" in 1994 to better reflect its worldwide growth in membership.

The WCO invites you to diarise this important date and to visit its website on 26 January when the Secretary General's International Customs Day Message will be released.

Enquiries
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