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30 September 2013
The WCO recently conducted a joint workshop with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for the East and Southern Africa Region at the WCO’s Regional Training Centre in Pretoria, South Africa.
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30 September 2013
On 23-25 September, 2013, the WCO participated in the APEC Pathfinder Project with ASEAN and Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Partners on Combating Corruption and Illicit Trade across the Asia-Pacific Region, in Bangkok, Thailand.
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27 September 2013
Within the framework of the WCO’s capacity building programme and in partnership with the Uganda Revenue Authority, a technical dialogue on training strategy development was held in Kampala between September 10 and 17, 2013.
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26 September 2013
At the invitation of the Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Mr. Raymond Benjamin, the Secretary General of the WCO, Mr. Kunio Mikuriya attended the opening ceremony of the 38th ICAO Assembly held in Montreal, Canada, on 24 September 2013, to launch the "Moving Air Cargo Globally" brochure jointly developed by the ICAO and the WCO.
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25 September 2013
Successful 8th WCO PICARD Conference
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24 September 2013
The 2013/2014 WCO Career Development Programme Commences
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24 September 2013
Within the framework of the Capacity Building Programme, the WCO and the Customs Administration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo jointly conducted a National Seminar on Rules of Origin in Kinshasa from 9 to 13 September 2013, attended by Customs officers and officials from a large number of Ministries as well as by the private sector of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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23 September 2013
In cooperation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the WCO participated from 17-19 September at a national workshop on implementing an Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programme in Bangladesh.
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20 September 2013
On 9-12 September the WCO participated at the annual CIAT (Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations) Technical Conference organised by the Kenya Revenue Authority in Nairobi. This year’s conference was dedicated to Prevention and Control of Tax Evasion.
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19 September 2013
Thirty-eight representatives from 23 Customs administrations in the Asia/Pacific Region participated in a WCO Regional Workshop on Risk-based Cargo Selectivity from 9 to 13 September 2013. The Workshop built on the WCO Council’s aim to emphasize the importance of risk management to all the Organization’s Members.
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19 September 2013
The World Customs Organization (WCO) organized a regional workshop for the East and Southern Africa region focused on strengthening the facilitation skills of participants in an effort to create a pool of qualified Leadership and Management Development (LMD) facilitators.
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18 September 2013
The President of the Republic of Benin, Dr. Boni Yayi, has bestowed the title of "Commander of the National Order of Benin" on Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General of the WCO.
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18 September 2013
At the invitation of Mr. Børge Brende, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum, Deputy Secretary General Sergio Mujica attended the Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum held in Dalian, China, from 11 to 13 September 2013.
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18 September 2013
From 11 to 13 September 2013, the WCO Secretariat and the partner countries of the East African Community (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) conducted a workshop in Nairobi, Kenya.
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17 September 2013
At the invitation of the African Union Commissioner for Trade and Industry, Mrs. Fatima Haram Acyl, the Secretary General of the WCO, Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, participated in the 5th Meeting of the African Union Sub-Committee of Directors General of Customs with the theme "Towards a trade facilitation strategy as part of the establishment of a continental free trade area", held in Cotonou, Benin on 12 and 13 September 2013. The session was chaired by the Director General of Benin Customs, Mr. Paul Lafia Tabé.
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17 September 2013
Under the Customs Capacity Enhancement in Sub Saharan Africa (CCEA-SSA) Project, financed by the World Bank, the World Customs Organization (WCO) delivered a 10-day Leadership and Management Development (LMD) Workshop for
mid-level and senior Congolese Customs managers.
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16 September 2013
As part of the ongoing WCO Capacity Building project for the ESA region, financed by DFID and supported by the South African Revenue Service, an Integrity Development National Workshop for the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) was coordinated by the WCO from 02-06 September 2013 in Blantyre, Malawi.
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16 September 2013
Under the"Customs Capacity Building for WCO Member States 2012-2015" Project, funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), Timor-Leste Customs Service will receive WCO support in two areas of Customs operations, namely classification and valuation.
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12 September 2013
The G20 Leaders, after their summit in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, issued a Declaration on 6 September 2013. In their Declaration, the Leaders supported, among other things, a successful outcome on trade facilitation at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali in December 2013, extended their commitment to further progress in removing barriers and impediments to global trade and investment, and endorsed plans to address cross-border tax evasion and avoidance which undermines public finances and people’s trust in the fairness of the tax system.
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10 September 2013
At the invitation of H.E. Mr. Apichart Chinwanno, Royal Thai Ambassador to Belgium and Head of Mission to the European Union, Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya participated in the opening ceremony of the ‘Essence of Thailand VIII’ event which was held in Brussels on Sunday 8 September 2013.
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10 September 2013
In the context of the "Customs Capacity Building Project for WCO Member States 2012-2015", funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), the WCO recently conducted a mission to Vietnam.
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10 September 2013
On August 27-29, WCO representatives conducted a workshop on WCO instruments and tools at US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Headquarters in Washington, DC.
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10 September 2013
The Regional Office for Capacity Building Asia/Pacific (ROCB AP) in cooperation with Japan Customs, under the sponsorship of CCF/Japan, organized a five-day national workshop on the Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC) from 31 August to 4 September 2013 in Male, Maldives.
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09 September 2013
The Association of Professional Customs Brokers of the Americas (ASAPRA) and the International Customs Law Academy (ICLA) held their annual meeting at WCO Headquarters, from 4-6 November 2013.
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06 September 2013
The Association of Professional Customs Brokers of the Americas (ASAPRA) and the International Customs Law Academy (ICLA) held their annual meeting at WCO Headquarters, from 4-6 November 2013.
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05 September 2013
Responding to a request from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the WCO and the WCO Regional Office for Capacity Building Asia/Pacific (ROCB A/P) conducted a training workshop on the WCO Time Release Study (TRS) tool in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 21-22 August 2013.
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05 September 2013
As part of its strategic plan for 2013-2016, the Mozambique Revenue Authority has planned to implement a revised risk management procedure, to enhance the effectiveness of its revenue collection role and contribute to trade facilitation.
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04 September 2013
At the invitation of Sir Charles Montgomery, Director General of the United Kingdom (UK) Border Force, the Secretary General of the WCO, Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, visited the UK on 2 September 2013.
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03 September 2013
The fourth National Policy Dialogue under the Finnish funded WCO ESA Project ‘Building Trade Capacity through Customs Modernization in the East and Southern Africa Region’ was held on 29 and 30 August 2013 in Blantyre, Malawi.
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03 September 2013
In line with the objectives of the MoU between the World Customs Organization and the Universal Postal Union ‘s (UPU) International Bureau, a Joint WCO/UPU Customs Workshop for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries was held from 26 to 29 August 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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03 September 2013
The Regional Office for Capacity Building Asia/Pacific (ROCB A/P), in cooperation with the WCO and Hong Kong Customs organized the WCO Regional Workshop on Computer Forensics in Hong Kong, China from 20 to 22 August 2013 under the sponsorship of CCF/Japan. This workshop was the first of its kind organized in the Asia/Pacific region.
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