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30 October 2015
19 scholars from 18 WCO Members around the globe benefitted from a special lecture of WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya on 30 October 2015 at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo, Japan.
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30 October 2015
The WCO facilitated a workshop on Strategic Planning at the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC) from 20-23 October, 2015.
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30 October 2015
With sponsorship of CCF Japan, a WCO National Workshop on Customs Laboratories and sampling procedures was held in the headquarters of Ecuador Customs in Guayaquil, from 26 to 28 October 2015.
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29 October 2015
The WCO Regional Workshop on Strategic Initiatives for Trade Facilitation and the Implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) – Mercator Programme – for the WCO Americas/Caribbean (AMS & CB) Region was held from 20 to 22 October 2015 in Bogotá, Colombia.
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28 October 2015
From the 19th to 23rd of October 2015, the SACU Secretariat and the World Customs Organization (WCO), under the WCO SACU Connect Project funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), convened a workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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28 October 2015
On the 12th of October 2015, the SACU Secretariat together with the World Customs Organization, under the WCO SACU Connect Project funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), convened the second meeting of the SACU Regional Customs Trade Forum, in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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27 October 2015
Around 700 participants from Customs administrations, law enforcement agencies, government ministries and the private sector gathered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands today, to attend the 5th WCO Technology and Innovation Forum, with the theme “Pushing Boundaries, Changing Horizons.” This flagship WCO event was organized this year in cooperation with the Customs Administration of the Netherlands, with the slogan “Pushing Boundaries, Changing Horizons”.
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27 October 2015
The World Customs Organization and the Philippine Bureau of Customs are pleased to announce that the 11th WCO PICARD Conference will take place 27-29 September 2016 in the Philippines.
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27 October 2015
With sponsorship of CCF Japan, a WCO National Workshop on Customs Laboratories and sampling procedures was held in the offices of Colombian Customs in the Harbour of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia), from 19 to 23 October 2015.
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27 October 2015
The World Customs Organization and the Philippine Bureau of Customs are pleased to announce that the 11th WCO PICARD Conference will take place 27-29 September 2016 in the Philippines.
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23 October 2015
Modification to the Correlation Tables between the 2012 and 2017 editions of the Harmonized System
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23 October 2015
As part of its Capacity Building programme, the WCO organized a Leadership and Management Development (LMD) workshop from 5th to 16th October 2015 for 19 senior managers of Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) in Gaborone, Botswana.
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23 October 2015
The 209th/210th Sessions of the Permanent Technical Committee (PTC), held from 14 to 16 October 2015 at the WCO headquarters in Brussels, attracted more than 180 delegates from over 70 Member administrations, international organizations, private sector and academia. The Meeting was conducted under the newly elected Chairperson Mr. Rob Van Kuik (Netherlands).
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22 October 2015
From 12 to 16 October 2015, the capacity building contact points of the Customs of the West and Central Africa Region (WCA) held their 6th annual meeting in Dakar, Senegal.
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22 October 2015
The sixth site visit on Co-ordinated Border Management (CBM) was held between 29 September and 1 October 2015 in Finland.
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22 October 2015
A Theoretical Training for officers from Customs, Police, Coast Guard and Drug Enforcement who will form the new Port Control Unit was conducted by WCO training experts in Manila, The Philippines, from 5 to 16 October 2015.
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22 October 2015
The inaugural consultative meeting between the WCO Secretariat and the WCO Africa Customs Attaché Group (WACAG) was held on Monday, 19 October 2015 at the WCO Headquarters.
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20 October 2015
More than 200 delegates from Customs, trade and other ministries, the WTO and other international organisations, development partners, academia and business gathered at the 4th Meeting of the TFA Working Group (TFAWG) on 12/13 October 2015 in Brussels.
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19 October 2015
Following a decision by the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to terminate contracts with a private sector inspection company, which has been conducting valuation and classification controls on behalf of the Customs department, the WCO has been providing assistance to the Direction Générale des Douanes et Accises (DGDA).
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15 October 2015
In support of its broader Customs Capacity Building agenda, the WCO in partnership with Madagascar Customs organized a ten-day Leadership and Management Development (LMD) Workshop.
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15 October 2015
The newly reconstituted Private Sector Consultative Group (PSCG) held its first meeting on 11 October 2015 at WCO Headquarters, with 19 of the 21 members in attendance.
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13 October 2015
Latest edition of WCO News now available
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13 October 2015
In support of its broader Customs Capacity Building agenda, the WCO in partnership with the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) organized a Leadership and Management Development (LMD) Workshop from 7 September untill 18 September, 2015 for 22 senior managers in Arusha.
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13 October 2015
The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) recently requested assistance from the WCO in the area of corruption risk mapping. Two experts from German Customs responded and representing the WCO, introduced the methodology for corruption risk mapping.
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13 October 2015
The Commissioner of Customs and Excise from Swaziland Revenue Authority (SRA) asked the WCO for support with the implementation of a performance measurement policy to enhance Customs efficiency and fight corruption.
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13 October 2015
Having read the book Reform by Numbers, Measurement Applied to Customs and Tax Administrations in Developing Countries written in cooperation between the WCO and the World Bank, the Commissioner of the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) requested assistance from the WCO to implement a performance measurement policy.
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13 October 2015
As part of its efforts to effectively engage with Stakeholders and to measure its performance, the Cape Verde Customs Administration (CVCA) requested the support of the WCO (under the WCO WACAM project, financed by Sweden) in the planning and undertaking of a Time Release Study (TRS).
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12 October 2015
A WCO Sub-Regional Workshop on Post-Clearance Audit (PCA) for the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) was held from 28 September to 2 October 2015 in Minsk, Belarus.
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09 October 2015
The WCO Secretary General, Kunio Mikuriya, participated at the 11th Meeting of the ASEM Customs Directors- General/Commissioners' Meeting held in Goa, India from 7 to 9 October 2015.
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09 October 2015
89 WCO Members, with the support of the WCO, its Regional Intelligence Liaison Office (RILO) network, and international partner organizations (INTERPOL, UNODC, UNODA, IAEA, and the OPCW) organized a major law enforcement operation to detect and prevent illicit trafficking of strategic goods in international supply chains from 1 May 2014 to 31 May 2015.
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09 October 2015
Iceland becomes 103rd Contracting Party to the WCO Revised Kyoto Convention
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07 October 2015
Following the positive outcomes of the WCO COPES pilot organized in Peru earlier this year, the first Regional Seminar was held in Hong Kong (China) from 22 to 24 September 2015.
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06 October 2015
The 3rd Customs Laboratory Programme commenced on 5 October 2015 at WCO Headquarters in Brussels, under the sponsorship of Japan (CCF/Japan). Six experienced Customs chemists from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Colombia, Fiji, Ghana and Serbia are taking part in the Programme.
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02 October 2015
The Interface Public-Members (IPM) platform, the World Customs Organization’s unique tool in the fight against counterfeiting, became operational in 2011 and has already seen many improvements since its conception.
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01 October 2015
On invitation of the Chinese Chamber for International Commerce, the WCO, represented by its Director for Capacity Building, Erich Kieck, participated in the 2015 East Asia Trade and Investment Facilitation Forum on 23 September 2015 in Weifang City, China.
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01 October 2015
On the request of the Burkina Faso Customs Administration, two WCO experts supported the administration with updating its Strategic Plan from 17 to 25 August 2015. The experts specifically focused on sensitizing the newly-established Reform and Modernization Unit (CREM) about its roles and responsibilities and reformulating the strategic priorities based on changes in Customs’ missions and the State's Economic and Financial Sectoral Policy (POSEF).
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01 October 2015
Under the auspices of the WCO INAMA project (funded by the CITES Secretariat, GiZ, Sweden and the US Department of State) an Institutional Assessment Workshop on Enforcement of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wildlife fauna and flora (CITES) was held in Lilongwe (Malawi).
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