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22 December 2016
In coordination with the Qatari Customs, a WCO SAFE – AEO programme assessment workshop was held in Doha at the General Authority of Customs' building with more than 20 senior officers and experts from the various sections of Qatar Customs. The workshop was conducted from 12 to 15 December 2016.
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22 December 2016
As the year of Digital Customs draws to an end, the WCO launches its national Customs Enforcement Network (nCEN) application in the Philippines, adding to a growing group of twenty countries having already implemented this tool.
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21 December 2016
The WCO, in cooperation with Sri Lanka Customs and with the sponsorship of Customs Cooperation Fund of Korea, organized a Risk Assessment and Selectivity Workshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 12 to 16 December 2016.
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20 December 2016
Mr. Christian Bock, the Director General of Swiss Customs, who has professional experience in metrology, visited the Headquarters of the WCO in Brussels on Tuesday 20th December 2016, where he introduced representatives of the ‘Bureau International des Poids et Mesures’ (BIPM), also known as the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, to the WCO Secretary General, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya.
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19 December 2016
The Harmonized System (HS) 2017 Edition enters into force on 1 January 2017. However, work on the next set of amendments, which is scheduled for implementation in 2022 (HS 2022), has already commenced and from 12 to 16 December 2016, the HS Review Sub-Committee met at WCO Headquarters in Brussels and considered a wide range of amendments to the HS submitted by HS Contracting Parties and international organizations.
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19 December 2016
Following a request for capacity building on Post Clearance Audit (PCA), the WCO organized a Regional Workshop for the East and Southern African (ESA) Region at the Regional Training Centre (RTC) in Port Louis, Mauritius, from 28 November to 2 December 2016, with the financial support of the Japanese Customs Co-operation Fund (CCF).
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16 December 2016
The WCO, in cooperation with the General Directorate of Gabon Customs, conducted a regional workshop on the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programmes in Libreville (Gabon) from 5 to 8 December 2016. 24 high and middle ranking officials from 23 Member administrations of West and Central Africa Region participated in the workshop that benefitted from financial support of the CCF Korea. Two Regional organizations were also present: the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Communauté Économique et Monétaire des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale (CEMAC).
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16 December 2016
From 28 November to 9 December 2016, WCO training experts and a specialist from Moroccan Customs conducted the first Theoretical Training in the framework of the UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme at the Center for Promotion of Exports (CEPEX) in Tunis (Tunisia).
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15 December 2016
At the request of the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA), the World Customs Organization (WCO) undertook a mission to Rwanda aimed at supporting RRA with the implementation of its integrity strategy.
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14 December 2016
This Workshop was the follow-up for a similar event sponsored in 2015 in the region and was attended by over 60 participants from 27 Customs administrations from the region, government agencies, international and regional organizations and the Private Sector.
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14 December 2016
In the framework of the WCO-EAC-CREATe Programme, funded by Sweden, a diagnostic mission was conducted in the Burundi Revenue Authority (Office Burundais des Recettes – OBR) from 25 to 29 July 2016, in order to conduct a national gap analysis for the implementation of the regional Authorized Economic Operator programme.
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12 December 2016
At the invitation of Mr. Mustafa Azzam Elterejman, Director General of Libya Customs, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Tripoli, Libya, on 11 December 2016, to support Libya Customs for its post-conflict modernization.
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12 December 2016
Under the auspices of the WCO-INAMA Project (funded by Sweden, US Department of State, GiZ and CITES Secretariat), a training on Advanced Intelligence was held from 21st to 25th November 2016 in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). This mission is the continuation of the training on Basic Intelligence which took place in Cameroon in 2015. The aim was to help Targeted Customs officials improve their capacity to collect, process and disseminate intelligence on CITES.
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12 December 2016
The WTO Advanced Course for Chairs of National Committees on Trade Facilitation (NCTFs), held from 28 November to 9 December 2016 at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland, was hosted for the first time over a period of two weeks and included two WCO modules, namely, Stakeholder Engagement and Resource Mobilization. It was attended by 30 WTO Member Countries, with representatives from, inter alia, Customs administrations, other international organizations and the private sector also attending the event.
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12 December 2016
Under the auspices of the WCO INAMA Project (funded by Sweden, US Department of State, GiZ and CITES Secretariat), a training on CITES Investigation was held from 7th to 11th November 2016 in Lomé (Togo). The aim of this training was to help targeted Customs administrations improve awareness, knowledge and competencies on enforcement of CITES (in particular in conducting investigations).
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12 December 2016
WCO Secretary General, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya received Mr. John Fonseca, Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica at the WCO’s Headquarters, on Friday 9 December 2016, following a request for WCO assistance for the project of Digital Platform in SIECA countries (Central American Economic Integration System, which regroups Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama). The meeting was also attended by the Ambassador of Costa Rica, H.E Istvan Alfaro Solano, the Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Sergio Mujica and other experts.
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09 December 2016
The WCO Policy Commission, held in Moscow, Russian Federation, from 5 to 7 December 2016 under the chairmanship of Mr. R. Davydov, brought to the fore the key role of Customs in creating a sustainable and efficient e-commerce ecosystem, revving-up the exchange of data between stakeholders and enhancing risk-management through electronic interface. The other main topics discussed during the Commission pertained to trade facilitation, security, the enhancement of the Customs/Tax cooperation and the modernization of Customs administrations.
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09 December 2016
Burkina Faso Directorate General of Customs (DGD) is preparing to resume its Customs functions, including Customs valuation, which had been outsourced by the government to a private inspection company.
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09 December 2016
Upon request of Palestinian Customs, a WCO support mission was conducted from 20 to 24 November 2016 in the premises of the Regional Training Center Amman, Jordan to help the Administration draft its Strategic Plan taking due account of the WCO most essential instruments, as well as modern strategic planning methods. The Workshop was conducted with the support of the Government of the United Kingdom through Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
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08 December 2016
The World Customs Organization’s (WCO) Research Unit participated at the 2016 International Conference on Green Trade in Beijing, China on 6-7 December.
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07 December 2016
As part of the WCO Customs for Relief of Epidemic Diseases (C-RED) Project, financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, the WCO conducted a 4 day regional workshop for the West African countries that were affected by the Ebola virus disease, namely Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Senegal, Nigeria and Mali.
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07 December 2016
A Regional Joint Coordinating Committee (RJCC) meeting of the Trade Facilitation Project for East Africa was held on 24 November 2016, at Kigali, Rwanda.
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07 December 2016
At the request of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), two WCO experts, Mr. Samson Bilangna and Mr. Sang-Hyup Lee, conducted a national workshop/diagnostic mission under the WCO Mercator Programme from 4 to 8 December 2016 in Tehran, Iran, aimed at supporting the implementation of both the WCO Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC) and the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA).
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06 December 2016
Within the framework of the Capacity Building Programme, the World Customs Organization (WCO), with financial support from CCF Korea, organized a Sub-Regional Workshop on Rules of Origin for the Customs Administrations in CARICOM Member countries.
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06 December 2016
The WCO held a regional Accredited Customs Experts (ACE)/Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) Refresher workshop in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 22 to 25 November 2016, at the Regional Office for Capacity Building Europe (ROCB Europe).
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06 December 2016
As part of its Capacity Building programme, the WCO organized a Leadership and Management Development (LMD) workshop from 14 until 25 November 2016 in Pretoria, South Africa.
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06 December 2016
With a view to proposing a new framework to tackle the security issues in the Western and central African region (WCA) from a trade and Customs perspective, the World Customs Organization (WCO) in cooperation with Nigerian Customs convened the first meeting of the Technical Committee on the security project "Sécurité par collaboration" (SPC++) in Abuja, Nigeria from 29 November to 1st December 2016 with the participation of five countries from the region namely; Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Central Africa and Chad.
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06 December 2016
The WCO attended the International Conference for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Conflict Areas, organized at the initiative and in the presence of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and the President of France, Francois Hollande.
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02 December 2016
The World Customs Organization (WCO) with the support of the Azerbaijan State Customs Committee, Korean Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF Korea) and the WCO Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB) for Europe, organized a Regional Workshop on E-Commerce and Digital Customs for the Europe Region from 28 November to 1 December 2016 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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02 December 2016
From 21 to 25 November, the WCO conducted a workshop for the Thai Customs Department in Bangkok on Customs valuation and transfer pricing.
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02 December 2016
At the invitation of H.E. Mrs. Fatima Haram Acyl, Commissioner for Trade and Industry, African Union (AU) Commission, the WCO Secretary General, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, spoke at the Africa Trade Facilitation Forum during the Africa Trade Week. The event, held at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) on 1 and 2 December 2016, was attended by numerous Trade ministers and representatives from international organizations, Customs and business.
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01 December 2016
On the occasion of the First Africa Trade Facilitation Forum held at African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa from 1 to 2 December 2016, the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA) invited the WCO Secretary General, Kunio Mikuriya, to a meeting with the newly appointed ERCA Director General, Mr. Kebede Chane, who is Ehtiopia's former Trade Minister.
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01 December 2016
From 28 November – 9 December, a WCO training expert and a specialist of Portugal Customs conducted the first Regional Theoretical Training in Lima / Peru. Peru just joined the UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme (CCP), agreements with Argentina and Brazil are close to signature.
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