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29 June 2019
Directors General of the 183 WCO Member Customs administrations met as the WCO Council, the Organization’s supreme decision-making body, in Brussels, Belgium from 27 to 29 June 2019 to take stock of what had been done since it last met and to map the road ahead for the next financial year, driven by the will to build a stable, predictable, safe and transparent trade environment.
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28 June 2019
Under the sponsorship of the China Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF China) and in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN/ESCAP) and the Eurasian Economic Commission, a Sub-Regional Workshop titled “Trade Facilitation, Promoting Inclusive Trade through Innovation and Technology: the Roles of E-Commerce, Trade Finance, and National Single Window Environments” has been hosted in Yerevan by the Customs Administration of Armenia from 11 to 13 June 2019.
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27 June 2019
The World Customs Organization presents a new Integrity development tool - Compilation of WCO Members’ Integrity practices on Internal Control and Relationship with External controls.
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27 June 2019
Hundreds of delegates from all over the world attended the 2019 WCO IT/TI Conference & Exhibition to discuss matters relating to the introduction and evolution of latest technologies. Throughout the three-day event, 85 speakers shared their knowledge, expertise and experience on both software and hardware solutions. Their presentations can be found on the Conference website and you will find below a short presentation of the topics discussed in each session.
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27 June 2019
The Private Sector Consultative Group (PSCG) met for its 47th session at the WCO headquarters on 24 and 25 June 2019 with the participation of representatives from 16 PSCG members.
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26 June 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO) joins the international community to mark the United Nations’ International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on this 26 June 2019, and welcomes this year’s theme of: Health for Justice, Justice for Health.
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26 June 2019
In the context of the strategic initiative dedicated to support Small Island Economies’ Customs administrations, the WCO Secretariat organized a sub-regional Workshop for Customs administrations in Small Island Economies (SIEs) from the Indian Ocean region.
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26 June 2019
With funding from the Government of Japan, the World Customs Organization handed over seven Raman Spectrometers, a hand-held Backscatter X-Ray device and an XRF Precious Metal Analyzer to the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC) in a ceremony held at the Goods Verification Office in Hanoi on 14 June 2019.
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26 June 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO) delivered a one-day training event on 7 June 2019 for Customs Enforcement Officers of Lao PDR Customs Department on ‘techniques of utilizing modern inspection equipment’.
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24 June 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO) delivered a support mission to the newly established WCO Regional Training Center (RTC) in Bishkek, and conducted a diagnostic analysis of the current situation in the area of training and human resources management of Kyrgyz Customs, from 17 to 19 June 2019.
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21 June 2019
WCO, UNODC and Australia Border Force joined up to implement the Container Control Programme (CCP) in the Oceania region.
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21 June 2019
The WCO conducted a National Workshop on Mutual Recognition of Authorized Economic Operators (AEOs) for Belarus in Minsk from 11 to 13 June 2019.
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20 June 2019
The first Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme for Customs activity, conducted from 10 to 14 June 2019 in Maputo, aimed at identifying current integrity-related strategies arising from the National Anti-Corruption Program (2018-2022) as well as priority areas for future action within the Mozambique Revenue Authority (Autoridade Tributária de Moçambique - ATM).
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19 June 2019
On 18 June 2019, the Professional Associates (PAs) deployed to the Headquarters of the WCO under the WCO-Japan Career Development Programme (CDP) reported the results of their ten-month research to the WCO's senior management.
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19 June 2019
The 5th Meeting of the Technical Experts Group on Non-Intrusive Inspection (TEG-NII) was held on 10-11 June 2019 in Baku, Azerbaijan, back-to-back with the 2019 WCO IT/TI Conference & Exhibition.
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19 June 2019
The WCO conducted a national Revenue Package Workshop on the development of an advance ruling system for classification and origin in Maseru, Lesotho, from 10 to 14 June 2019.
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18 June 2019
At the invitation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat, the WCO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, attended the 28th Meeting of Directors General of Customs Administrations from ASEAN countries which was held in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic from 11 to 13 June 2019.
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18 June 2019
Ethiopia’s first activity as a partner administration of the WCO’s Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme for Customs took place in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia from 3-6 June 2019.
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17 June 2019
Under the auspices of the WCO INAMA Project, and jointly with INTERPOL, an Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) Regional Customs – Police Workshop for Asian countries was conducted in Bangkok, Thailand on 20-29 May 2019.
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17 June 2019
Under the sponsorship of the WCO Reserve Fund, a WCO National Workshop on the HS Classification was held in the headquarters of the Georgia Revenue Service (GRS) in Tbilisi, from 3 to 7 June 2019, with a view to assisting the GRS in increasing institutional capacity to carry out classification work and in developing a core team of classification experts.
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14 June 2019
The 5th Meeting of the WCO Working Group on the Comprehensive Review of the Revised Kyoto Convention (WGRKC) was held at WCO Headquarters in Brussels from 3 to 6 June 2019, consisting of a “Members/Contracting Parties Only session and a “Stakeholder Engagement” session.
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14 June 2019
A Regional Workshop organized by the WCO on the WCO Data Model (DM) was held from 10 to 11 June 2019 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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14 June 2019
In response to a request with a view to building its capacities in the field of Post Clearance Audit (PCA), the WCO organized a National Workshop for Vanuatu Customs from 3 to 7 June 2019 with the financial support of the Customs Cooperation Fund of Japan (CCF/Japan).
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13 June 2019
Around 900 delegates from almost 90 countries, representing the public and private sector, academia and international organizations, gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan on Wednesday 12 June 2019 to attend the WCO IT/TI Conference and Exhibition, a three-day event that will discuss implementation of technologies and its related challenges and opportunities. The event is being co-hosted by the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan, with the support of the Korea Customs Service (KCS) and private sector companies, including the Corporate sponsor of the event, Rapiscan/AS&E/ S2Global.
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12 June 2019
The first WCO Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) mission to the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) was conducted in Dar es Salaam from 20-24th May 2019.
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12 June 2019
The WCO organized a National Workshop on Advance Passenger Information (API)/Passenger Name Record (PNR) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 5 to 7 June 2019.
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11 June 2019
Following a request from the General Directorate of Customs (DGA) of Nicaragua the WCO, with the support of the Japan Customs Cooperation Fund, conducted a national workshop on risk management and selectivity in Managua, Nicaragua from 20 to 24 May 2019.
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07 June 2019
At the invitation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the World Customs Organization (WCO) participated in the 10th session of the Implementation Review Group of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, held in Vienna, Austria, from 27 to 29 May 2019.
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07 June 2019
The First Workshop of the African Union Technical Customs Working Group on Pre-Shipment Inspections took place in Moroni, Comoros from 29 to 31 May 2019.
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07 June 2019
The WCO conducted a PCA diagnostic mission under the HMRC-WCO-UNCTAD Programme funded by the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) via Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) of the United Kingdom, under the auspices of the WCO Mercator Programme.
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07 June 2019
In the framework of the EU-WCO Programme for the Harmonized System (HS) in Africa, the Republic of Seychelles hosted a diagnostic workshop on the implementation of the HS.
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07 June 2019
The Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), is an initiative funded by the Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).
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07 June 2019
The Information Management Sub-Committee (IMSC) held its 76th Meeting on 23 and 24 May 2019 at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
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07 June 2019
The WCO has published the 88th edition of WCO News, the Organization’s flagship magazine aimed at the Customs community, which provides a selection of informative articles that touch the international Customs and trade landscape.
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07 June 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO), with support from the Customs Cooperation Fund of Korea (CCF/Korea) and the Peruvian National Superintendence of Customs and Tax Administration (SUNAT), organized a ‘Train-the-Trainers Workshop on AEO Validation’ for the Americas and Caribbean (AMS) Region from 27 to 30 May 2019 in Lima, Peru.
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06 June 2019
At the initiative of the new Director General of Algerian Customs, with the financial support of the Eurocustoms Fund, a national support mission in the field of Human Resource Management (HRM) was carried out by the WCO in Algiers from 26 to 30 May 2019.
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06 June 2019
In April 2019, WCO training experts conducted an initial training on risk profiling of containers in La Paz, Bolivia, in the framework of the UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme.
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06 June 2019
From 27 to 31 May 2019, the WCO organized an Accreditation Workshop for Technical Operational Advisers (TOAs) on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for the Asia/Pacific (A/P) region in Bangkok, Thailand, with the financial support of the Customs Cooperation Fund of Japan (CCF/Japan).
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05 June 2019
World Customs Organization (WCO) East & Southern Africa (ESA) Regional Workshop on Business Process Analyses Re-Engineering and Legal Gap Analyses for Building Single Window Environment was organized in Lusaka, Zambia from 27th to 31st May 2019, with the financial support of the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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05 June 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO), with the financial support of the Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF) EURO-Customs, organized a five-day National Workshop on the Revised Kyoto Convention to improve the efficiency and monitoring of activities of simplified Customs procedures for the Customs Service of the Republic of Moldova (CSRM) in Chisinau from 20 to 24 May 2019.
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05 June 2019
On 5 June 2019, the World Customs Organization (WCO) joins the international community, environmental organizations and other law enforcement partners in celebrating World Environment Day.
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04 June 2019
With the cooperation and support of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Agency (NRSA) of Tajikistan, the WCO delivered a four-day National Workshop on Strategic Trade Control Enforcement (STCE) in Dushanbe from 7 to 10 May 2019.
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03 June 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO) and Japan Customs hosted an Asia/Pacific Security Conference from 28 to 30 May 2019 in Kyoto, Japan. The Conference brought together over 70 delegates representing 25 Member Customs administrations and international organizations to discuss Customs’ role in border security and counterterrorism. Funding for the Conference was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Government of Japan.
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03 June 2019
From 29-April to 3-May 2019, two WCO Mercator Programme Advisors (MPAs) successfully facilitated a workshop on Review and Appeals at The Bahamas Customs and Excise Department (BCED), in Nassau, The Bahamas.
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03 June 2019
As part of the COPES Programme, the sixth so far awareness regional seminar, organized in partnership with Japan Customs, took place from 14 to 16 May 2019 in Tokyo Narita.
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03 June 2019
Liberia’s first activity as a partner administration of the WCO’s Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme for Customs took place in Monrovia, Liberia 20-24th May 2019.
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