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30 April 2021
Following the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in January 2021, the WCO and the AfCFTA Secretariats held an exploratory meeting to discuss prospects of future cooperation to ensure a smooth implementation of the AfCFTA Agreement.
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30 April 2021
On 20 April 2021, an online event has been held to acknowledge the completion of the deployment of the WCO Cargo Targeting System (CTS) to the State Customs Committee (SCC), Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is the latest of a growing number of countries to implement the WCO CTS to enhance their cargo risk assessment and targeting capability. The ceremony marked the culmination of a deployment process which included close cooperation between the WCO and the SCC to complete the technical deployment of the WCO CTS software, cargo manifest data assistance and training.
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30 April 2021
At the invitation of the Director General of Customs of the Republic of the Congo, Mr. Guénolé Mbongo Koumou, in his capacity as the WCO Vice-Chair for the West and Central Africa (WCA) Region, the WCO Secretary General, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, spoke at the Regional Conference of Directors General of Customs held online on 28 and 29 April 2021.
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29 April 2021
At the invitation of the Director General of Guatemala Customs, Mr. Werner Ovalle in his capacity as Vice-Chair for the WCO Americas/Caribbean region, WCO Secretary General Dr. Kunio Mikuriya participated in the Heads of Customs Meeting of the Americas/Caribbean Region, hosted by Peru Customs (SUNAT) on 22 April 2021.
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29 April 2021
The online Workshop on Data Analytics for manager levels in the East and Southern Africa (ESA) region, organized in close cooperation with WCO-Finland ESA Project II, was held from 21-22 April 2021, supported by CCF-Korea.
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28 April 2021
On 22 April 2021, the WCO Working Group on Performance Measurement (WGPM) concluded the virtual phase of its 3rd Meeting, following a document-based consultation that had provided a solid basis for future decision-making.
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27 April 2021
Following successful implementation in 10 countries in 2020, between January and February this year, 7 more countries undertook a Customs and Integrity Perception Survey under the WCO Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme for Customs, namely: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Jordan, Lebanon, Malawi, Niger, and Palestine.
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27 April 2021
At the invitation of WTO Director-General Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, WCO Secretary General Dr. Kunio Mikuriya met with her at WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday 26 April 2021. They agreed on further cooperation between the two Organizations in a wide range of areas.
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27 April 2021
The WCO is pleased to announce that the Data Analytics course is now available in Spanish on CLiKC supported by Customs Coorporation Fund of Korea (CCF-K).
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23 April 2021
Over 80 participants from 23 Member administrations participated in the WCO Asia/Pacific Regional Online Workshop on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), which took place from 19 to 21 April 2021.
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22 April 2021
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is pleased to announce that in addition to the English and French version, the Arabic version of the “WCO Guide for a successful transition to Live Virtual Training” is now available.
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21 April 2021
In order to keep up the momentum in the process of implementation of HS 2022 amendments, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held a regional meeting of tariff experts, from 12 to 16 April 2021 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
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20 April 2021
The 25th Meeting of the SAFE Working Group (SWG) was held virtually from 14 to 16 April 2021. T
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20 April 2021
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project, five (5) East African Customs administrations, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, participated in the “Master Trainers Programme (MTP)” and made collective efforts in building a pool of experts on Post Clearance Audit (PCA) and in developing their regional PCA training materials to be used by those trainers for more sustainable capacity building in East Africa on this important topic.
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20 April 2021
The First Meeting of the Passenger Facilitation and Control Working Group (PFCWG) took place virtually from 8 to 9 April 2021, based on the endorsement of the Terms of Reference at the 83rd Session of the Policy Commission and the 137th Session of the Council in December 2020, with overwhelming Members support in light of the significance of this Group with a strong linkage to COVID-19 pandemic issues.
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16 April 2021
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is pleased to announce that the Arabic version of the “Guidelines for Post-Clearance Audit (PCA) Volume 1” has been published. The guidelines have been translated into Arabic through an initiative by Qatar Customs.
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16 April 2021
From 12 to 15 April 2021, the World Customs Organization (WCO) delivered an Online Regional Workshop on E-Commerce for the Americas and the Caribbean region.
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16 April 2021
On 8 April 2021, the World Customs Organization (WCO) successfully launched its first series of regional workshops aimed at improving Customs administrations’ awareness of counterfeit COVID-19-related goods.
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15 April 2021
At the invitation of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of World Trade Organization (WTO), WCO Secretary General Dr. Kunio Mikuriya spoke at the WTO virtual event exploring the role of WTO in the context of “COVID-19 and Vaccine Equity” with its key stakeholders on 14 April 2021.
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15 April 2021
From 30 March to 9 April 2021, the World Customs Organization (WCO) Environment Programme organized a series of four workshops in selected regions on the topic of wildlife seizure data collection.
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15 April 2021
On 12-14 April 2021 the WCO COVID-19 Project, funded by the Government of Japan, held the Online Regional Workshop on Disaster Management and Supply Chain Continuity in times of COVID-19 for the North of Africa, Near and Middle East region (MENA), an initiative to improve the capacity of WCO Members’ Customs administrations to address the challenges stemming from COVID-19, infectious diseases and other disruptive events.
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14 April 2021
WCO Members of the Virtual Working Group on Gender Equality & Diversity gathered on the 12th of April to discuss recent achievement and current work to promote gender equality and diversity in Customs.
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13 April 2021
As part of its ongoing support to Members, the WCO conducted a series of virtual training and capacity building sessions for the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) to implement the WCO Immediate Release Guidelines leading to align with the WTO-TFA Article 7.8 (Expedited Shipments).
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12 April 2021
As part of its reform and modernization plan and following the HRM&D modernization work plan, the WCO conducted successfully from 6 to 8 April 2021 a virtual advisory mission to support the cross-cutting HRM project team in finalizing and implementing the Competency-based HRM Tools.
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09 April 2021
The virtual Workshop on Data Analytics (DA) for manager levels in the Asia-Pacific (AP) region, organized in close cooperation with ROCB AP, was held from 30 March to 1 April 2021, supported by CCF-Korea.
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09 April 2021
The 7th Executive Programme in Customs & Business Administration (EPCBA) at SNU, funded by CCF-Korea, was launched on Tuesday 6th April 2021.
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08 April 2021
Indonesian Customs, in its capacity as Vice-Chair of the WCO Council for the Asia-Pacific (AP) region, organized a virtual Regional Meeting of Directors General of Customs on 6 and 7 April 2021. The meeting was chaired by the Chief Executive Officer of the Regional Vice-Chair for the AP region, Mr. R. Syarif Hidayat and brought together many heads of Customs in the region as well as the Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB), and the Regional Intelligence Liaison Office (RILO).
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07 April 2021
On 26 March 2021, the Enforcement Committee (EC) closed its 41st Session, held for the first time in a fully virtual manner.
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07 April 2021
Jordan Customs in its capacity as Vice-Chair of the WCO Council for the North of Africa, Near and Middle East (MENA) region, organized a virtual Regional Meeting of Directors General of Customs on 4 April 2021.
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01 April 2021
The WCO Strategic Trade Control Enforcement (STCE) Programme delivered a virtual national training for the Customs Administration of the Kyrgyz Republic between 23 and 26 March 2021, with the aim of strengthening its capacity in combating illicit trade of Weapons of Mass Destruction and their delivery systems.
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01 April 2021
In an effort to strengthen the inclusive and transparent character of the process of implementation of the Harmonized System (HS), the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) has recently made available the HS 2022 amendments to its Common External Tariff for public consultation.
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01 April 2021
The Steering Committee of the EU-WCO Programme for Harmonized System in Africa (HS-Africa Programme) held its third annual meeting on 30 March 2021, in a virtual format. Representatives of the European Union, the WCO, the African Union Commission as well as selected Regional Economic Communities and Customs administrations from Africa gathered to review the results delivered by the Programme so far and approve a work plan for the next reporting period.
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01 April 2021
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project, Six (6) West African Customs administrations have been making collective efforts in building a pool of experts and developing training materials to be used for more sustainable capacity building in West Africa.
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01 April 2021
The World Customs Organization organized, with the support of the Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF) China, a virtual National Workshop on Advanced Training on Customs Valuation for Customs Officials of Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
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01 April 2021
Identified during the scoping activities carried out in 2019 and 2020 by the WCO’s A-CPI Programme within the Directorate General of Customs (DGD) of Tunisia, one of the expected specific results was the creation of a Next Generation Network (NGN) to prepare the next generation and to actively engage the next generation in the fight against corruption and the promotion of integrity.
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01 April 2021
The WCO Strategic Trade Control Enforcement (STCE) Programme and Customs Operational Practices for Enforcement and Seizures (COPES) Programme organized a training course which was delivered online from March 29 to April 1st in Albania and Kosovo.
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