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22 December 2022
From 28 November to 2 December 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO) delivered a national workshop on the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in Manila, Philippines. The workshop was attended by 28 officials from Philippines Bureau of Customs (BOC) and was made possible thanks to financial assistance from the Customs Cooperation Fund of Japan (CCF Japan).
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22 December 2022
A Quick Guide to the private sector on the AfCFTA Rules of Origin
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22 December 2022
From 12 to 16 December 2022, within the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) framework, the WCO delivered a 5-day Risk Management Workshop for the Customs Administration of Bolivia (Aduana Nacional de Bolivia – ANB).
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21 December 2022
From 8 to 9 December 2022, within the framework of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), the WCO successfully held a sub-regional workshop on Coordinated Border Management (CBM) at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels, with the participation of 22 Customs officials from the Customs Administrations of Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye and Ukraine.
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21 December 2022
From 5 to 8 December 2022, within the framework of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), the WCO delivered an E-Commerce Workshop for the Customs Service of the Republic of Moldova (MCS), which aimed at building capacities of the MCS on relevant WCO tools, including the WCO Immediate Release Guidelines and the E-Commerce Package.
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21 December 2022
Within the framework of the Side-WCO TFCM, the World Customs Organization (WCO) conducted an Integrity Assessment technical assistance mission for BURS.
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21 December 2022
The WCO conducted a Leadership and Management Development Advisors (LMDA) pre-accreditation workshop from 12th to 16th December 2022 at the WCO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, under the sponsorship of the WCO Reserves Fund.
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21 December 2022
At the request of the Thai Customs Department of the Kingdom of Thailand, the WCO conducted a national workshop on rules of origin and technical update of preferential rules of origin from 13 to 16 December 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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20 December 2022
Following a remote virtual workshop in Project Management in 2021 to the Revenue Services Lesotho (RSL), the WCO successfully delivered a follow-up on-site workshop from 28 November to 2 December 2022.
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20 December 2022
At the request of the Commissioner of Seychelles Customs Division (SCD), the WCO, with funding support from the Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF) of China, conducted a diagnostic support mission in Victoria, Seychelles, during the period 5 to 14 December 2022.
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19 December 2022
The World Customs Organization (WCO) in partnership with the East African Community (EAC) held a national workshop for Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) on the implementation of an advance ruling system from 8 to 9 December 2022 in Kampala, Uganda under the framework of the EU-WCO Programme for Harmonized System in Africa (HS Africa Programme), funded by the European Union.
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19 December 2022
The Swedish-funded “Trade Facilitation and Customs Modernization Programme for Sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa”) also referred to as Trade Facilitation and Customs Modernization Programme (Sida-WCO TFCM Programme), provided support to Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) to advance their Customs systems interconnectivity and data exchange project.
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19 December 2022
From 28 November to 1 December 2022, within the framework of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), the WCO carried out a Mercator follow-up mission for the Customs Administration of Bolivia (Aduana Nacional -AN).
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19 December 2022
Building on the success and outcomes of the WCO Human Capital Management Global Conference and as part of the recommendations and guidance from delegates of the 13th Session of the CBC, the 86th Session of the Policy Commission and 139th /140th Sessions of the Council, the WCO launched a survey on working models in Customs in the “New Normal” and established the WCO Customs’ Work Organization Forum (CWOF) to reimagine the future of work in Customs and to launch discussions on the way forward for work setup, workplace design and workforce management in the “new normal”.
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19 December 2022
Under the framework of the EU-WCO Programme for Harmonized System in Africa (HS-Africa Programme), funded by the European Union, and in partnership with the East African Community (EAC), the World Customs Organization held a national workshop on implementation of advance ruling system with Burundi Revenue (BRA) Authority from 5 to 6 December, 2022.
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16 December 2022
The World Customs Organization (WCO) participated in the 30th Anniversary of the International Federation of Customs Brokers Association (IFCBA), held in Singapore, on 12 and 13 December 2022.
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16 December 2022
On 7 December 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the US Department of Energy (DoE) formally signed a grant agreement for the Radiological and Nuclear Detection Awareness Project (RANDA).
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16 December 2022
Under the framework of the EU-WCO Origin Africa Programme funded by the European Union (EU), the World Customs Organization (WCO), in partnership with Egypt Customs, held a workshop in Cairo, Egypt, from 12 to 14 December 2022 to support the AfCFTA Guided Trade Initiative.
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16 December 2022
The World Customs Organization (WCO) took part in the XXXVIth Meeting of the Council of the Directors General of Customs of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLC), which was held in Dili, East Timor, from 6 to 7 December 2022.
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15 December 2022
WCO supports Zambia Revenue Authority in strengthening its integrity enhancement
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15 December 2022
Following a request by the Customs Administration of Serbia (CAS) for a capacity-building activity on post-clearance audit (PCA), the World Customs Organization (WCO) facilitated a national workshop for CAS in that domain.
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15 December 2022
From 28 November to 2 December 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO) delivered a national workshop on the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
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15 December 2022
This week the 9th session of the Working Group on Revenue Compliance and Fraud took place in a hybrid format.
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15 December 2022
The new issue of RILO ECE Herald magazine is here! Inside you will find articles on antique weapons seizures in Ukraine, illegal cigarette factories in Eastern and Central Europe region, EU Twix and other pieces.
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15 December 2022
The fourth symposium in the WCO Symposia Series, “Visualising a greener HS to support environmentally sustainable trade”, supported by the European Union, was held on 1 December 2022.
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14 December 2022
From 23 to 25 November 2022, within the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) framework, the WCO held a Mercator follow-up mission which aimed at verifying the progress made by the Customs Administration of Peru (SUNAT) on the implementation of the Mercator Programme since its diagnostic back in July 2019.
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13 December 2022
At the request of the Customs Administration of Guatemala (Intendencia de Aduanas – SAT), a WCO technical assistance and diagnostic mission on tariff classification and advance rulings was held in Guatemala City from 5 to 9 December 2022.
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13 December 2022
A National Workshop on the use of the Harmonized System (HS) for the classification of goods was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 5 to 9 December 2022.
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13 December 2022
Operation DEMETER VIII, which took place from 1 to 31 October 2022, gave Customs administrations and their partners an opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to playing their part in the fight against climate change.
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12 December 2022
On 8 and 9 December 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO) held the 17th annual PICARD Conference, an international platform to foster dialogue among Customs, the academic community and the private sector. The event attracted over 500 registered participants from more than 100 countries.
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12 December 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic brought to light the importance for Customs to keep emergency procedures up-to-date and communicate regularly and clearly with supply chain stakeholders, thus protecting business continuity from potential disruptions and ensuring a safe and secure movement of goods across borders.
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12 December 2022
The World Customs Organization (WCO) successfully conducted a national Workshop on Rules of Origin in Astana, Kazakhstan from 28 November to 2 December 2022 with 41 participants from the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (SRC).
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09 December 2022
On 5 and 6 December 2022, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, participated in the 9th Annual Meeting of the Partnership for International Organisations, hosted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), held at the WOAH headquarters in Paris, France.
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09 December 2022
From 28 November to 2 December, Tunisian Customs, with the support of the WCO A-CIP Programme and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), held a capacity-building workshop on the topic of internal control.
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09 December 2022
The World Customs Organization (WCO), in partnership with the Southern African Development Community (SADC), held a regional consultation in Gaborone, Botswana, from 21 to 25 November 2022 under the framework of the EU-WCO Origin Africa Programme funded by the European Union (EU).
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09 December 2022
The 36th East and Southern African Region (ESA) Regional Steering Group (RSG) Meeting was held from 23rd to 25th November 2022 in Antananarivo, Madagascar.
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09 December 2022
The international community recognizes that institution-specific responses to corruption are critical and needed. Ground-level institutions of the public sector such as Customs can be the front line for this work.
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08 December 2022
On 7th December 2022, the WCO Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme hosted a panel discussion and workshop at the International Anti-Corruption Conference in Washington, DC. Speakers included senior officials from US Customs and Border Protection, Jamaica Customs Agency, Malawi Revenue Authority and Canada Border Services Agency.
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08 December 2022
The Master Trainer Programme (MTP) is a programme conducted under the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project.
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08 December 2022
From November 28th to December 2nd, Ecuador (SENAE) Customs brought together fifteen employees to begin the process of establishing a Next Generation Network (NGN) of young Customs officials who will be the organization’s future in the battle against corruption and the promotion of integrity.
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08 December 2022
The WCO organized a five-day capacity building mission from 14 to 18 November 2022 in Lusaka, Zambia.
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07 December 2022
Under the framework of the EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme, funded by the European Union, the World Customs Organization (WCO), in partnership with Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS), held a technical assistance activity on Advance Rulings in Gaborone, Botswana, from 28 to 30 November 2022 with the participation of Customs officials from Classification, Valuation and Origin, within the Customs Services Division.
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07 December 2022
On 28 and 29 November the WCO COVID-19 Project, financially supported by the Government of Japan, organized a two-day workshop to assist the Angola Revenue Administration in reinforcing its ability to respond to natural disasters, infectious diseases and other unpredictable scenarios, focusing on Customs operational readiness, cooperation with stakeholders and practical training in the form of a simulation exercise (SimEx).
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07 December 2022
At the kind invitation of the Government of Bahrain, the WCO Policy Commission held its 87th Session in Manama, from 5 to 7 December 2022, under the chairmanship of Mr. Ahmed Al Khalifa, President of Bahrain Customs.
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06 December 2022
A joint World Customs Organization (WCO) – INTERPOL law enforcement operation has seen hundreds of arrests and the disruption of wildlife and timber crime networks globally.
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06 December 2022
The WCO organized a Pre-Accreditation Workshop for Technical and Operational Advisors (TOAs) on Risk Management at the WCO Regional Training Center (RTC) in Bangkok from 21 to 25 November 2022.
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06 December 2022
As part of its ongoing capacity building and technical assistance support to the Zambian Revenue Authority (ZRA), the WCO conducted a mission to Zambia from 14-18-November 2022 under the aegis of the United Kingdom-supported HMRC-WCO-UNCTAD Accelerate Trade Facilitation Programme.
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06 December 2022
The WCO has successfully organized a national workshop on data analysis for the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA).
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05 December 2022
On 1 December 2022, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), spoke at the Roundtable “Bringing continents together: Supporting new visions and opportunities for sustainable transport connectivity between Europe and Asia”, organized by the think tank “New Direction - The Foundation for European Reform”, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.
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05 December 2022
On 29 November 2022, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO) delivered a virtual keynote address at the 2022 Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) Annual Conference dedicated to “Fostering Resilient Global Supply Chains Amid Risk and Uncertainty”.
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02 December 2022
Developed by the WCO A-CPI Programme, the Integrity Learning Event is an eight-week tutored e-learning event on CLiKC! aiming at fostering ownership of the WCO Integrity e-learning module’s content that was developed with funding from Norad to facilitate the implementation of the Revised Arusha Declaration within Customs administrations.
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02 December 2022
On 21 November 2022, the eight participants of the joint 81st – 84th Fellowship programme, intended for Spanish-speakers were welcomed by the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya at the WCO headquarters in Brussels. In his address, Secretary General Mikuriya encouraged them to make the most of their stay at the WCO Secretariat by acquiring new skills and expanding their professional network.
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01 December 2022
From 22 to 24 November 2022, the Asia-Pacific Plastic Waste Project (APPWP), funded by the Government of Japan, successfully held a regional workshop on Risk Management and Procedures for Plastic Waste Trade at the National Customs School in Cambodia.
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