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28 July 2023
The WCO conducted a five-day capacity building mission from 10 to 14 July 2023 in Manila, The Philippines.
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28 July 2023
The WCO Anti-Corruption & Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme successfully conducted a sub-regional workshop aimed at bolstering trade facilitation and cooperation efforts within the three countries of the Northern Triangle: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
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26 July 2023
From 10 to 14 July 2023, the World Customs Organization (WCO) organized, in close cooperation with the General Administration of China Customs, the first Pre-Accreditation Workshop for Technical and Operational Advisors in Customs Enforcement Network (CEN) applications.
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25 July 2023
On July 19, 2023, the World Customs Organization (WCO) in partnership with the COMESA Business Council (CBC) held an awareness webinar on AfCFTA rules of origin under the framework of the EU-WCO Rules of Origin (RoO) Africa Programme funded by the European Union.
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24 July 2023
The World Customs Organization and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have released a revised brochure titled “Moving Air Cargo Globally - Air Cargo and Mail Secure Supply Chain and Facilitation”. The brochure aims to assist air transport regulators and operators in mitigating security threats associated with air cargo activities.
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24 July 2023
The World Customs Organization (WCO), in partnership with the African Continental Free trade Area Secretariat, convened a meeting with the African Portuguese speaking countries to review progress in the implementation of the seventh edition of the Harmonized System (HS).
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20 July 2023
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 Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), held a national training workshop on rules of origin for Ghana Customs.
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20 July 2023
At the invitation of the National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary, Mr. Taeil Kang, Director of the Capacity Building Directorate of the WCO, took part in the high-level handover ceremony of the WCO Virtual Reality Training Equipment on 6th July 2023, in the Lt. Gen. Arnold Mihály Regional Training Centre of the WCO in Budapest.
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19 July 2023
Under the framework of the EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme, funded by the European Union (EU), the World Customs Organization (WCO), in partnership with the East African Business Council, successfully conducted a training workshop on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) rules of origin in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from July 12 to 14, 2023.
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18 July 2023
The World Customs Organization (WCO) successfully conducted a regional workshop on integrity promotion for the WCO Asia Pacific (A/P) Region.
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17 July 2023
A WCO Middle Management Development (MMD) train-the-trainer workshop was held from 27 June to 06 July 2023 in Panama City, Panama, for the beneficiaries of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) funded by the Swiss Secretariat of Economic Affairs (SECO) and the Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme funded by Canada and Norway.
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14 July 2023
The WCO organised a Leadership and Management Development workshop for 18 senior managers of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Manila from 5th to 16th June 2023.
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14 July 2023
From 3 to 5 July Mali Customs organized, with the support of WCO experts, a new tailor-made workshop dedicated to the commitment of Malian private sector actors in the anti-corruption and integrity promotion approach defined in the strategic plan of the General Directorate of Customs (DGD) of Mali and in the Project Information Document (PID) for Mali Customs, which was drafted in 2020 following the scoping phase of the WCO A-CIP Programme.
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13 July 2023
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 the German Alliance for Trade Facilitation, through GIZ, held a national training workshop on rules of origin for Côte d’Ivoire Customs.
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13 July 2023
The Secretariat of the World Customs Organization (WCO) participated in a face-to-face mode in the 16th meeting of the High-Level Working Group (HLWG) of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) was held from 4 to 7 July 2023, in Maputo-Mozambique.
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13 July 2023
Launched in the second half of 2022, with the generous support of the Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF) of Korea, the ACE Experts Portal is now also available via the WCO website under the section “ON LINE SERVICES”.
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12 July 2023
Between February 2022 and January 2023, 138 violent events involving the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were reported in the Americas and Caribbean region.
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12 July 2023
Under the framework of the West Africa Security Project (WASP), a partnership between the WCO and the German Central Customs Authority, funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, the WCO successfully delivered a sub-regional workshop on Implementing Gender Equality and Inclusion in Customs in Lomé, Togo, from the 3rd to the 7th of July 2023.
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11 July 2023
The EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme, funded by the European Union and run by the World Customs Organization (WCO), held an Advanced Training on Rules of Origin workshop in Banjul, The Gambia, from 3 to 7 July 2023, in partnership with the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA).
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11 July 2023
The European Commission Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union through the Customs Laboratories European Network (CLEN), in collaboration with the German Customs Administration, organized the 8th Seminar of European Customs Chemists that was held from 4th to 6th July 2023 in Berlin, Germany.
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11 July 2023
The WCO Secretariat organized an online refresher training event for the WCO accredited and pre‑accredited Customs Valuation Experts on the July 4, 2023.
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10 July 2023
On 27-29 June 2023, the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) conducted a mission to follow up on the progress achieved under the GTFP national support for the Moldova Customs Service (MCS) and to finalize the Standards Operating Procedures (SOPs) developed during the series of technical assistance activities provided within the framework of the GTFP intervention.
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10 July 2023
Exactly one year after the launch of the Light-Touch Intervention (LTI) on Risk Management for the Mongolian Customs General Administration (MCGA) under the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), a closing session took place on July 4th, 2023, in the headquarters of the MCGA in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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07 July 2023
The WCO Academy is pleased to announce the launch of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) e-learning course available in English and French.
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07 July 2023
From 20-28 June 2023, the World Customs Organization (WCO) successfully conducted a follow-up workshop on Post Clearance Audit (PCA) for the Tax and Customs Administration of Colombia (DIAN).
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06 July 2023
The 17th session of the Virtual Customs Orientation Academy (VCOA) for English-speaking Customs officers came to a successful close on 16 June 2023.
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05 July 2023
The WCO-Japan Career Development Programme (CDP) for 2022-2023 ended with a ceremony at which WCO Secretary General Dr. Kunio Mikuriya awarded the 10 Professional Associates (PAs) certificates on their successful completion of the Programme.
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05 July 2023
With the support from the Customs Cooperation Fund - China, Hong Kong Customs, and the A-CIP Programme funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), the WCO conducted a Middle Management Development (MMD) train-the-trainer workshop for 13 middle managers at the WCO Regional Training Center (RTC) in Hong Kong, from 12th to 22nd June 2023.
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05 July 2023
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is taking substantial measures to modernize its Customs processes in partnership with the WCO Anti-Corruption & Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme.
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03 July 2023
On 14 June 2023, the 3rd Meeting of the General Aviation Working Group (GAWG) was held at the World Customs Organization (WCO) Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The meeting aimed to discuss matters related to combating organized crime activities in the general aviation sector.
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03 July 2023
One of the fundamental requirements of the Harmonized System (HS) is that it must incorporate changes to recognise new products or technology, changing trade patterns, or the changing needs of governments.
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03 July 2023
During May and June 2023, security workshops were conducted as part of the West Africa Security Project (WASP) under Programme Global Shield (PGS) in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Togo.
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