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29 abril 2013
At the invitation of Mr. Issa bin Saeed Alkumy, Director General of Oman Customs, Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Muscat, Oman, on 27-28 April 2013 to discuss Customs modernisation with political leaders of the country.
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26 abril 2013
Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), and Mr. José Antonio Moreno, Director General of the Asociación Nacional para la Defensa de la Marcas (ANDEMA), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during the 7th Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, held in Istanbul from 24 to 26 April 2013.
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26 abril 2013
Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Mr. Franck Dassler, President of the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI), Mr. André Raduan, Executive Director of the Associação Brasileira de Artigos Esportivos (MOVE), and Mr. Vyacheslav Starshinov, President of the Russian Association of Sports Industry Enterprises (RASIE), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), aimed at strengthening their close cooperation in the fight against counterfeiting, during the 7th Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy in Istanbul on 25 April 2013.
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24 abril 2013
Senior decision-makers from governments, law enforcement, Customs and the private sector gather in Istanbul, Turkey, for the Seventh Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, to seek innovative responses to the illicit trade in counterfeit and pirated goods.
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23 abril 2013
The use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) to inflict violence against civilians has risen dramatically in recent years. According to the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, established by the US Department of Defense
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23 abril 2013
The 60th Spanish-speaking Fellowship Programme was launched in Brussels on Monday 22 April 2013.
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23 abril 2013
On the occasion of the 7th Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, to be held in Istanbul from 24 to 26 April 2013, the World Customs Organization (WCO) will be signing three Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with different associations that are active in the fight against counterfeiting.
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22 abril 2013
The WCO welcomes the two Statements issued at the conclusion of the 2013 Meeting of APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade that took place on 20-21 April 2013 in Surabaya, Indonesia. The Statements addressed a number of areas crucial to the further development of a “stronger, more buoyant and more robust” Asia-Pacific region.
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22 abril 2013
In the context of its collaboration with the Aoyama Gakuin University (AGU), the WCO conducted a Leadership and Management Development (LMD) Workshop for students of the Strategic Management and Intellectual Property Rights Programme (SMIPRP).
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22 abril 2013
A WCO mission went to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 18 to 22 March 2013 to conduct an Integrity Development Workshop.
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22 abril 2013
The World Customs Organization and GS1 will be present at the upcoming 7th Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, to be held in Istanbul, Turkey from April 24-26.
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18 abril 2013
At the invitation of Mr. Bjorn Rose, Director General of Norwegian Customs and Vice-Chair of the WCO’s Europe Region, Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya attended the Regional Heads of Customs Conference held in Oslo on 16-17 April 2013 to discuss the WCO and the European agenda.
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16 abril 2013
In line with the strategic directions and recent activities of the WCO Europe Region, a regional seminar on the Authorized Economic Operator was organized by the National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary betwen 4th and 5th April 2013 in Budapest.
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12 abril 2013
The Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) is committed to promote a culture of integrity and to do so several internal communication mechanisms have already been put in place to raise staff’s awareness of integrity-related issues and disciplinary procedures based on the Code of Conduct.
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10 abril 2013
The first ever Leadership and Management Development (LMD) Workshop exclusively devoted to female managers was conducted by the World Customs Organization (WCO) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 19-29 March 2013.
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10 abril 2013
Upon invitation from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the WCO participated in an Expert Group Meeting on Model Border Service Academy Guide in the Jakarta Center of Law Enforcement Center (JCLEC), which is located in Semarang, Indonesia, on the 20th and 21st of March 2013.
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10 abril 2013
As part of a continuous effort to enhance Americas and Caribbean Regional cooperation, strengthen networking and consolidate common strategies, a Risk Management Workshop was conducted from 11 -15 March 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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09 abril 2013
10 April 2013 Call for papers for the 9th WCO PICARD Conference
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09 abril 2013
The Asia Pacific Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB A/P) was established in 2004 in Bangkok, Thailand, as the first ROCB in the world, to provide quality support related to capacity building of the Asia Pacific regional customs administrations.
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08 abril 2013
Customs leaders of more than 50 administrations from the Asia/Pacific and Americas/Caribbean regions convened a partnership dialogue in Panama City, Panama from 4 to 5 April 2013 in cooperation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Customs Organization (WCO).
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03 abril 2013
WCO Americas and Caribbean Region adopts AEO Regional Strategy
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