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30 marzo 2018
At the invitation of the Director General of Kuwait Customs, Mr. Jamal Al-Jalawi, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Kuwait on 29 March 2018 to observe and support its Customs modernization.
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28 marzo 2018
At the invitation of the OECD, the WCO participated in the OECD’s Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum held on 27-28 March 2018 in Paris at its Headquarters.
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28 marzo 2018
As part of the West African Customs Administrations Modernization (WACAM) Project, funded by Sweden, the World Customs Organization (WCO) organized a Capacity Building Workshop on the Harmonized System and Advance Rulings for 20 Customs managers from the Burkina Faso Customs Administration.
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27 marzo 2018
A National Workshop on the Harmonized System and Tariff management was held in Valparaiso, Chile, from 19 to 23 March 2018. The Workshop was organized jointly by the WCO and the Customs Administration of Chile and was facilitated by experts from both the WCO Secretariat and the Customs Administration of Spain.
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27 marzo 2018
Under the auspices of the WCO’s WACAM Project, funded by Sweden, a capacity building mission was held from 12 to 16 March 2018 at Customs headquarters in Bamako, Mali. This mission involved the WCO providing Customs with tailored expertise to build the capacities of its human resource modernization team and enable it to complete the process of modernizing its human resource management (HRM).
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27 marzo 2018
Under the auspices of the WCO’s WACAM Project, funded by Sweden, a capacity building mission was held from 19 to 21 February 2018 at the headquarters of the Liberia Revenue Authority in Monrovia.
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27 marzo 2018
More than 150 Customs delegates participated in the 37th Session of the WCO Enforcement Committee (EC) which took place in Brussels from 19 to 23 March 2018 under the theme “Customs enforcement: securing trade and travel”.
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27 marzo 2018
The CLG is a practical handbook for the establishment and improvement of Customs laboratories.
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27 marzo 2018
In the period 19-23 March 2018, the WCO delivered a National Transit Workshop in Belarus with the objective of assisting the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus in developing IT to allow automated release of goods in transit. The workshop was organized with the support of the German Customs Cooperation Fund.
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26 marzo 2018
Under the auspices of the WCO-WACAM Project funded by Sweden, a capacity building mission was carried out from 05 to 14 March 2018 in Praia, Cape Verde.
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23 marzo 2018
Agenda for the Global Conference on Illicit Financial Flows and Trade Mis-Invoicing Published
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23 marzo 2018
The World Customs Organization (WCO) conducted a National Single Window (NSW) workshop at Blantyre, Malawi from 12th to 16th March 2018, under the framework of the Mercator Implementation Plan for Malawi, designed to provide sustainable, tailor-made and results-based capacity building support to enable effective implementation of trade facilitation measures.
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23 marzo 2018
The World Customs Organization (WCO), supported by United States Customs and Border Protection, recently conducted a successful mission to the Maldives from March 19-23rd. During this visit, the Maldives Customs Service (MCS), led by Chief Customs Officer Mohamed Afzal, provided a comprehensive review of the operational, intelligence and interdiction efforts being made at Velana International Airport.
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23 marzo 2018
At the invitation of the Comptroller of Customs, Dr. Geannine Moss, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Nassau, the Bahamas on 22 March 2018 to attend the launch of the WCO Training Programme for the Bahamas Customs and Excise Department.
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22 marzo 2018
At the invitation of the Secretary General of CARICOM (Caribbean Community), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited the CARICOM Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana on 20 March 2018 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations.
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21 marzo 2018
At the invitation of the Commissioner General of Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr. Godfrey Statia, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Georgetown, Guyana on 19 and 20 March 2018.
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21 marzo 2018
The 4th WCO Global AEO Conference – ‘Promoting Mutual Recognition of AEOs to Strengthen and Secure Global Trade’ concluded in Kampala, Uganda on 16 March 2018. The conference brought together more than 1100 participants from 95 countries and provided a platform for 125 speakers.
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21 marzo 2018
The Annual Development Partners Coordination Meeting for the Americas and the Caribbean Region of the World Customs Organization (WCO) took place on 8 March 2018, at the premises of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C., USA.
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21 marzo 2018
The World Customs Organization (WCO) organized a workshop on Data Model in Nassau, Bahamas, from 5 to 9 March 2018 for the benefit of Customs officers from the Bahamas Customs and Excise department.
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20 marzo 2018
The WCO Private Sector Consultative Group (PSCG) had their 42nd Meeting from 12 to13 March 2018 in Kampala, Uganda at the invitation of Mr. Dickson Kateshumbwa, Commissioner of Customs, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). The meeting was chaired by John Mein from PROCOMEX.
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16 marzo 2018
The WCO Harmonized System Committee (HSC) held its 61st Session from 6 to 16 March 2018 at WCO Headquarters in Brussels. The session, with the celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Harmonized System (HS) Convention as a backdrop, was attended by more than 120 participants representing 67 Contracting Parties to the HS Convention, one WCO Member administration and a number of international and regional organizations.
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16 marzo 2018
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 Royal Malaysian Customs Department from 5 to 9 March 2018 with the financial support of the Japanese Customs Co-operation Fund (CCF/Japan).
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16 marzo 2018
The 3rd Technical Experts Group on Non-Intrusive Inspection (TEG-NII) meeting took place in Kampala, Uganda from 12 to 13 March 2018 and was hosted by the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). The meeting brought together more than 55 participants from WCO Member administrations and NII Industry members.
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16 marzo 2018
As part of its Capacity Building programme, the WCO organized a Leadership and Management Development (LMD) workshop from 12 February – 2 March in Brasilia, Brazil.
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16 marzo 2018
As the National Customs Enforcement Network (nCEN) application gains popularity among WCO Members, now deployed in twenty-nine Member Administrations, a new milestone in the global deployment process was reached in February.
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15 marzo 2018
The 4th WCO Global AEO Conference opened on the 14 March 2018 in Kampala, Uganda with more than 1500 registrations from over 95 countries to discuss dynamic developments in Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programmes widely acknowledged as a key driver for solid Customs-Business partnerships.
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15 marzo 2018
Under the auspices of the West African Customs Administration Modernization (WACAM) Project financed by Sweden, the World Customs Organization (WCO) provides tailor-made support to Guinea in building capacities to effectively engage with stakeholders.
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15 marzo 2018
In March 2018, the WCO organized a study visit and secondment for Malawi Revenue Authority officials to the Rwanda Revenue Authority.
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14 marzo 2018
A Workshop on transfer pricing and Customs valuation was held in Bogotá, Colombia from Monday 5 to Friday 9 March 2018.
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14 marzo 2018
With the support of the Chinese Customs Cooperation Fund and Jordan Customs, the WCO Secretariat organized a Workshop on Customs valuation and valuation fraud for the benefit of Members of the WCO North Africa, Near and Middle East region.
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12 marzo 2018
The 2nd Meeting of the Working Group on the Use of Additional Languages at the WCO was held on 5 March 2018 at the WCO Headquarters.
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09 marzo 2018
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) SCCP meeting was held under the theme of ‘Creating Inclusive Opportunities, Embracing a Digital Future’ from 27 February to 1 March 2018 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG).
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08 marzo 2018
As part of the COPES Programme, a second Train-the-Trainer Workshop was held from 19 to 23 February 2018 in Paris, organized in partnership with French Customs.
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08 marzo 2018
The 17th session of the WCO Integrity Sub-committee was held on 1 and 2 March 2018 with the theme "SECURITY AND INTEGRITY: Curbing Threats, Leveraging Opportunities". Approximately 150 delegates representing Member administrations and stakeholder organizations took part in the 17th session of the Integrity Sub-committee (ISC).
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08 marzo 2018
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is pleased to join the international community in celebrating the International Women’s Day 2018 with the theme ‘The Time is Now,’ which acknowledges the rural and urban activists who have transformed the lives of women around the world.
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08 marzo 2018
The WCO held a regional Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop from 19-23 February at the Regional Training Center (RTC) in Mombasa, Kenya. The purpose of the workshop was to enable Customs officers as expert trainers in the Economic Competitiveness Package.
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07 marzo 2018
On 6 March 2018, the WCO Secretary General, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, and the Chairman of the Organisation for Co-operation between Railways (OSJD) Committee, Mr. Tadeusz Szozda, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance the cooperation between the two organizations.
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07 marzo 2018
Under the framework of the West African Customs Modernization Project (WACAM) financed by Sweden, the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) benefitted from a Customs-specific training in project and change management which took place on 11 – 16 February 2018 in Banjul.
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07 marzo 2018
The Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, and the Executive Secretary of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), Ms. Paulina M. Elago, signed on Monday 05 March 2018 a Cooperation Framework Agreement for the Implementation of the WCO-SACU Connect Project at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels to enhance cooperation based on mutual support.
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06 marzo 2018
A special commemoration session celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Harmonized System (HS) Convention was held in Brussels on 6th March 2018 at the beginning of the 61st Session of the HS Committee, with around 150 representatives from Member administrations, international organizations, invited guests and the WCO Secretariat.
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05 marzo 2018
At the invitation of Mr. Miro Džakula, Director General of the Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited ITA’s Headquarters in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 2 March 2018.
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02 marzo 2018
As the international community joins hands to celebrate World Wildlife Day 2018, a special day on the United Nations (UN) calendar, the World Customs Organization (WCO) takes this opportunity to pledge its continuing support to the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) as it works to safeguard the planet’s precious wildlife.
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02 marzo 2018
From 22 January to 2 February 2017, Vietnam hosted the Theoretical Training on Cargo Control in the framework of the UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme (CCP) in Da Nang.
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02 marzo 2018
Approximately WCO Member administrations and stakeholder organizations participated in the 9th session of the WCO Capacity Building Committee (CBC) held in Brussels from 26 28 February 2018.
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01 marzo 2018
The World Customs Organization (WCO) conducted a 5-day workshop on Management Based Performance Measurement for the National Customs of Bolivia (ANB), in the City of La Paz, Bolivia from 29 January to 2 February 2018.
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