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29 marzo 2019
Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) remains one of the most pervasive crimes against both the environment and society, greatly harming our precious fauna and their ecosystems and depleting countries of critical resources.
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29 marzo 2019
In December 2018, Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and the WCO signed a 5.5 million Swiss Franc contract to jointly support selected Members of the WCO and their stakeholders, including the private sector, in the implementation of their priority trade facilitation initiatives.
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28 marzo 2019
Join us in Brussels for the 10th Session of the Capacity Building Committee (8 to 10 April 2019) and the 18th Session of the Integrity Sub-Committee (11-12 April 2019).
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27 marzo 2019
At the invitation of the Director General of Iraq Customs, Mr. Mundher Abdulameer Asad Heyer, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Baghdad, Iraq from 24 to 26 March 2019 to complete a diagnostic mission.
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27 marzo 2019
On 20 and 21 March 2019, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) hosted the 7th OECD Global Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum at its Headquarters in Paris, with the theme “Tech for Trust”. Among the topics discussed were the ways that blockchain, big data analytics, artificial intelligence and other new technologies are transforming how governments, business and society operate. The 2019 Forum focused on the risks and opportunities of new technologies for anti-corruption and integrity, while new insights related to trade, foreign bribery, competition and development cooperation also featured in the discussions.
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27 marzo 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO), under the framework of the WCO-Bahamas Training Programme, organized a second national workshop on Customs valuation for Bahamas Customs and Excise Department (BCED).
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27 marzo 2019
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project, the Second Working Group Activity (sub-regional workshop) of the Master Trainers Programme (MTP) on Customs Valuation (CV) was held in Maputo, Mozambique from 18-22 March 2019
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27 marzo 2019
Following the Mercator Implementation Plan for the Kingdom of Tonga, the WCO jointly organized together with the World Bank, a 5-day training workshop in Tongatapu from the 11th to 15th of March 2019 to strengthen trade stakeholder’s capacities in the Time Release Study (TRS).
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27 marzo 2019
The coming-into-force of the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFA) and the wider challenges of Customs reform and modernization requires Customs administrations to constantly adapt their management and operational models.
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27 marzo 2019
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project, a national workshop for the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) on the development of Customs Risk Management (RM) Framework was organized in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 18-22 March 2019.
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26 marzo 2019
An Accreditation Workshop for French-speaking experts on Transit was held from 18 to 22 March 2019 at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels with the support of the Japanese Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF Japan).
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22 marzo 2019
A National Train-the-Trainers Workshop on X-ray image interpretation was delivered by the World Customs Organization (WCO) in Baku, Azerbaijan in the period 11-15 March 2019.
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21 marzo 2019
The first activity of the new WCO A-CIP Programme took place in Sierra Leone 11-15th March.
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21 marzo 2019
The WCO, in cooperation with Japan Customs and the ROCB A/P, organized a regional workshop on Training Management from 4 to 8 March 2019 at the RTC Japan in Kashiwa, under the sponsorship of the Japanese Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF/Japan).
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20 marzo 2019
At the invitation of Mr. Benedetto Mineo, Director General of the Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency, and Mr. Giorgio Toschi, General Commander of the Guardia di Finanza, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited both agencies in Rome, Italy on 19 March 2019.
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20 marzo 2019
The WCO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, attended the 2019 Development Partners Coordination Meeting for the Americas and Caribbean region held in Washington, D.C., United States on 14 March 2019. The event was co-organized by the WCO, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and hosted by the IDB.
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20 marzo 2019
From 4 to 8 February 2019 in Banjul (Gambia), the World Customs Organization (WCO) held a National Workshop to raise awareness of and prepare for the Time Release Study (TRS).
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19 marzo 2019
At the invitation of the Secretary to the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), Mr. Jingyuan Xia, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited the IPPC Secretariat hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, Italy on 18 March 2019. Both parties agreed on a Joint Work Plan for Cooperation (2019-2022) between the two Organizations, following on from the Agreement signed on 19 June 2018.
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19 marzo 2019
More than 200 Customs delegates participated in the 38th Session of the WCO Enforcement Committee (EC) which took place in Brussels from 11 to 15 March 2019 under the theme “SMART Borders: Knowledge-based Customs enforcement”.
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19 marzo 2019
The WCO finalized the deployment of the National Customs Enforcement Network (nCEN) application in Jamaica with an nCEN Workshop in Kingston.
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19 marzo 2019
Under the sponsorship of the China Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF- China), a World Customs Organization (WCO) Accreditation Workshop for Technical Operational Advisers (TOAs) in the area of the WCO Time Release Study (TRS) was held at the WCO Regional Training Centre in Xiamen, China, from 11 to 15 March 2019.
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18 marzo 2019
At the invitation of the WCO Council Vice-Chair, Général de Brigade Toumany Sangaré, Director General of Guinea Customs, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya attended the 24th Conference of Directors General of Customs of the West and Central Africa region, held in Bangui (Central African Republic) from 13 to 15 March 2019.
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18 marzo 2019
At the invitation of the new Director of German Federal Customs Criminological Office (Zollkriminalamt), Dr. Rainer Mellwig, the RILO WE Team visited him on 14 February 2019.
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18 marzo 2019
The Permanent Technical Committee (PTC) held its 223rd/224th Sessions from 5 to 8 March 2019 at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels.
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15 marzo 2019
As part of a joint initiative with the European Union, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has developed two new tools to help the judiciary and law enforcement agencies fight the illicit trafficking of cultural property.
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14 marzo 2019
The WCO published the updated version of the Time Release Study (TRS) Guide (Version 3).
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14 marzo 2019
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Customs Organization (WCO) with the support of China Customs Cooperation Fund organized a regional Customs Valuation and Transfer Pricing Workshop for Customs and Tax officials of the WCO Asia Pacific region.
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14 marzo 2019
On 11 March 2019, the opening day of this year’s Enforcement Committee Meeting, Mr. Douglas Owen, Secretary General of the Bureau International des Containers (BIC), and Mr. Giordano Guerrini, BIC Chairman of the Board, presented the BIC Award to Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, WCO Secretary General, and to Mr. John Brandolino, Director of the Division for Treaty Affairs, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in recognition of the effectiveness of the UNODC – WCO Container Control Programme (CCP).
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14 marzo 2019
The WCO Trade Facilitation Agreement Working Group (TFAWG) met for the eleventh time on 4 and 5 March 2019 in Brussels at the WCO’s Headquarters.
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13 marzo 2019
The 3rd Regional Meeting of National Contact Points (NCPs) for Capacity Building in the Americas and the Caribbean region (AMS) was held from 5 to 7 March 2019 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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13 marzo 2019
Following the recommendations of the Mercator Implementation Plan for Antigua and Barbuda, the WCO conducted a five-day diagnostic on Post Clearance Audit (PCA) from 25 February to 1 March 2019 in St John’ s.
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13 marzo 2019
Recognizing the strategic importance of human resources in the process of creating organizational values, the NRA pays particular importance to the modernization of its Human Resources (HR) system.
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13 marzo 2019
As part of its Capacity Building strategy, and under the patronage of the programme “Harmonizing the classification of goods based on WCO standards to enhance African trade”, funded by the European Union (EU), the WCO organized an accreditation workshop for Technical and Operational Advisors (TOAs) on the cross-cutting tools on classification, origin and valuation developed under the Revenue Package.
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13 marzo 2019
In response to an express request from the Director General of Customs of the Union of the Comoros and with financial support from the Finnish Government through the Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF) for the WCO East and Southern Africa (ESA) region, the WCO organized a national workshop, for the Comorian Customs Administration, on the amended International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures, known as the Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC).
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13 marzo 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO), under the framework of the WCO and Bahamas Customs and Excise Department (BCED) technical assistance agreement, organized a second national workshop on the Harmonized System.
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13 marzo 2019
The WCO conducted a Risk Management (RM) diagnostic mission in Gambia, from 25 February to 1 March 2019, to support the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) with its ongoing reform and modernization programme.
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11 marzo 2019
The Continental Inaugural Conference of the EU-WCO Programme for the Harmonized System (HS) in Africa was held on 27-28 February 2019 at the headquarters of the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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08 marzo 2019
The Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, met the Japanese Ambassador to Belgium, H.E. Mr. Hajime Hayashi, at the Headquarters of the WCO in Brussels, Belgium on Friday, 8 March 2019, during which a Note Verbale was exchanged on the Government of Japan’s continuing financial contribution to the WCO Security Project in the Asia/Pacific region.
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08 marzo 2019
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project, the Second Working Group Activity (sub-regional workshop) of the Master Trainers Programme (MTP) on Post Clearance Audit (PCA) was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 4- 8 March 2019, comprising the same participants from the five countries in East Africa who participated in the first sub-regional workshop held in Tanzania in September of last year.
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08 marzo 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is pleased to join the international community in celebrating International Women’s Day 2019 with the theme ‘Think equal, build smart, innovate for change,’ which focuses on innovative ways to advance gender equality, particularly in relation to social protection systems, access to public services, and sustainable infrastructure.
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07 marzo 2019
At the invitation of the Chairman of the State Customs Committee, Mr. Murotjon Azimov, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 6 and 7 March 2019 to deliberate on further cooperation with Uzbek Customs.
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07 marzo 2019
1 March 2019 witnessed the start of the execution of a Pilot Project to test the development under Phase 2 of the Unified File Format Development Programme.
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05 marzo 2019
At the invitation of Mr. Marat Sultangaziyev, Chairman of the State Revenue Committee, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Kazakhstan on 4 and 5 March 2019 to meet political leaders and observe the velocity of the bilateral trade movements in these logistic hubs.
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04 marzo 2019
The WCO with the support from the Japanese Customs Cooperation Fund and Jordanian Customs conducted a regional workshop on the ‘Development of Pre-arrival Processing System’ for the North Africa and Middle East (MENA) region in Amman/Jordan from 25 to 28 February 2019.
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04 marzo 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO), in collaboration with the Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales, Colombia (DIAN) and the support of the Korean Customs Cooperation Fund, organized a Customs Valuation and Transfer Pricing Workshop for the Customs Department and Tax Administration of Colombia.
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04 marzo 2019
Under the framework of the HMRC-WCO-UNCTAD-Mercator Programme, funded by the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) via Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) of the United Kingdom, the WCO organized a Leadership and Management Development (LMD) workshop from 11 to 22 February 2019 benefitting 19 senior managers of the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA).
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01 marzo 2019
At the invitation of the Director General of Macau Customs, Mr. Alex Vong, and the Commissioner of Hong Kong Customs, Mr. Hermes Tang, Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited both Customs Administrations of the two Special Administrative Regions of the People’s Republic of China on 26 and 27 February 2019. On 1 March 2019 he also visited Hong Kong Customs College, which serves as a WCO Regional Training Centre (RTC).
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01 marzo 2019
At the invitation of The Economist, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya addressed participants at the Asian Trade Summit, held in Hong Kong (China) on 28 February 2019, on the WCO’s work relating to free trade zone (FTZ) management.
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01 marzo 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO) joins its international partners in celebrating World Wildlife Day 2019, and pledges its continuing support to its close partner, the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), whose admirable work in protecting our planet’s biodiversity is unrelenting.
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