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31 mayo 2022
The 28th Conference of Directors General of Customs of the WCO West and Central Africa (WCA) Region was held on 26 and 27 May 2022 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.
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30 mayo 2022
As part of its Capacity Building programme, the WCO organized a Leadership and Management Development (LMD) workshop from 20 to 31 March 2022 in Amman, Jordan for 20 senior managers of the Directorate General of Customs.
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30 mayo 2022
The WCO successfully organized a national data analytics workshop for the senior management of the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA).
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30 mayo 2022
WCO organized pre-Accreditation Workshop for Technical and Operational Advisors (TOAs) on Post Clearance Audit at the WCO Headquarter in Brussels from 16 to 20 May 2022.
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30 mayo 2022
At the request of the Superintendency of the Tax Administration of Guatemala (SAT), and with the support of the Global Trade Facilitation Program SECO-OMA, a Leadership and Management Development (LMD) workshop was held between 9 and 20 May, 2022.
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30 mayo 2022
On 27 May 2022, at the invitation of the University of Customs and Finance of Ukraine, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), participated in an online discussion platform on “Customs of Ukraine in Conditions of War and Post-War State”. Dr. Mikuriya made several recommendations for the post-war recovery of Customs in Ukraine, based on the concept of “Fragile Borders” that the WCO has developed.
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30 mayo 2022
At the invitation of the World Economic Forum (WEF), WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya participated in the Annual Meeting 2022 held from 22 to 24 May 2022 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, where he met with global leaders, explained the critical role played by Customs and contributed to various sessions.
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26 mayo 2022
From 16 to 20 May 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO), with the financial support of the Korea Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF-Korea), organized the first global online Pre-Accreditation Workshop for French-speaking experts on Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programmes.
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26 mayo 2022
In the framework of the WCO Executive and Professional Competency-Based HRM Programme (EPCB-HRMP) and support from the Sida-WCO Trade Facilitation and Customs Modernization Programme (Sida-WCO TFCM Programme), the third capacity building mission was conducted to support the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) on developing the Competency-Based Human Resource Management (CBHRM) System.
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26 mayo 2022
The WCO delivered a blended workshop on competency-based HRM from 9 to 13, 2022, to the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA).
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26 mayo 2022
At the request of the Commissioner of the Customs & Border Control Department (C&BCD) of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) the WCO conducted a diagnostic support mission focused on the implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) from 9 to 18 May 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya.
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26 mayo 2022
The WCO conducted a workshop on the Rules of Origin and the implementation of an Advance Ruling system from 16 to 20 May 2022 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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26 mayo 2022
From 16 to 20 May 2022, the WCO in partnership with the Vice-Chair of the WCO region for West and Central Africa launched the first pilot Programme to establish a Network of Champions of Customs Human Capital Management Modernization.
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26 mayo 2022
The WCO held the 63rd Meeting of the Data Model Projects Team (DMPT) from 9 to 13 May 2022.
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25 mayo 2022
The WCO COVID-19 Project, launched in July 2020 with the financial support of the Government of Japan, released the third edition of its newsletter, themed “Promotion of modern and digital Customs for efficient disaster relief operations.”
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20 mayo 2022
On 18 and 19 May, at the invitation of the Director General of Customs and Excise of Indonesia, Mr. Askolani, in his capacity as the Vice-Chair of the WCO Asia Pacific (A/P) region, the WCO Secretary General, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, participated in the 23rd Regional Heads of Customs Administrations (RHCA) Conference held in Bali, Indonesia.
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20 mayo 2022
On 16 May 2022, Jordan welcomed the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), a WCO flagship programme funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), aimed at fostering and facilitating international trade, through the implementation and application of international standards and best practices.
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18 mayo 2022
The WCO held a Risk Management Workshop for the Customs Administration of Serbia (CAS) funded by Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) from 9th to 13th May, 2022.
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17 mayo 2022
From 9 to 20 May 2022, the participants of the 82nd WCO Fellowship Programme met at the headquarters of the World Customs Organization (WCO) in Brussels for a face-to-face workshop dedicated to Leadership and Management Development.
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17 mayo 2022
As part of its activities carried out to assist WCO Members in tackling the challenges stemming from COVID-19, other infectious diseases and natural disasters, the WCO COVID-19 Project, funded by the Government of Japan, held an online workshop on disaster management and supply chain continuity for the Asia-Pacific region from 11 to 13 May 2022.
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16 mayo 2022
The third meeting of the WCO Passenger Facilitation and Control Working Group (PFCWG) took place virtually from 20 to 21 April 2022, chaired by Mr. Paul Campbell from New Zealand, and co-chaired by Dr. Maryam Ali Alhashemi of the United Arab Emirates.
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16 mayo 2022
On 12 and 13 May 2022, at the invitation of the Mr. Batsirai Chadzingwa, Commissioner of Customs of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) in his capacity as WCO Vice-Chair for the East and Southern Africa region, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), attended the 28th East and Southern African Region (ESA) Governing Council hosted by the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) in the newly inaugurated Integrated Customs Clearance Centre (ICCC) in Mauritius.
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16 mayo 2022
From 3rd to 6th May 2022, the WCO conducted a workshop in Blantyre, Malawi to support the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) on the implementation of an Advance Rulings programme in the country.
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16 mayo 2022
The Georgia Revenue Service (GRS) has conducted three Time Release Study (TRS) on a periodic basis since 2013.
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13 mayo 2022
On Monday 9 May 2022, Dr. Robert Pope, Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) at the United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), met with the Deputy Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, at WCO Headquarters in Brussels.
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13 mayo 2022
On 10-11 May 2022, the WCO Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme held a virtual workshop on Internal Affairs in cooperation with Palestine Customs.
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13 mayo 2022
A WCO Sub-regional Middle Management Development (MMD) train-the-trainer pilot workshop for the East and Southern African (ESA) region was held from 25 April to 6 May 2022 in Mombasa, Kenya, under the WCO-ESA Project II funded by the Finnish Government.
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13 mayo 2022
A group of French-speaking Customs officers from selected administrations in the East and South Africa and the West and Central Africa (WCA) regions, currently at the Belgian Customs School (BCS), were able to meet, during a visit to WCO Headquarters on 11th May 2022, the Director of Capacity Building and the WCA Regional Development Manager.
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12 mayo 2022
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) and HS Classification (HS) was held at the WCO Regional Training Center in Suva, Fiji, in a hybrid format, from 25 to 29 April 2022.
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11 mayo 2022
An On-line pre-Accreditation Workshop for Spanish-speaking experts on Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) from the Americas and Caribbean Region (AMS) was held from 3 May to 9 May 2022, with the financial support of the Korea Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF-Korea).
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10 mayo 2022
On 9 May 2022, at the invitation of Mr. Masahiko Metoki, Director General of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO) visited UPU’s Headquarters in Bern, Switzerland, for signing a Cooperation Agreement between the two organizations.
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10 mayo 2022
In support of the bilateral initiative to establish real time exchange of Customs data for effective decision making, the Sida-WCO TFCM Programme has conducted a four-day joint workshop for officials from both Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) and Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) to progress towards completion of the harmonization and standardization of Customs systems interconnectivity and data exchange between the two administrations.
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09 mayo 2022
On the 27th of April 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the International Chambers of Commerce (ICC) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) co-hosted the global Webinar entitled “Digitalizing Certificates of Origin”. More than 200 participants from Customs administrations, intergovernmental organizations, the private sector, and academia across the world attended the forum.
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09 mayo 2022
On 4 May 2022, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, met with Colonel Michael Jones, the Executive Director of the Caribbean Community Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS). They discussed areas of future cooperation and how the WCO and CARICOM IMPACS could support Customs administrations from Small Island Economies in implementing’s risk assessment and targeting processes and reinforce the Security Mandate of Customs.
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09 mayo 2022
As part of its training activities, the National Tax and Customs Office of Colombia (DIAN) organised an international workshop on the VII Amendment to the Harmonized System for the Americas region.
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09 mayo 2022
The World Customs Organization (WCO) organized, with the support of the Customs Cooperation Fund of China, a national workshop on Combating Commercial Fraud for the benefit of the Seychelles Revenue Commission (SRC).
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06 mayo 2022
The WCO successfully conducted an AMS Regional Workshop on Data Analytics in English with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish, with the support of CCF-Korea.
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06 mayo 2022
From 20 to 23 April 2022, Members of the African Union gathered for the AfCFTA 6th meeting of the Sub-Committee on Rules of Origin (RoO) to discuss outstanding issues and the draft AfCFTA RoO manual.
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06 mayo 2022
On 2 and 3 May 2022, the Americas and the Caribbean region held the XXIV Regional Conference of Customs Directors General in a virtual format, hosted by Honduras in co-ordination with the Regional Vice-Chair. The event brought together Heads and delegates from more than 20 Customs administrations, and representatives of development partners in the region.
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05 mayo 2022
From 3 to 5 May 20202, the World Customs Organization (WCO) successfully held the first WCO Regional Railway Workshop for Asia Pacific (AP) Members in a hybrid mode in Seoul, Korea, with the support of CCF Korea.
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05 mayo 2022
From 11 to 15 April 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO) held a national workshop in Libreville (Gabon) on the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR). This workshop, which was attended by 20 officials from Gabon Customs, took place at the offices of the Gabonese General Directorate of Customs and Indirect Taxes (DGDDI). Its organization was made possible by the financial support from the Japanese Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF Japan).
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04 mayo 2022
The 235th/236th Sessions of the Permanent Technical Committee (PTC) were convened in a hybrid format from 25th to 29th April 2022.
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03 mayo 2022
From 25 to 28 April 2022 the WCO COVID-19 Project, financially supported by the Government of Japan, held a four-day capacity-building workshop to support the Dominican Republic Customs in facilitating the clearance of international humanitarian aid in the event of natural disasters and infectious disease outbreaks. The initiative, organized in cooperation with the Importation and Customs Clearance Together group (IMPACCT), was particularly helpful in paving the way for the implementation of an Action plan to efficiently respond to disruptive situations and to improve existing protocols and simplified procedures for the processing of relief consignments.
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03 mayo 2022
From 26 to 27 April 2022, the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) team held a follow-up mission in Lima, Peru, aiming to monitor the progress achieved by the Customs Administration of Peru (SUNAT, for its Spanish acronym), after 3 years of the Programme’s implementation.
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