WCO-EAC Regional Integrity Workshop
Kigali, 5 - 8 October
On 5-8 October 2010, the WCO Secretariat conducted a WCO-EAC Regional Integrity Workshop in Kigali Rwanda at the request of the East African Community (EAC). The participants to the workshop were high level officers in charge of integrity issues in their own administration and came from Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. After having been presented with the existing integrity international best practices, including the WCO integrity tools and strategy, the participants engaged in a self-assessment exercise at regional level that led to the production of a draft EAC Customs and Tax Integrity Action plan.
Tangible deliverables are expected from this very productive workshop which testifies of the importance of assigning the right candidates to participate in such events to guarantee a good final product with clear performance indicators. The WCO mission consisted of a WCO expert and an expert from the Zambian Revenue Authority whom the WCO wishes to thank for its contribution. The WCO mission was funded by SIDA and the participants to the workshop were sponsored by USAID Compete.