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29 сентября 2017
As part of its Capacity Building programme, the WCO organized a Leadership and Management Development (LMD) workshop from 11 – 22 September in Maputo, Mozambique.
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28 сентября 2017
The 12th annual WCO PICARD Conference, which ran from 26 to 28 September 2017 in Hammamet, Tunisia ended on a high note after three days of thought-provoking presentations by invited speakers, followed by dynamic discussions among the participants.
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28 сентября 2017
At the invitation of the President of the International Customs Law Academy (ICLA), the World Customs Organization (WCO) participated at the XIII World Customs Law meeting held in Rome, Italy, from 6 to 8 September 2017.
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26 сентября 2017
With a view to meeting in full the requirements of the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), the Bahrain Customs Administration sought the WCO’s support in implementing an effective Post-Clearance Audit (PCA) function and establishing a Pre-arrival Processing System, thus ensuring that it has a deep understanding of the policies and operational processes underpinning these concepts.
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26 сентября 2017
The World Customs Organization (WCO), in cooperation with the UNESCO Regional Office in Beirut, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and with the support of Lebanese Customs organized the first WCO Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Train-the-Trainer Session for Customs officers on the prevention of illicit trafficking of cultural objects.
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26 сентября 2017
WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya met with Mr. Victor Gaspar, Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF, on Friday 22 September 2017 in Washington, D.C to discuss the further enhancement of Customs-Tax cooperation.
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21 сентября 2017
With the sponsorship of the Japanese Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF Japan), a WCO National Workshop on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy was held for Indonesian Customs in Jakarta from 11 to 15 September 2017.
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21 сентября 2017
Under the auspices of the WCO-SACU Connect Project financed by Sweden, monitoring and evaluation visits were carried out from 20th July to 4th August 2017 in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland. The monitoring and evaluation visits were held by the Regional Project Managers of the WCO-SACU Connect Project, together with Member States (MS) Senior Management Teams, MS Cross-Functional Project Teams, MS Heads of Modernization and Strategy, and WCO-SACU Connect National Project Managers and Champions.
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20 сентября 2017
The Secretariat is currently preparing Phase III of the Revenue Package which was created in 2009 to assist Customs administrations in fair and efficient revenue collection.
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20 сентября 2017
In the framework of the WCO-WACAM Project, funded by the government of Sweden, the Customs Administration of Gabon benefited from a “training of trainers” (ToT) workshop from 11 to 15 September in Libreville.
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20 сентября 2017
WCO supports Sierra Leone to strengthen its capacities in post clearance audit
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20 сентября 2017
A team of experts from the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) conducted the second national support mission to Nigeria under the C-RED Project. The mission was held in Abuja in the period 11-14 September 2017.
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19 сентября 2017
The 73rd WCO Fellowship Programme, intended for English-speakers, was launched in Brussels on Monday 18 September 2017.
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19 сентября 2017
Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya met the Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam, H.E. Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue, at WCO Headquarters on Monday 18 September 2017. The Deputy Prime Minister was accompanied by a high-level delegation including a number of Vice Ministers. They discussed a wide range of topics relating to economic competitiveness and Customs modernization during the meeting.
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18 сентября 2017
The 2017/2018 WCO-Japan Career Development Programme commenced in Brussels at WCO Headquarters on Thursday 14 September 2017. The Programme was launched in 2009 by the WCO in cooperation with Japan Customs and provides an opportunity for selected candidates to work at the WCO Secretariat.
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14 сентября 2017
At the invitation of the Undersecretary, Turkish Ministry of Customs and Trade, Mr. Cenap Aşci, the WCO Secretary General, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya attended the inauguration ceremony of the WCO Regional Dog Training Center in Ankara, Turkey on 13 September 2017.
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13 сентября 2017
In pursuance of the WCO National Mercator Plan for Malawi, designed to provide sustainable, tailor-made and results-based capacity building support to enable effective implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement, the WCO organized a 5-day training workshop to strengthen Malawi Revenue Authority’s capacities in the area of Time Release Study (TRS).
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12 сентября 2017
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project, launched in July 2016 to support trade facilitation in Africa, a regional workshop for Master Trainers on HS Classification in East Africa was held in Kampala, Uganda, from 4 to 8 September 2017.
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08 сентября 2017
Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya and Mr. Enrique Canon, Director General of Uruguay Customs and Chair of the WCO, met in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Thursday 7 September to review the outcome of the 2017 Council Sessions and plan for the December 2017 Policy Commission meeting and the extraordinary Council Session also scheduled for December 2017.
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08 сентября 2017
At the invitation of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya delivered a keynote address at the IX Meeting of the IADB Network of International Trade Single Windows held in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 7 and 8 September 2017.
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08 сентября 2017
From 28 August 2017 to 7 September 2017 Sri Lanka hosted a Practical Training on Air Cargo Control in the framework of the UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme (CCP) at Bandaranaike International Airport.
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08 сентября 2017
As part of Phase III of the WCO’s Revenue Package programme, the WCO Secretariat recently conducted a short mission to study the China Customs valuation control system.
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08 сентября 2017
Following a request from the Sudan Customs Authority (SCA), prioritized as part of the HMRC-WCO-UNCTAD multi-year project to implement the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), the WCO delivered a mission to Khartoum, Sudan, 20 to 24 August 2017.
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06 сентября 2017
The EAC regional Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) Programme benefitted from a significant boost as the Uganda Revenue Authority successfully launched the EAC Regional AEO identifier in its electronic Customs Management System on 31st of August 2017.
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06 сентября 2017
As part of the WCO-Norad Project on Customs Capacity Building in Nicaragua, a mission was held 14-18 August 2017 to review the country's Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Pilot Programme.
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05 сентября 2017
WCO publishes PICARD Conference Agenda
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05 сентября 2017
At the request of the Mongolia Customs General Administration, a WCO mission team recently conducted a diagnostic analysis of the current Customs valuation infrastructure and provided recommendations on the way ahead.
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05 сентября 2017
To assist with the Customs Administration of Namibia’s endeavours to successfully engage its stakeholders in the implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), the WCO delivered a 5-day Workshop on stakeholder engagement in Windhoek, Namibia from 28 August to 1 September 2017, to support Namibia’s National Committee on Trade Facilitation (NCTF).
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05 сентября 2017
From 29 to 31 August, 2017, the World Customs Organization (WCO) participated in the CTPAT Conference organised by United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Detroit, Michigan. The Conference saw the launch of the new CTPAT logo and programme marketing video as well as updates on many new initiatives such as Trusted Trader and Minimum Security Criteria.
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05 сентября 2017
Under the auspices of the WCO-EAC CREATe Project financed by Sweden, the WCO supported the East African Community (EAC) to successfully hold its second regional AEO Consultative Group meeting.
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04 сентября 2017
Nineteen representatives from twelve WCO Member administrations completed the most recent Strategic Trade Control Enforcement (STCE) Expert Trainer Accreditation Workshop held at WCO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, from 22 to 30 August 2017.
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04 сентября 2017
Under the auspices of the WCO-HRMC-UNCTAD TFA Implementation Programme, the WCO conducted a PCA diagnostic in Pakistan from 21 to 25 August 2017.
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04 сентября 2017
Based on the findings and recommendations of the August 2016 Mercator Implementation Plan, the WCO conducted a PCA diagnostic from 6 to 10 August 2017 in Khartoum, Sudan.
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