Activities
Fourth WGRKC meeting: Driving the comprehensive review of the RKC with momentum
The fourth Meeting of the WCO Working Group on the Comprehensive Review of the Revised Kyoto Convention (WGRKC) was held at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels from 3 to 5 April 2019. Approximately 37 new proposals and 10 revised and detailed proposals from Australia,...
Fifth Meeting of Capacity Building Coordinators from the MENA region
Customs officials from 18 Middle East and North of Africa (MENA) Region countries met in Muscat, Oman from 24 to 28 March 2019, to discuss the capacity building needs and share knowledge and experience with regard to the modernisation initiatives of Customs...
WCO and Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) celebrate their new Partnership
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...
WCO and OECD move ahead with their anti-corruption agenda
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...
WCO attends Development Partners Meeting for the Americas and Caribbean region
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...
11th TFA Working Group explores new opportunities for the Time Release Study
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. The meeting included a Joint Session with the WCO Permanent Technical Committee (PTC). Over a hundred delegates,...
WCO Audit Committee holds its 13th Meeting
On 11 and 12 February 2019, the 13th Meeting of the Audit Committee took place at WCO Headquarters under the Chairmanship of Mr. Bjørn Røse, Norway Customs. The Meeting was attended by 10 of the 12 Audit Committee Members, and by the Chairperson of the Finance...
Third WGRKC Meeting paved a solid ground for further discussions of Members’ proposals
The Third Meeting of the WCO Working Group on the Comprehensive Review of the Revised Kyoto Convention (WGRKC) took place in Brussels from 6 to 8 February 2019, going on with substantial discussions on approximately 70 concept-based proposals from WCO Members...
Second WGRKC Meeting celebrates historic moment by discussing Members’ concrete proposals for the RKC
The Second Meeting of the WCO Working Group on the Comprehensive Review of the Revised Kyoto Convention (WGRKC) took place in Brussels from 10 to 12 December 2018, launching substantive discussions on proposals developed by WCO Members for the comprehensive review of...
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