COMPLIANCE & FACILITATION TRACK
- “A secure business environment for economic development”-
Each year, the WCO Secretariat chooses a theme that is relevant to the international Customs community. The slogan chosen for 2018 is “A secure business environment for economic development.” Under this banner, Members of the WCO are encouraged to look at how they can create an environment for businesses that will foster their participation in cross-border trade, and, ultimately, how they can best serve the people and empower entrepreneurs.
By “secure,” we mean an environment that is enabling, safe, fair and sustainable, all wrapped into one. Such an environment will help businesses, especially micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), to expand their activities and create incentives for them to participate more fully in international trade, as well as encourage them to innovate, generate employment and invest in human resources, thereby boosting economic growth and raising living standards.
Many WCO tools, instruments and initiatives can readily assist Customs administrations in building the ideal environment for international trade to flourish and grow, thereby enhancing economic development.
Such instruments and initiatives include the revised WCO International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures, the WCO SAFE Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade or the WCO Security Programme. All these tools, instruments and initiatives not only enhance trade-related processes, they also contribute to an increase in both security and trade facilitation.
This year’s theme also echoes the current Customs focus on trade facilitation, created by the entry into force of the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement as well as the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the Heads of State and Government and High Representatives meeting at the United Nations’ Headquarters in New York in September 2015 to decide on new global “sustainable development goals.”
The 2018 WCO Knowledge Academy will take a look into the future of
Customs and the implementation of trade facilitation and compliance measures to
create a true secure business environment that enhances the symbiotic
relationship between economic development and the protection of society.
Who is afraid of the future?
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Day 1 – Monday, 2 July | |
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Session I: Programme introduction | |
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09:30-10:00 |
Programme introduction and overview
Ana Hinojosa, World Customs Organization, Director Compliance and Facilitation |
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Session II: E-Commerce | |
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10:00- 11:00 |
Creating a secure and sustainable Cross-Border E-Commerce environment
Speaker: Han Bosch, Senior executive Netherlands Customs Administration Facilitator: Pashupati Pandey, World Customs Organization |
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11:00-11:30 |
Coffee/Tea Networking Break |
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Session II: E-Commerce | |
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11:30-12:30 |
Framework of Standards on Cross-Border E-Commerce and associated tools
Speaker: Gerry Rodrigues, Counsellor, Australian Border Force, Australian Embassy in Brussels Facilitator: Pashupati Pandey, World Customs Organization |
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12:30-14:00 |
Lunch |
Implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement
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Session III: Trade Facilitation Agreement | |||
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14:00- 15:30 |
State of play and challenges ahead
Speaker: Sheri Rosenow, World Trade Organization Facilitator: Theo Hesselink, World Customs Organization | ||
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15:30-16:00 |
Coffee/Tea Networking Break | ||
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Session III: Trade Facilitation Agreement | |||
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16:00-17:30 |
Successfully navigating the challenges
Speaker: Sheri Rosenow, World Trade Organization Facilitator: Theo Hesselink, World Customs Organization | ||
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Day 2 – Tuesday, 3 July
Facilitating trade with modern tools |
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Session IV: Single Window |
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09:30-11:00 |
Single Window as Trade Facilitation tool: Impact and evaluation of Single Window on a national economy
Speaker: Lorena Veiga, Manager Single Window International Trade Uruguay Facilitator: Armen Manukyan, World Customs Organization |
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11:00-11:30 |
Coffee/Tea Networking Break |
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Session V: SAFE Framework of Standards |
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11:30-12:30 |
The 2018 SAFE Package : strengthening trade facilitation and supply chain security
Speaker: Chun Hun Lee, Deputy Director Multilateral Cooperation Division Korea Customs Service Facilitator: Pashupati Pandey, World Customs Organization |
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12:30-14:00 |
Lunch |
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Session VI: Future of Customs |
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14:00-15:30 |
What will the future hold?
Speakers: Matome Mathole, Customs Attache, South Africa – “The WCO Future of Customs Group” Stewart Jeacocke, Customs Lead, IBM – “Blockchain technology”Facilitator: Milena Budimirovic, World Customs Organization |
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15:30-16:00 |
Coffee/Tea Networking Break |
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Session VI: Future of Customs |
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16:00-17:30 |
How can Customs meet future challenges?
Speakers: Chahid Azarkan, Tactical Architect, Dutch Customs – “Virtual reality” Mr. Ziv Baida, Gov,Trade & Emerging Tech Leader, Altares - Dun & Bradstreet - Data and (Artificial) Intelligence Gerry Rodrigues, Counsellor, Australian Border Force, Australian Embassy in Brussels – “Strategy Behind Technology” Facilitator: Milena Budimirovic, World Customs Organization |
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Day 3 – Wednesday, 4 July
Capacity Building and Research
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Session Capacity Building | |
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09:30-11:00 |
WCO People Development Portfolio: Roles of HRM in an organization and WCO Tools and instruments
Speakers: Giovanni Gaeta, Thibault Hermes and Dimitrios Politopoulos
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11:00-11:30 |
Coffee/Tea Networking Break |
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Session Capacity Building | |
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11:30-12:30 |
Project Management in Customs context Speakers: Richard Chopra and Nathan Taylor |
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12:30-14:00 |
Lunch |
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Session Research | |
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14:00-15:30 |
Hao Wu: Legal Basis for Customs Cooperation Yeon-Soo Choi: Traces of Illicit Financial Flows in Trade Data Bassem Chermiti, Inspecteur des douanes, Douanes Tunisiennes |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee/Tea Networking Break |
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Session Research | |
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16:00-17:30 |
Thomas Cantens: Insecurity and cross border trade: the potential uses of modelling for customs intelligence. |
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Day 4 – Thursday, 5 July
Enforcing a secure business environment
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Session XI: Small Arms and Light Weapons | |
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09:30-11:00 |
Customs’ role in UN SCR 2370 implementation.
Speaker: Glenn MacDonald, Small Arms Survey Maria Carmello, Group for Research and Information on Peace and Security Facilitator: James McColm, World Customs Organization |
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11:00-11:30 |
Coffee/Tea Networking Break |
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Session XII: API and PNR | |
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11:30-12:30 |
“API and PNR” Known versus Unknown threats.
Speaker: Phil Howarth, UK Counter Terrorism Police National Operations Centre Sian Henderson, National Targeting Centre, UKBF Facilitator: Jatinder Randhawa, World Customs Organization
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12:30-14:00 |
Lunch |
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Session XIII: Drug Trafficking | |
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14:00-15:30 |
The fight against drug trafficking in e-commerce
Speaker: Sun-hwa Cho, RILO AP Fumio ITO, Project ION, INCB Matthew Nice, OPIOIDS Project, INCB Facilitator: Steve Yuen, World Customs Organization |
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15:30-16:00 |
Coffee/Tea Networking Break |
Session XIV: Post-Clearance Audit | |
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16:00-17:30 |
Sustaining the balance between trade facilitation and enforcement Speaker: Jonathan Page, Canada Border Service Agency Facilitator: Thabo Pase, World Customs Organization Yasuhito Sakamoto, World Customs Organization
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Day 5 – Friday, 6 July | |
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Session XVI: Trends and Patterns in the Illicit Trade of Excisable Goods | |
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09:30-10:30 |
Illicit trade in excise goods: getting ahead of the curve.
Speaker: Malcolm Woodall, HMRC Facilitator: Giuseppe Marra, World Customs Organization |
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Session XV: Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing | |
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10:30-11:00 |
The WCO efforts – how effective are they?
Speaker: David Kane, World Customs Organization
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11:00-11:30 |
Coffee/Tea Networking Break |
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11:30-12:30 |
Key elements in the fight against Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing
Speaker: Jeff Darin, US Homeland Security Investigations Facilitator: David Kane, World Customs Organization
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12:30-14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00-15:30
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Evaluation |
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15:30-1630
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Preparations for Practical Day Exercise and Close out |
