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NCU Newsflash,
Welcome to the INCU Newsflash No.18 – April 2015!
=== World Customs Journal Vol.8 No.2 ===
For those of you who have not seen the latest issue of the World Customs Journal – it is now available on the Journal’s website.
This edition of the Journal contains three Special Reports including opening remarks by H.E. Ambassador Roberto AzevЙdo, Director-General of the WTO, at the Inaugural INCU Global Conference, and the INCU Baku Resolution that was subsequently passed. The article by Hans-Michael Wolffgang and Edward Kafeero provides a comparison of the provisions of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement with those of the Revised Kyoto Convention and other WCO instruments.
Other contributors in this edition focus on the importance of collaboration among border management agencies including: the use of geospatial intelligence by Customs (John de Belle), examination of the benefits of information exchange (Chang-Ryung Han and Rachel McGauran), ways of improving cooperation between customs and environmental agencies (David Dill and Deborah Kopsick) and, in the context of combating transnational smuggling, the need for appropriate coordination within and across various governmental institutions (Gautam Basu).
See Table of Contents (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/93615542/INCU/World%20Customs%20Journal/Volume%208%2C%20Number%202%20%28Sep%202014%29/01%20Contents.pdf)
The next edition of the Journal will include further studies in the field of excise, which is emerging as a major source of government revenue for many economies around the world. We will also be formally recognising the first ten years of the INCU.
See the World Customs Journal website (http://www.worldcustomsjournal.org/).
=== New Members and Affiliates Welcome! === First, we would like to welcome the following new Members and Affiliates (who have agreed to be listed in the INCU Membership Directory):
*New Individual Members*
*Nona Clarke (http://incu.org/cgi-bin/allegro.pl?db_table=db_members&action=view_item_1729&session=&context=search&pop=1) – West Chester, USA *Edward Kafeero (http://incu.org/cgi-bin/allegro.pl?db_table=db_members&action=view_item_1162&session=&context=search&pop=1) – Kampla, Uganda *Wilson Kangethe (http://incu.org/cgi-bin/allegro.pl?db_table=db_members&action=view_item_1709&session=&context=search&pop=1) – Nairobi, Kenya *New Affiliates* *Center for Information Convergence & Strategy (http://incu.org/cgi-bin/allegro.pl?db_table=db_members&action=view_item_1724&session=&context=search&pop=1) – San Diego, USA.
*State Institute for Retraining and Professional Development of Customs Authorities of the Republic of Belarus (http://incu.org/cgi-bin/allegro.pl?db_table=db_members&action=view_item_1627&session=&context=search&pop=1) – Minsk, Belarus.
*Full list of INCU Members and Affiliates.* (http://incu.org/cgi-bin/allegro.pl?directory)
=== WCO PICARD Conference 2015 – Call for Papers! ===
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For further information and registration, please visit the conference website (http://tradecompliance.com.br/english).
=== CICS ‘Left of Boom’ Inaugural Conference ===
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To receive advance notice of INCU news and announcements and to gain access to the INCU Members-only area of the website, upgrade your institution’s membership status (http://incu.org/join-incu.html) to Institutional Membership or join as an Individual Member (http://incu.org/join-incu.html).
=== Upcoming Customs and Trade Related Events === *Events of INCU Members, Affiliates and Partners* *University of Customs and Finance Conference ‘Financial Policy and Financial and Economic Mechanism for Maintenance of Progressive Social Development and Economic Security: Scientific View of Youth” (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/93615542/INCU/UPCOMING%20EVENTS/Conference_April_24_2015_eng.doc); 24 April 2015; Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine *Center for Information Convergence and Strategy (CICS) ▒Left of Boom’ Inaugural Conference (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/93615542/INCU/UPCOMING%20EVENTS/Left%20of%20Boom.pdf) 6-7 May 2015; San Diego, USA.
*World Customs Organization (WCO) IT Conference & Exhibition (http://www.wcoomd.org/en/events/upcoming-events/2015-wco-it-conference-exhibition.aspx) 6-8 May 2015; Bahamas.
*Trade Compliance – The Brazilian AEO Program Conference (http://tradecompliance.com.br/english) 19 May 2015; Sao Paulo, Brazil.
*27th European Customs Conference 2015 (http://www.efa-muenster.de/index.php/events/aktuelle-veranstaltungen) 11-12 June 2015; Vienna, Austria.
*World Customs Organization (WCO) 2015 Knowledge Academy (http://www.wcoomd.org/en/events/upcoming-events/2015-knowledge-academy.aspx) 17-26 June 2015; Brussels, Belgium.
*World Customs Organization (WCO) PICARD Conference 2015 (http://incu.org/conference_PICARD2015.html) 8-10 September 2015; Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan.
*World Customs Organization (WCO) 5th Technology & Innovation Forum (http://www.wcoomd.org/en/events/upcoming-events/5th-technology-and-innovation-forum.aspx) 27-29 October 2015; Rotterdam, Netherlands.
*Other Events*
*INTERPOL World 2015 “Supply Chain Security” (http://www.interpol-world.com/supply-chain-security) 14-16 April 2015; Singapore.
*25th Session of United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and E-business (UNCEFACT) Forum (http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=36194#/) 20-24 April 2015; Geneva, Switzerland.
*United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Meeting on Networking of the Law Enforcement Training Institutions ▒LE TrainNet’ (http://incu.org/news_2015-04-02.html); 28-29 April 2015; Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan *International Trasport Summit 2015 (ITF) (http://2015.internationaltransportforum.org/) 27-29 May 2015; Leipzig, Germany.
*29th International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) World Ports Conference (https://register.iaph2015.org/) 1-5 June 2015; Hamburg, Germany.
*International Compliance Professional Association (ICPA) EU Compliance Conference 2015 (http://www.icpainc.org/#upcoming-conferences) 7-9 June 2015; Berlin, Germany.
*Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) International Tax Conference (http://www.uscib.org/index.asp?documentID=3647) 10-11 June 2015; Washington DC, USA.
*International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 9th World Chambers Congress (http://www.iccwbo.org/chamber-services/world-chambers-congress/about-the-congress/) 10-12 June 2015; Torino, Italy.
*National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) 1st Global Trade Education Conference (http://www.gtecon.com/) 3-4 August 2015; Chicago, USA.
*2015 International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) World Congress (http://www.fiata2015.org/) 8-13 September 2015; Taipei, China.
*International Black Sea Transport Forum 2015 (http://www.smc.odessa.ua/index.php/EN/exhibitions/transrail-ukraine) 20-22 October 2015; Odessa, Ukraine.
*13th European Customs Conference (http://www.odasce.asso.fr/website/gb_colloque.htm) 19-20 November 2015; Bordeaux, France.
_If you have any publications or items of interest, please let us know and we will circulate those to all INCU Members and Affiliates._ With compliments,
INCU Secretariat
International Network of Customs Universities (INCU)
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