From November 14 to November 18, 2022, the Rostov Branch of the Russian Customs Academy hosted the IX International Scientific and Practical Conference «Peculiarities of state regulation of foreign economic activity in modern conditions», which was attended by practitioners from the customs authorities, representatives of state and commercial organizations, professors teaching staff of the Russian Customs Academy and its branches, as well as teachers of universities in Russia and foreign countries (program of events). The main goal of the conference is the exchange of experience and knowledge in the field of customs, digital economy and digital technologies, which are actively used in the system of customs administration.
The 21st Meeting of the Administrative Committee for the Convention on Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention) and the 18th Meeting of Contracting Parties to the Customs Convention on the ATA Carnet for the Temporary Admission of Goods (ATA Convention) were held jointly on 14 November 2022 in a hybrid mode, attended by approximately 140 delegates from 33 Contracting Parties to the Istanbul Convention and 31 Contracting Parties to the ATA Convention, as well as by 14 observer WCO Members and 5 International Organizations.
From 9 to 11 November 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO) organized the first meeting of the Working Group on Data and Statistics (WGDS) in a hybrid mode, at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The meeting, which follows the WCO’s Council decision in June 2022, was attended by over 80 representatives of Member administrations who actively contributed to the discussions around statistics and data sharing. A similar number of participants attended the event virtually.
On 2 November 2022, at the invitation of the Global Development Network (GDN), a worldwide network of research and policy institutes related to the contemporary development challenges, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, spoke on Customs research agenda at the 2022 Global Development Conference: Tax Policy for Sustainable Development, held from 2 to 4 November at Clermont-Ferrand, France.
