At the invitation of the National Customs Board of the State Revenue Service (SRS) of Latvia, WCO Deputy Secretary General Ricardo Treviño Chapa attended the international Conference on “Shaping a Smarter Future of Customs”, held in Riga, Latvia on 7…
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WCO addresses the XXI FITAC International Congress
At the invitation of the Colombian Federation of Logistics Agents in International Trade (FITAC), the WCO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, attended its XXI International Congress in Barranquilla, Colombia on 24 and 25 October 2019, comprising several panel sessions covering a wide range of topics.
Successful completion of WCO PICARD Conference in Skopje, North Macedonia
The 14th edition of the annual WCO PICARD Conference, which ran from 22 to 24 October 2019 in Skopje, North Macedonia, ended on a high note after three days of presentations by speakers whose research was evaluated and selected by a Scientific Committee, followed by fruitful discussions among the participants.
Successful conclusion of the 1st WCO Global Communication Strategies Conference in Brussels
The 1st edition of the WCO Global Communication Strategies Conference with the theme “Communicating seamlessly in the digital age” concluded in Brussels, Belgium on 9 October 2019. This Conference ended on a high note after two days of thought-provoking presentations over eight sessions animated by 48 communications experts from Customs administrations, international organizations and the private sector, which were followed by dynamic discussions.
WCO publishes PICARD Conference Agenda
The WCO has published the Agenda for the upcoming WCO PICARD Conference which will take place in Skopje, North Macedonia, from 22 to 24 October 2019. Читать далее
National workshop on Customs valuation in Cairo
With the cooperation and support of the United States’ Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), the WCO held a Workshop on Customs valuation from 14 to 16 July 2019 in Cairo, Egypt.
WCO Participate in Conference to launch Small Arms and Light Weapons training in the Middle East and North Africa region
Between 23-27 June, 2019, at the Arab League building in Cairo, Egypt, the European Union (EU) and League of Arab States (LAS) co-hosted the Conference on Combating the Illicit Trade in and Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Member States of the League of Arab States.
West and Central Africa Regional Train-the-trainer Workshop on Security Project (10 -21 June 2019
First WCO Global Communication Strategies Conference
Communicating seamlessly in the digital age
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We are living in a hyper-connected world where everyone and everything is talking: person to person, person to machine, and machine to machine. With the advent of emerging technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things, there are virtually no communication boundaries between connected objects and human beings.
WCO Jointly Organises a Session on Gender on the Occasion of the 2019 Global Review of Aid for Trade
On the 3rd of July 2019, on occasion of the WTO Global Review of Aid for Trade, the WCO organized jointly, together with the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), the World Bank Group (WBG) and the European Commission, a parallel session on Gender Integration in Aid for Trade Facilitation entitled “Existing tools and lessons learned.” The parallel session was opened by the Minister for Foreign Trade of Sweden, Ms. Ann Linde, who emphasized the importance of integrating gender in Aid for Trade initiatives and called upon international donors to allocate more funding for trade initiatives supporting gender equality. The Minister also highlighted the opportunities generated by the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFA) to simplify trade flows which is particularly important for SMEs, many of which are women-owned.