SPOTLIGHTING THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF CUSTOMS CAPACITY BUILDING – THE 14TH SESSION OF THE CAPACITY BUILDING COMMITTEE

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The 14th session of the WCO Capacity Building Committee (CBC was held from 22 to 24 February 2023), under the theme “Spotlighting the Positive Impact of Customs Capacity Building”.

The meeting was attended by over 350 representatives of Member administrations, development partners, academia and other stakeholders, actively at the WCO headquarters in Brussels and passively online.

In his opening address, the WCO Secretary General, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, underscored that the active participation of Member administrations, partners, academia and other stakeholders had been the key to the successful preparation for this session.

The Secretary General emphasized the importance of improving the capacity building delivery and results. Dr. Mikuriya found essential Members’ contribution in assessing the feasibility and effectiveness of the delivery mode of the various WCO Technical Assistance and Capacity Building activities. He also outlined the importance of the capacity building aspects included in the WCO Data Strategy, which underlines that data and statistics are foundational to the transition to a data-driven organization and essential for evidence-based policymaking.

The 14th Session of CBC discussed and provided direction on a number of key issues, which included boosting performance and productivity by taking care of people and gender equality and diversity, expertise mobilization, the development of agile national training strategies, the WCO Performance Measurement Mechanism, the LMD Programme, the Mercator Programme tailor-made track progress, and capacity building in fragile and conflict-affected situations, among others.

The Secretary General highly appreciated the contribution of a number of private sector representatives to the panel discussions.

Mrs. Sigfríður Gunnlaugsdóttir, from Iceland Revenue and Customs, and Mrs. Li Yan, from China Customs, were re-elected as Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson, respectively, for the Committee session in 2024.

Information on the date and place for the Committee’s next session in 2024 will be given later.

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28.02.2023