Via its participation in the WCO Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme, the Niger Customs Department has made a significant effort to strengthen its organisational culture in order to fight corruption more effectively and promote …
From 1 to 4 July, a national training workshop was held at the Customs Training Institute (Institut de formation douanière - IFD) in Benslimane, Morocco. The workshop, on the subject of the control of transfer pricing, was attended by 22 officials from the …
On 8 September 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the German Central Customs Authority signed a grant agreement for the Phase 2 of the West Africa Security Project (WASP). The initial stage of the Project, launched on 15 March 2021 and lasting …
The WCO completed a gender equality organizational assessment for the benefit of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) from 6 to 10 of February in Accra, Ghana. The assessment was conducted under the framework of the West Africa Security Project (WASP), a …
Recognizing the importance of gender equality and diversity as prerequisites for Customs organizational performance and ensuring security and sustainable development, the WCO completed a gender equality organizational assessment for Côte d’Ivoire Customs …
The WCO completed a gender equality and diversity (GED) organizational assessment for the Togolese Revenue Authority (Office Togolais de Recettes - OTR) from 27 to 31 March 2023 in Lomé, under the West Africa Security Project (WASP) framework, a …
Under the framework of the West Africa Security Project (WASP), a partnership between the WCO and the German Central Customs Authority, funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, the WCO successfully delivered a sub-regional workshop on Implementing …
The WCO is pleased to launch an updated edition of its Gender Equality Organizational Assessment Tool (GEOAT). Originally launched in 2014, this self-assessment tool aims at assisting Customs and Revenue Administrations in assessing their policies and …
On 8 September 2022, the WCO and the German Central Customs Authority signed a grant agreement for Phase 2 of the West Africa Security Project (WASP). This multi-annual phased project is unique as it is the first formal cooperation between German Customs …
The WCO organized, in partnership with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) a one-week gender equality and diversity (GED) mission from 18 to 22 March 2024 in Ghana. This mission included a two-day stakeholder engagement meeting targeting Small and Medium …
From 22 to 26 April 2024, the WCO delivered an advanced workshop on Gender Equality and Diversity (GED) in Abuja, Nigeria, for a group of four Customs Administrations from West Africa (the Gambia, Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria). This workshop was organized …
In collaboration with UN Women, the WCO delivered a seminar targeting small and medium size businesses, and women entrepreneurs in particular, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on 8 - 9 July 2024. The seminar was organized under the framework of the West Africa …
The Harmonized System (HS) is updated for each new edition to reflect changes in the Rotterdam Convention (Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade), in accordance …
The WCO organized the “Green Customs Global Conference” on 27 and 28 June 2022 to raise the awareness of Customs role in protecting environment and hear the expectations for Customs from a range of stakeholders. More than 20 speakers, 200 in-person …
The fifth symposium in the WCO Symposia Series on “Visualising a greener HS to support environmentally sustainable trade”, supported by the European Union, was held on 23 January 2023. These symposia have looked at the role that the Harmonized System (HS …
From 8 to 12 July 2024, the World Customs Organization (WCO) held a regional workshop on combating counterfeiting and piracy for the Customs administrations of its West and Central Africa (WCA) region. The event was held in Cotonou, Benin, with the …
From 2 to 5 July, representatives from the State Customs Service (SCS) of Ukraine’s Corruption Prevention Division met with the WCO’s Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme team and Member experts at the WCO’s Headquarters in Brussels …
From 2 to 4 July 2024, the WCO Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme, in partnership with the Mauritius Revenue Authority and Senegal Customs, organised a capacity-building workshop for Niger Customs on the topic of internal affairs …
From 1 to 5 July 2024, the World Customs Organization (WCO) conducted a successful initiation mission to the Mongolia Customs General Administration (MCGA) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Carried out within the framework of the second phase of the SECO-WCO …
Throughout the last twenty years, the WCO produced a number of publications based on Customs seizures data submitted to the Customs Enforcement Network (CEN), and aimed at providing analysis on trends and patterns in drugs, tobacco and cigarette, and IPR …
