Projets des partnenaires

To improve the business relationships of Customs Administrations with the private sector and initiate a Regional Preferred Trader Programme (RPTP) that will obtain and support both the national regulatory authorities and trade community’s expecta-tions towards regional integration and trade facilitation.
Specific Objective: To develop a critical mass of Trainers on the delivery of the SACU PTP Core Competencies Training Modules to Support PTP implementation at Member State level.

Assist to develop training material

To improve knowledge and strengthening the existing capabilities of Customs administrations of the MENA region on issues concerning the use of modern technologies in the Customs environment and cross-border e-commerce.

The workshop enabled participants to improve their understanding of the PCA concept as explained in the WCO Guidelines, as well as the benefits that PCA brings to Customs and traders, and the relationship between PCA, trade facilitation and risk management.

To undertake a diagnostic of Post Clearance Audit and to develop a tailor made capacity-building support that will ensure effective and efficient PCA capacity in Sierra Leone.

To follow-up on further support to Risk Management, Valuation, E-Learning and Action Plan for 2017

Risk Assessment and Selectivity

To assist the Administrations of the Region for better implementation on PCA in accordance with the WCO PCA Guidelines to enhance participants’ technical knowledge in this respect.

To support Ghana accession to the RKC

Develop, manage and promote the WCO Risk Management Compendium

To build national capacity in order for the Togo to conduct a Time Release Study (TRS).

Workshop to support selected WCA Customs Administrations in the development harmonized and standardized electronic messages for the transit interconnectivity project, supported and coordinated jointly by the ECOWAS-Commission and the WCO Secretariat.

This TFA scoping mission resulted in the WCO and Burkina Faso agreeing to partner up in the areas of TRS , Advanced Ruling Mechanisms and Project Management under the WCO-WACAM Project. Other areas for support were also identified, including PCA. 

This TFA scoping mission resulted in the WCO and Burkina Faso agreeing to partner up in the areas of TRS , Advanced Ruling Mechanisms and Project Management under the WCO-WACAM Project. Other areas for support were also identified, including PCA. 

Nigeria NCTF Members, Customs Officials, Officials from other government agencies and the private sector have increased their knowledge and abilities to manage engagement with external stakeholders and to support the maintenance of the National Committees on Trade Facilitation (NCTFs).

To assist in SAFE Framework and AEO implementation

Development of a holistic risk management policy and strategy in the WCA region

To assist the Administrations of the Region for better implementation on PCA in accordance with the WCO PCA Guidelines and case studies to enhance participants’ technical knowledge in this respect.

To assist Cameroun Customs Administration to draft the national TRS (TRS) report.

to identify the possibilities and challenges associated with the development of more efficient post-clearance auditing within Cameroon Customs.

To assess the outcomes and impact of HMRC-supported investments in Zimbabwe since March 2016;
To assess Zimbabwe’s 2017 needs assessment against the previous deliveries to identify specific next steps;
To engage Zimbabwe in the development of a new Mercator implementation plan, which will benefit from the joint support of HMRC and other WCO development partners.

To assess Zimbabwe’s existing PCA system and to develop recommendations to strengthen its facilitative role as part of a broader reform and modernization package

To ensure that Zimbabwe’s National Committee on Trade Facilitation has a broad-based understanding of the legal and economic foundations, as well as the international standards, that underpin the international trading system.

To support the Customs Administration of Zimbabwe for better understanding and implementation of PCA in accordance with the WCO PCA Guidelines.

To build national capacity in order for the country to conduct a Time Release Study (TRS).

To discuss on dissemination of TRS results of the various COMESA Member States and agreeing the way forward in designing the road map to address the bottlenecks to fast clearance of goods based on the outcomes of the regional TRS.

To enhance the Intelligence Capacity of the Zambia Customs administration to collect, process and disseminate intelligence with a focus on CITES.

To enhance the Intelligence Capacity of the Zambia Customs administration to collect process and disseminate intelligence with a focus on CITES.

To attend the meetings and participate in the discussions and to give a presentation on the WCO-ESA Project II.

To ensure that the Regional PCA function and activities provide the required support to ensure full implementation of the regional AEO programme by March 2018

To develop a comprehensive Mercator implementation (development) plan for Uganda, taking into account a complex range of WCO-led initiatives across four major projects and other development partner activities related to trade facilitation.

To enhance understanding on advance cargo/goods information, risk management and pre-arrival processing and develop capacity with a view To Tunisian customs To implement pre-arrival processing system
- Discuss the implications of E-commerce from both facilitation and enforcement perspective and share experiences and best practices in this domain

To support the Customs administration of Tunisia for better understanding and implementation on PCA in accordance with the WCO PCA Guidelines

To support the Customs Authority of Sudan for effective establishment and implementation of PCA function in accordance with the WCO PCA Guidelines and to develop a tailor made PCA capacity building support in line with the HMRC-WCO-UNCTAD Trade Facilitation Agreement Programme of August 2016.

Perform second comprehensive review of Sudan Customs’ RM infrastructure.
Identify recommendations for RM reform and modernization.

o To strengthen national capacity of Sudan Customs in order for the country to conduct a Time Release Study (TRS).
o To provide training to Customs and other trade stakeholders in Sudan for WCO TRS tool in order to enable Customs and other border agencies to improve compliance and at the same time improve facilitation for imports-exports.

Perform comprehensive review of RM policy, strategy and infrastructure including implementation.
Conduct gap analysis by considering international good practices.
Identify recommendations for RM reform and modernization.

To assist Saudi Arabia identify the gaps of their present trusted trader programme and provide assistance on how to enhance it

Raise awareness of regional Customs in understanding and implementing WTO TFA by adopting the WCO instruments and tools.
Explain the different WCO tools and instruments under Mercator Programme.

Intelligence-led risk management by examining several elements of global and national information and intelligence strategies including intelligence cycle.

To assist the MENA regional Customs Administrations in strengthening the existing Risk Assessment and Selectivity practices by focusing on risk indicators and profiling methodology including intelligence support to risk assessment and selectivity.

Following a request for technical assistance by Qatar Customs, the WCO Secretariat provided an informative session on what Time Release Study (TRS) entails. During the session all the ordinary TRS material used for national TRS Workshops have been used to better explain to the participants how a country should conduct a TRS.

To assess the outcomes and impact of HMRC-supported investments in Palestine since April 2016, and to identify a forward plan under the tailor-made track of the Mercator Programme that builds on the results of previous investments and takes into account the administration’s unique situation;

To support Palestinian Customs for effective implementation of PCA function in accordance with the WCO PCA Guidelines and in line with the recommendations of the July 2017 MERCATOR Programme Evaluation and Assessment Mission Report for Palestine.

To assist the Administrations for better implementation on PCA in accordance with the WCO PCA Guidelines and case studies to enhance participants’ technical knowledge in this respect.

• Coordinated Border Management and its benefits
• Business Case for the SW implementation
• Business process modelling: Understanding Single Window processes
• Familiarize the participants with the WCO Data Model concepts, including its dataset, library as well as information package.
• Understand the use of WCO Data Model to support Customs modernization through the implementation of ICT
• Single Window data harmonization
• Business and data modelling: Globally Networked Customs
• Concept and application: Data from multiple channels

Provide guidance on the RKC accession process

Jordan Customs Administration, and other national trade stakeholders involved in the international process of goods.