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World Customs Organization
An Update of WCO Capacity
Building Agenda after Cancun
Global Facilitation Partnership for
Transportation and Trade at the World Bank
6 November 2003, Brussels
Kunio Mikuriya
Deputy Secretary General, WCO
Customs Capacity Building Agenda
Updated after Cancun
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“Message from the International Customs
Community” for the WTO Conference in
Cancun
Trade Facilitation in the Post-Cancun phase
Supply Chain Initiatives
Customs Capacity Building Strategy
Diagnostic Framework
Integrity
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“Message” for Cancun
- Partnership for Economic Development
through Trade Facilitation 
Adopted at the WCO Council in June 2003 and
circulated to WTO in Geneva and Cancun
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Potential benefits of trade facilitation in Doha
agenda
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Political will for simplification of border
procedures
Support of trade community
Awareness of Customs requirements and
compliance
Cooperation with other border agencies
Impetus for capacity building
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“Message” for Cancun
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Suggestions to realize and maximize potential
benefits
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Participation of Customs in preparing national
positions for Cancun
Cooperation between WCO and WTO, in using
the revised Kyoto Convention and other WCO
instruments as implementation tools of WTO
rules
Involvement of other border agencies
Investment and support for the implementation
of Customs Capacity Building Strategy in
responding to country-specific needs by all
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stakeholders
Post-Cancun phase
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“Message” and cooperation with WTO remains
valid
Other Customs-related areas in Doha agenda –
Customs valuation, Rules of Origin, Preshipment Inspection, Capacity Building
Awareness raising of benefits and need for
more dialogue with trade
Early ratification and implementation of the
revised Kyoto Convention
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Review of Kyoto Guidelines and other initiatives
Transit cooperation for landlocked countries
Correspondence between WCO SG & WTO DG5
Supply Chain Security &
Facilitation
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Risk management to identify high-risk goods
based on the information supplied at an early
stage of supply chain
A multilateral approach complementary to
existing bilateral and regional initiatives
Security & facilitation - two sides of the same
coin: efficient and effective Customs procedures
Integration with existing instruments (revised
Kyoto) and other Customs programmes
(revenue, drugs, IPR etc.)
Partnership with other stakeholders
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Supply Chain Security &
Facilitation
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WCO Council Resolution of June 2002 – Task
Force
Package of measures (adopted in June 2003)
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Customs exhibition in Budapest (Sept. 2003)
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Standardized set of data for risk assessment
Advanced Cargo Information Guidelines
High-Level Customs/business partnership
guidelines
International Convention on Mutual
Administrative Assistance
Guidelines for scanning equipment
Action Plan (Task Force in Oct. 2003)
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Customs Capacity Building
Strategy
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Adopted at the WCO Council in June 2003
Case for a more focused, coordinated and wellresourced approach
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Lessons learned (political will, greater
ownership, accurate diagnostic, donor
expectation, resources, coordination)
Needs survey
“Implementation Action Plan” to identify
specific activities, roles and responsibility
(High-Level WG in Nov. 2003)
Regional approach - synergy with existing
regional and sub-regional initiatives
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Customs Diagnostic Framework
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Standardized and comprehensive approach
to identify and address the CB needs
Situational solutions tailored to each
country’s reality based on gap analysis
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Readiness assessment tool
Diagnostic tool (diagnostic questions,
common weakness, possible solutions &
improvement options, reference material)
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Progress made and will be ready for 2004
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Integrity
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Revision of the Arusha Declaration on
Customs integrity – adopted at the WCO
Council in June 2003, after ten years´
existence
Integrity Development Guide
Regional peer review and information
sharing mechanism
Regional & national seminars
A pilot project in the Philippines (funding
options)
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Way forward
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Partnership
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For more information: www.wcoomd.org
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