World Customs Organization
KNOWLEDGE ACADEMY For Customs & Trade
WCO Headquarters • Brussels • Belgium 19 – 24 June 2017
A one week intensive Academy focusing on the development of technical skills for Customs and Trade practitioners
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Table of contents
Welcome Address by the World Customs Organization 3
Overview of the Knowledge Academy Schedule 4
Compliance & Facilitation Track 5
Tariff & Trade Affairs Track 13
Facilitators 23
Field Visit 37
2 Welcome Address by the World Customs Organization
Dear participants, I am pleased to welcome you to the 7th Knowledge Academy for Customs and Trade. The WCO launched its first edition in 2011 and, over the past six years, the interest in the Academy from the public and the private sector companies has grown steadily to reach more than 150 participants each year. The overall comments and obser - vations from the attendees have always been very positive, making the Academy an ideal platform for Customs and trade professionals to exchange views and interact with one another. This year’s programme includes two learning tracks, covering key WCO areas of work: the Compliance and Facilitation track that will focus on all aspects of Customs’ work relating to Trade Facilitation, Data Analytics, Stake - holder engagement, E-Commerce, Centralized Compliance, Digital Customs, Data Model and Harmonization, Time Release Study, SAFE & AEO, Counterfeit Medicines, Illicit Trade, Partnership in Wildlife pro - tection and Small Arms and light Weapon (SALW); and the Tariff and Trade Affairs track that will focus on various matters relating to the Harmonized System (HS) for the classification of goods, rules of origin and Customs valuation. In addition to classroom training, participants will have the golden opportunity to visit the impressive facilities of the port of Antwerp and its Customs Museum. This tour is organized with the support of Belgium Customs, and will allow participants to experience, from the inside, the functioning of one of Europe’s largest ports, while taking time out to appreciate Customs’ long and rich history which is preserved at the Museum. The Academy will feature more than 20 prominent speakers, trainers and facilitators with different profiles and backgrounds. In addition to leading experts from the WCO, attendees will be able to engage with specialists from WCO Member administrations, international organizations, the IT sector, the broader Customs community, trade organizations and others involved in the global trade arena, who will share their experiences and best practices gained in their own field of competence. In this brochure, you will find more details on the Academy, including the agenda and practical information on the sessions as well as the special field trip, which will be the high - light of your participation in the 2017 edition of this WCO event. I hope that you will find the Knowledge Academy fruitful, that your stay in Brussels will be pleasant, and that your visit to the port of Antwerp will leave you with some interesting memories.
Thank you for joining us. Warmest regards,
Kunio Mikuriya Secretary General World Customs Organization
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On Monday 19 June, at 18:00 , all attendees are warmly invited to the Welcome Reception hosted by Sergio Mujica, WCO Deputy Secretary General. On Thursday 22 June, at 18:00 , all attendees are also cordially invited to participate in the Midsummer Night Chat event. This is an open networking forum, giving delegates the opportunity to discuss the full range of global trade-related issues with Directors and WCO Senior Management.
4 COMPLIANCE & FACILITATION TRACK COMPLIANCE & FACILITATION TRACK
Data Analysis for Effective Border Management and efficient implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement
Data is generated by every economic activity, including the movement of goods and people, and circulates extensively along the global value chain. Collecting and analysing data to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of border management is of paramount importance to Customs administrations. This year, in the context of the International Customs Day, the WCO introduced the theme “Data Analysis for Effective Border Management” to encourage the global Customs community to pursue their efforts and activities in this area. While developments in INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) and its wider use have made the collection of data and access to open data easier, the real challenge is about making sense of a vast amount of information through proper processing and analysis. This will help Customs officers to drive priority-setting, decision-making, performance measurement, integrity, facilita - tion and the compliance strategy. To optimize its use, Customs need to obtain quality data in a timely manner. Further, there is a need for border agencies to harmonize data being circulated and to develop skills pursuant to the IT challenges. Border agencies also need to ensure that privacy and confidentiality laws are respected so as to uphold the confidence of society. The WCO Knowledge Academy will explore the instruments and tools that sup - port the implementation of trade facilitation and compliance measures from the IT and data analysis angle, such as the WCO Customs Enforcement Network (CEN), the WCO Time Release Study (TRS) and the WCO Data Model, which supports data analysis by improving data collection and enabling the sharing of data between government agencies.
6 Day 1 – Monday, 19 June
Session I Programme introduction 09:30 – 10:00 Programme introduction and overview Keynote: Luc De Blieck, Deputy Director, Procedures and Facilitation Sub-Directorate, WCO Facilitator: Theo Hesselink , WCO Technical Officer
Session II The TFA and Data Analytics 10:00 – 11:00 The data analytics behind the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Presenter: Sheri Rosenow , WTO Facilitator: Theo Hesselink , WCO Technical Officer 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee/Tea Networking Break Session II The TFA and Data Analytics 11:30 – 12:30 Calculating the potential impact of the TFA on trade costs Presenter: Evdokia Moise , OECD Facilitator: Theo Hesselink , WCO Technical Officer 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Bringing border management stakeholders to the table Session III Stakeholder Engagement 14:00 – 14:30 Stakeholder engagement in the Customs environment Keynote: Ernani Checcucci , Director, Capacity Building, WCO Facilitator: Andrea Hampton , WCO-Norad Project Manager 14:30 – 15:30 What is stakeholder engagement and what are the benefits of stakeholder engagement? How to collect the right data to make informed decisions and measure success? Presenter: Severino Dinis , WCO Technical Attaché Facilitator: Andrea Hampton, WCO-Norad Project Manager 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee/Tea Networking Break
Session III Stakeholder Engagement 16:00 – 17:30 Stakeholder engagement in the context of NCTFs What are some of the challenges, strategies and solutions to bring all relevant stakeholders on board? What are some of the pitfalls? Maintaining an NCTF: A case study from Zimbabwe Presenter: Hermie George, WCO Technical Attaché Facilitator: Andrea Hampton , WCO-Norad Project Manager
7 Day 2 – Tuesday, 20 June Where will the future take Customs? Session IV Analyzing E-Commerce 09:30 – 11:00 E-commerce – • How compelling is the data? • The impact on trade in numbers. Presenter: Samuel Laurinkari , eBay Facilitator: Pashupati Pandey , WCO Technical Officer
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee/Tea – Networking Break
Session V E-Commerce – Opportunities and Challenges 11:30 – 12:30 E-commerce – • Opportunities? • Challenges for Customs • The ‘Dark Side’ Presenter: Yonghwan Choi , KCS Facilitator: Pashupati Pandey , WCO Technical Officer
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Session VI Centralized Compliance 14:00 – 15:30 The private sector centralizes its compliance efforts How does this work and how effective is it? What is the effect on trade facilitation? Presenter: Carol West , IFCBA Facilitator: Asha Menon , WCO Senior Technical Officer
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee/Tea Networking Break
Session VII Post Clearance Audit 16:00 – 17:30 An enforcement tool to facilitate trade How to collect the data before performing a PCA? How to select the controls to be performed from all the available data? Presenter/Facilitator: Thabo Pase , WCO PCA Content Specialist
8 Day 3 – Wednesday, 21 June The WCO Data Model – the basis for Digital Customs Session VIII WCO Data Model 09:30 – 11:00 What is the WCO Data Model? How is it used? How does the Data Model facilitate trade? I am not an IT person, why do I care? Presenter: Agnes Nagy , DG TAXUD, EU Facilitator: Tejo Kusuma , WCO Technical Officer
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee/Tea Networking Break
Session IX Data Harmonization 11:30 – 12:30 A prerequisite for establishing Single Windows. How to do it? Who should be involved? Case study from the United States Presenter: Randy Slusher , CBP Facilitator: Tejo Kusuma, WCO Technical Officer
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Session X Time Release Study 14:00 – 15:30 The diagnostic tool for border management improvement What does it take? How to make sense of the data? A case study from Georgia Presenter: Maka Khvedelidze , Georgia Revenue Service Facilitator: Oluimo Da Silva , WCO Technical Officer
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee/Tea Networking Break
Session XI Authorized Economic Operator 16:00 – 17:30 AEO – Business quantifying the value of their benefits How to become an AEO? Extending the status to other border agencies? Mutual recognition from the business perspective. Presenter: Marco Sorgetti , FIATA Facilitator: Asha Menon , WCO Senior Technical Officer
9 Day 4 – Thursday, 22 June Data analysis for enforcement Session XII Illicit Trade 09:30 – 11:00 The ugly truth in statistics How does the WCO collect the data? The importance of high quality information What does the WCO do with the data? Presenter: Anette Bonde , RILO Western Europe Giorgi Kvaratskhelia , Georgia Customs Facilitator: Iwona Sawicka , WCO CEN Applications Specialist 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee/Tea Networking Break
Session XIII Presentation of COPES 11:30 – 12:30 The WCO Secretariat will present its COPES Programme, which aims to develop and provide training focused on evidence collection and related issues in the domain of investigations and prosecutions Presenter: Bernard Crossey, COPES expert Facilitator: Gilles Thomas , WCO COPES Project Coordinator 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Session XIV Counterfeit Medicines, a Threat to Man and Animal 14:00 – 15:30 How much money is involved in counterfeit medicines worldwide? Are we just protecting the interests of the pharmaceutical industry or is humankind at risk? Presenters: Mária Szabó , OIE; Ines Du-Plessis , EDQM; Bernard Leroy , IRACM Facilitator: Viggo Elster , WCO Technical Officer 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee/Tea Networking Break
Session XV Partnership – Hunting Wildlife Smugglers 16:00 – 17:30 WCO and other international organizations working in partnership to halt wildlife smuggling What data do other international organizations have? How do they analyse the data and formulate a strategy? What are the success stories? Presenter: Magdalena Norwisz , TRAFFIC Facilitator: Roux Raath , WCO Technical Officer
10 Day 5 – Friday, 23 June
Session XVI Trends in Revenue Fraud 09:30 – 11:00 How much money is lost and where does it end up? What are the modi operandi and what can Customs do? Presenter: Aseem Nanda , Indian Customs Attaché Facilitator: Michelle Medina , WCO Technical Officer
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee/Tea Networking Break
Session XVII Small Arms and Light Weapons 11:30 – 12:30 How many are out there? How many cross borders illegally? How many casualties do they cause? Presenters: Marcus Wilson , Managing Director, Conflict Armament Research (CAR); Denis Jacqmin , Group for Research and Information on Peace and Security (GRIP) Facilitator: James McColm , WCO Technical Officer
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Knowledge Transfer Assessment
15:30 – 16:30 Preparations for Practical Day Exercise and Close out
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TARIFF & TRADE AFFAIRS TRACK Rules of Origin [1 day]
The course is focused on recent trends in rules of origin and preferential trade arrangements. It will introduce the general aspects of rules of origin, including their economic implications and key concepts (e.g. origin criteria, cumulation, territorial requirements, certification, and verification). The exercises on rules of origin will give you an opportunity to practice your skills.
Facilitators Mette Azzam , Senior Technical Officer, Origin Sub-Directorate, Tariff and Trade Affairs Directorate, WCO Toshihiko Yamate , Technical Attaché, Origin Sub-Directorate, Tariff and Trade Affairs Directorate, WCO
Private sector participants will receive a login to access the free e-learning module “Introduction on Rules of Origin” within 10 days before the start of the course. WCO Members can access the same material on the CLiKC! platform.
14 Day 1 – 19 June 2017
Session I Opening remark: Ping Liu , Director, Tariff and Trade Affairs, WCO 09:30 – 11:00 Introduction and General Aspects of Rules of Origin Introduction to the programme: content and objectives General aspects of rules of origin Introduction to rules of origin and their economic implications The ongoing issues discussed at a global level, including the WTO Ministerial Decision for LDCs
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee/Tea Networking Break
Session II Key concepts of Rules of Origin 11:30 – 12:30 Key concepts of rules of origin (e.g. origin criteria, cumulation, territorial requirements, certification, verification)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Session III WCO Activities on Rules of Origin 14:00 – 14:30 Overview of WCO activities on rules of origin Revenue Package origin tools
Session IV Exercise on Rules of Origin 14:30 – 15:30 Participants’ own “cases” (provided to the organizers in advance, anonymously if need be). Two or three cases will be discussed and proposals for solutions provided within the group, facilitated by the WCO.
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee/Tea Networking Break
Session IV (Continuation) Exercise on Rules of Origin 16:00 – 17:00 Participants own “cases” (provided to the organizers in advance, anonymously if need be). Two or three cases will be discussed and proposals for solutions provided within the group, facilitated by the WCO.
Session V Summary and closing remarks 17:00 – 17:30 Q & A – Summary and closing remarks
15 Customs Valuation [1 day]
This course will take you through key aspects of the WTO Valuation Agreement and its central issues for Customs and business in global trade. It will start with a refresher on high level principles of Customs valuation, and look at the tools developed under the Revenue Package. Trends and ongoing issues being discussed at international level and the main challenges for Customs and busi - ness in applying the Agreement will be covered. The course will also include val - uation issues relevant to multinationals, such as the relationship between Customs valuation and transfer pricing, and royalties and licence fees.
Facilitators Ian CREMER , Senior Technical Officer, Valuation Sub-Directorate, WCO Tariff and Trade Affairs Directorate Luximan BABAJEE , Technical Officer, Valuation Sub-Directorate, WCO Tariff and Trade Affairs Directorate Benson LIM , Technical Attaché, WCO Tariff and Trade Affairs Directorate
External Experts WTO Representative
16 Day 1 – 20 June 2017
Session I Introduction and Refresher on High Level Principles of the WTO Valuation Agreement 9:30 – 11:00 Content and objectives of the programme: WCO and TCCV Their role and activities in the area of Customs valuation Background to Customs valuation Refresher on high level principles of the WTO Valuation Agreement Primacy of the transaction value WCO Revenue Package
11:00 – 11:30 Tea/Coffee Break
Session II Transaction Value – Article 1 11:30 – 13:00 Provisions of Article 1 Article 8 Adjustments Assists Royalty and licence fees, including software
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
Session III Related Party Transaction 14:30 – 15:30 Related party transactions Transfer pricing Use of transfer pricing Study documentation in Customs Valuation
15:30 – 16:00 Tea/Coffee Break
Session IV Challenge of Customs Determination 16:00 – 17:30 Right of Appeal Article 11 Dispute Settlement (WTO input) Article 19
17 HARMONIZED SYSTEM [3 days]
Correct and uniform application of the Harmonized System (or HS) in an effi - cient manner facilitates international trade and investment and promotes com - pliance with fiscal and trade rules or laws. This 3-day course will provide you with a good understanding of HS foundations, with particular focus on the use of General Interpretative Rules 1, 3 and 6. The most complex and problematic ques - tions regarding the classification rules for composite goods, sets and “parts”, as well as classification of articles in the high technology area will also be key topics. You will learn how the HS is amended and get a broad overview of the latest set of HS amendments that entered into force on 1 January 2017. We will also look beyond 2017 and hear the private sector’s views on the Harmonized System. Finally the role of the Customs laboratory in the classification process will be explained.
Facilitator Izaak WIND , Expert, accredited by the WCO as a trainer for Harmonized System (HS) matters as of 1 January 2008.
WCO Experts Dr. Alvaro FERNÁNDEZ-ACEBES , Senior Technical Officer, Nomenclature and Classification Sub-Directorate, WCO Tariff and Trade Affairs Directorate Tom BERIS , Senior Technical Officer, Nomenclature and Classification Sub- Directorate, WCO Tariff and Trade Affairs Directorate
Private Sector Carol WEST, Secretary, International Federation of Customs Brokers Associa - tions (IFCBA) Private sector participants will receive a login to access the free e-learning module “General Introduction to the Harmonized System” within 10 days before the start of the course. WCO Members can access the same material on the CLiKC! platform.
18 Day 1 – Wednesday, 21 June
Session I Programme Introduction and Positioning 09:30 – 09:50 Program overview and introduction
Session II The Harmonized System: A Brief Introduction 09:50 – 11:00 The WCO and its instruments The Harmonized System: one of the WCO flagships Facilitator: Izaak Wind
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee/Tea Networking Break
Session III Amending the Harmonized System 11:30 – 12:30 The procedure Can I influence the outcome? Facilitator: Izaak Wind
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Session IV The 2017 amendments to the HS 14:00 – 15:30 Background of the amendments Specific areas Facilitator: Izaak Wind WCO Expert: Dr. Alvaro Fernández-Acebes
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee/Tea Networking Break
Session V The Harmonized System – From the Private Sector Perspective; and HS in the future 16:00 – 17:00 The private sector’s view on the Harmonized System Private sector: Carol West , IFCBA 17:00 – 17:30 Beyond 2017 (HS 2022) – some thoughts WCO Expert: Tom Beris Facilitator: Izaak Wind
19 Day 2 – Thursday, 22 June
Session VI Application of General Interpretative Rule 1 09:30 – 11:00 Is Rule 1 always applicable? What you should know about Rule 1 Facilitator: Izaak Wind
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee/Tea Networking Break
Session VII Application of General Interpretative Rule 3 11:30 – 12:30 The terms of Rule 3 Mixtures, composite goods, sets Are sets always classified as a set? Facilitator: Izaak Wind
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Session VIII The Customs Laboratory 14:00 – 15:30 The role of the Customs laboratory in the classification process Facilitator: Izaak Wind WCO Expert: Dr. Alvaro Fernández-Acebes
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee/Tea Networking Break
Session IX Classification of Parts 16:00 – 17:30 What are “Parts”? And what are “Parts of general use” (titanium screws for medical use)? Facilitator: Izaak Wind
20 Day 3 – Friday, 23 June
Session X Section XVI 09:30 – 11:00 Its structure and Chapters Some specific Section and Chapter Notes Facilitator: Izaak Wind
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee/Tea Networking Break
Session XI Classification of Articles in the High Tech Area 11:30 – 12:30 Flat panel display modules Assemblies designed to be mounted into a mobile phone Hall effect sensors Facilitator: Izaak Wind WCO Expert: Tom Beris
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Session XI Classification of Articles in the High Tech Area (contd.) 14:00 – 15:30 IGBTs 3D printers Hoverboards Smoking devices used with new “tobacco” products Facilitator: Izaak Wind WCO Expert: Tom Beris
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee/Tea Networking Break
Session XII Summary and Closing Remarks 16:00 – 16:30 Summary and closing remarks Facilitator: Izaak Wind
21 TEchnology Network
What is it?
The WCO Technology Network (TeN) is a web-based application that groups information on existing technologies used by Customs and other border agencies. The application also offers Customs and the private sector the possibility to communicate and collaborate on issues related to technology.
Benefi ts:
For Customs: As the main user of this system, Customs can access TeN to search for information on the latest technology solutions and products available on the market. The dedicated forum allows Customs offi cers to discuss and exchange views on technology solutions and other matters related to their deployment and usage.
For companies: The WCO TeN serves as a platform for companies to promote their products to Customs and border agencies and inform them of the latest innovations. The online forum also gives companies the opportunity to interact with users, answering questions or comments and helping them with any technical aspects.
Interested in knowing more? Contact the WCO TeN team: [email protected] http://ten.wcoomdpublications.org
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WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION Facilitators
Mr Luximan Babajee Luximan joined the WCO in October 2013 as a Technical Officer in the Valuation Sub-Directorate of the Tariff and Trade Affairs Directorate, after having worked for the Customs Administration of Mauritius for more than 30 years. Since 2011, he has been a WCO Accredited Customs Valuation Trainer following a regional accreditation activity held in Harare, Zimbabwe, and has been closely associated with training in the Mauritius Revenue Authority.
Mr Tom Peter Beris Tom is a Senior Technical Officer in the Nomenclature and Classification Sub-Directorate of the Tariff and Trade Affairs Directorate at the WCO. His areas of responsibility include Sections XVI, XVII, XVIII and XX of the Harmonized System. Prior to joining the WCO, Mr. Beris worked as an attorney for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), both in the field at the ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach, California and Chicago, Illinois, and at CBP Head - quarters in Washington, D.C. His duties at CBP included issuing classifi - cation rulings on goods, and serving as the delegate of the United States at the Harmonized System Committee and Review Sub-Committee.
Ms Anette Bonde Anette started the work in Danish Customs in 1986 and has over the years gained a lot of experiences within Customs related matters. She has been working as a uniformed officer at the Danish/German border, anti-smug - gling unit, handling MAA requests, national analysis unit, organizing na - tional and international operations etc. She has also worked 8 years in the WCO Secretariat where she was responsible for the development of new CEN, nCEN and CENcomm and to write the annual Customs and Drugs Reports. Anette is currently representing the Nordic States in the Regional Intelli - gence Liaison Office for Western Europe (RILO WE). The job is not new to her, as she worked 5 years in the RILO WE just when the office was setup. ½ Mr Ernani Checcucci Ernani is the Director of Capacity Building at the WCO, having been elected to this position for a five year term that began in 2016. From 2011 to 2015, he was the Undersecretary of Customs and Interna - tional Relations for the Brazilian Secretariat of Federal Revenue (RFB), where he was directly responsible for major Customs projects, such as the trade Single Window, business process reengineering in partnership with the private sector, enhancement of the risk management function through the development of the National Targeting Center and the appli - cation of artificial intelligence solutions, implementation of Advanced Passenger Information (API), enhancing anti- smuggling functions and land border controls, and Customs preparations for major international events such as the 2012 Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Develop -
25 ment, the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games. Under his leadership, Brazilian Customs implemented a number of international standards such as the WCO Istanbul Convention and Revised Kyoto Con - vention. From January 2005 to April 2011, Ernani worked for the WCO as a Senior Technical Officer, as Project Manager and Acting Deputy Director in the Capacity Building Directorate. Mr. Checcucci has a degree in Engineering. He joined the Brazilian RFB in July 1995, after passing the examination for the position of Tax Auditor. He started his career within RFB working at ports, airports and border points in the northern region of Brazil. From 2002 to 2005, Ernani covered the positions of Deputy Coordinator-General of Customs Administration and Customs Enforcement Coordinator. He has wide national and inter - national experience in Customs Operations and management. Mr Yonghwan Choi Yonghwan is the Deputy Director of the Clearance Policy Division at the Korea Customs Service (KCS). He has been in charge of the export clear - ance system and facilitation of e-commerce since July 2016. Yonghwan launched several schemes and initiatives on promoting e-commerce in Korea - simplification and automation of the e-commerce clearance sys - tem. As e-commerce is a matter of great interest to other agencies in Korea, he actively works with related organizations. He began his career at Customs in the International Cooperation Bureau, dealing with bilateral relationships between the KCS and other Customs agencies. Prior to joining the KCS, he served in the Korea Air Force as a Lieutenant in the Presidential Plane (Air force-one) Group.
Mr Ian Cremer Ian is a Senior Technical Officer at the WCO. He joined the Organization in 2009 and is now Head of the Valuation Sub-Directorate. Prior to joining the WCO, he worked for HM Customs and Excise in the United Kingdom in a number of areas, including excise, inland Customs and VAT. Ian was the UK delegate to the European Union Customs Code Committee (Customs Valuation Section) and the WCO Technical Commit - tee on Customs Valuation (TCCV). From 2005 to 2008, he was Chairperson of the TCCV. He has conducted valuation workshops in many developing countries, de- livered presentations and participated in major international conferences, and is the co-author of the WCO’s current valuation training modules. Mr Bernard Crossey Bernie Crossey is a former UK Customs/Border Agency Senior Investiga - tion Officer. He is a Criminal and Financial Training Expert specialising in Border Controls, Customs Investigation Techniques, Money Laundering, Criminal Investigations and Financial Investigation Training. He is cur - rently working on UK and international training delivery for a Global Fi - nancial Institution and as a Customs Training Consultant for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Global Programme (Vienna). He has designed and delivered a highly successful ‘Core Skills in Financial Investigation Train - ing’ event for Caribbean Law Enforcement Officers sponsored by UKAID. He is currently tasked by the World Customs Organisation (WCO) to design, draft and deliver core skills investigation training for Customs Enforcement Officers in 2017 as part of the COPES project.
26 Over the last three years he has developed, reviewed and improved UNODC training modules and technical assistance for their global pro - gramme on combating cash smuggling and money laundering. Extremely competent with prosecutions and legal proceedings as he is also a Magis - trate in the UK Judiciary and an appraiser of magistrates in judicial proceedings.
Mr Severino Dinis Severino works as a Technical Attaché in the Capacity Building Directorate of the WCO. His responsibilities cover work related to assisting the coor - dination of several WCO activities in the WCO East and Southern Africa region (previously having done the same for the Americas and Caribbean Region). In his former assignments, Severino served as an officer in the Procedures and Norms Department of the Customs Service Directorate at the Angolan Revenue Administration (AGT), where he developed several initiatives re - lated to Customs procedures, trade facilitation, compliance and regular engagement with stakeholders. Prior to joining the AGT in 2009, he worked in the private sector as a Credit Coordinator for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in one of the biggest commercial banks in Luanda. Severino holds a degree in Interna - tional Relations, with a specialization in Economic Policy, from the Technical University of Lisbon (Portugal).
Mr Oluimo Da Silva Oluimo joined the World Customs Organization (WCO) since 2011. He started working for the Organization as the Representative of the Por - tuguese-Speaking Countries Community (CPLP) Customs Administration for more than 2 years under the WCO Career Development programme. After serving the Community in the WCO, Oluimo was invited to join the WCO as Technical Attached at the Compliance and Facilitation Direc - torate, where he has been working from 2014 in different areas related to facilitation such as the Time Release Study, the Revised Kyoto Convention, the WCO Data Model, the WCO policies in Regional Integration and others. In the area of Time Release Study (TRS), He has been providing Technical Assistance to several WCO Members in Africa, Asia, America and Europe, and he monitors the implementation of several TRS all over the World. However, his expertise involves business process modelling, ICT imple - mentation and data analyses performance management. Prior joining the WCO, Oluimo worked in Angola and other African coun - tries such as South Africa and Botswana, at University of Johannesburg (year 2005) and Southern Africa Development Community - SADC (year 2010), respectively. In Angola, apart from Working for the national Customs Administration, where he is still attached since 2007, with a rank of senior Customs officer, Oluimo Worked for other African Regional Initiative called Commission of Golf of Guine. Oluimo holds a University degree from the University of South in Econom - ics and Transport Management, and he has two post-graduate Degree in Economic field such as in Monetary and Financial Economics and in Regional and local Government Economics, from the University of Johannesburg (located in South Africa) and University of Evora (located in Portugal).
27 Ms Ines Du-Plessis Ines has a degree and PhD in forensic sciences with specialisation in illicit drug analysis from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Her studies also led her to explore and work in other areas such as criminology, food sciences and pharmacy. After university she mostly worked in the inter - national environment such as the UN and the European Commission, dealing with policy support, performance evaluation and administrative functions. She is currently working at the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Healthcare of the Council of Europe, where she is secretary to the Committee of Experts on minimising the public health risks posed by counterfeiting of medical products and related crimes (CD-P-PH/CMED) and also responsible for activities related to the Medicrime convention.
Mr Viggo Elster Technical Officer and Program manager for the IPR, Health and Safety Pro - gramme in the Compliance Sub-Directorate in WCO. Viggo started working for the Norwegian Customs in 1999 and have worked in several areas of Compliance and Facilitation. He started work - ing in the field of IPR and counterfeits in 2007 and built up the IPR Net - work in Norwegian Customs; Furthermore, he took part in building up the Nordic IPR-Network. He started working at the WCO in 2015.
Mr Alvaro Fernandez Acebes Alvaro is a Senior Technical Officer in the Nomenclature and Classification Sub-Directorate of the Tariff and Trade Affairs Directorate at the WCO, which he joined in 2007. Prior to his positing at the WCO, he worked as a researcher in chemistry in the USA, the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Greece. In addition, Al - varo worked as a Professor of Chemistry at Spanish Customs from 2001. He holds a Master’s Degree (1990) and a Ph. D. (1995) in Chemistry.
Ms Hermie George Hermie is a Customs and Excise Attorney. She currently holds a position at the WCO as a Technical Attaché in the Compliance and Facilitation Di - rectorate. Her responsibilities include, among others; technical support to WCO Members on the implementation of the WTO TFA, in particular sup - port in the establishments and maintenance of National Committees on Trade Facilitation (NCTF). She was also responsible for the drafting of the WCO Guidance on National Committees on Trade Facilitation. Prior to taking up her current position, she served as a Specialist in Cus - toms and Excise Litigation at the South African Revenue Service. She holds LLB and LLM law degrees. Hermie’s academic focus areas are international trade, Customs law, and family and criminal law. She published her dis - sertation on trade facilitation in 2013.
28 Ms Andrea Hampton WCO-Norad Project Manager, World Customs Organization (WCO) Andrea is a qualified senior Project Manager and Economist specializing in Facilitation of Trade and Investment. For the past 15 years she has been operating as an intermediary between business and government and managing global capacity building initiatives in the area of Customs and Trade Facilitation. A further background in information communication technology assists in her approach to initiatives that include technology such as Single Windows, which has been utilized in her management of Trade Facilitation projects as well as service as Single Window domain co - ordinator within the UN/CEFACT Expert Working Group. Having worked for the US State Department, Chinese municipal govern - ments, and a major international consultancy, since October 2016, Ms. Hampton has been managing the WCO-Norad Customs Capacity Building Project which covers a wide variety of customs technical areas, including performance measurement and stakeholder engagement. Ms Ana B. Hinojosa Director, Compliance and Facilitation Director Hinojosa assumed her elected post in the Compliance and Facil - itation Directorate of the World Customs Organization (WCO), effective January 1, 2016. She leads the directorate that is responsible assisting Members in implementing effective and efficient controls, ensuring fair and accurate revenue collection, and protecting society by intercepting and suppressing illicit and criminal activities. The directorate has the twin goal of securing and facilitating legitimate global supply chains through the simplification and harmonization of Customs procedures. Prior to her election and transition to her current post, she served nearly 29 years with the United States Custom Service/Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Mr Denis Jacqmin Denis holds a master's degree in political sciences and a specialization in European studies. After an internship at the SPF Foreign Affairs for the Belgian Presidency of the EU, he worked until 2012 in the PESC (Foreign and Security Policy) department of the SPF Foreign Affairs, mainly on the policy of European sanctions. In 2012, he joined the EUMM Georgia mission in charge of observing the demarcation lines with the separatist republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In 2014, he was deployed as an observer in the OSCE SMM Ukraine mission operating in the Luhansk region. Member of the GRIP since 2016, Denis Jacqmin currently works on the themes of international sanctions and arms control. Ms Maka Khvedelidze Maka joined Georgia Revenue Service in 2011 as an adviser at the Interna - tional Relations Department. In 2012 she took the position of the Deputy Head of International Relations Department at Georgia Revenue Service. Being the Deputy Head of International Relations Department, her work - ing portfolio includes elaboration, management and implementation of international projects and management and assessment of project writing team assignments. She completed her academic studies in Georgia, Romania and France having her Master Degrees in Euro-Regional Studies and Cross-border Relations in Trade; and in Community Integration and European Neigh - borhood Policy.
29 Mr Tejo Kusuma Tejo joined the World Customs Organization in January 2015 as Technical Officer in the Compliance and Faciltation Directorate. He worked for Customs Administration of Indonesia for seven years in Customs Modernization area including Excise management and control, E-Declaration, Bonded-zone logistics management, Business process man - agements, as well as Passenger facilitation and control as systems analyst prior to joining the WCO. He is now responsible in the area of Digital Customs, Single Window , the WCO Data Model as well as Advance Passenger Information. Additionally he is also responsible as the secretary of the Data Model Project Team (DMPT), the Information Management Sub Committee (IMSC) and the WCO/ICAO/IATA Advance Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Name Record (PNR) Contact Committee.
Mr Giorgi Kvaratskhelia Giorgi has nine years of Customs experience working in various opera - tional and analytical positions. After joining the Customs Department of the Revenue Service of Georgia, he worked in various divisions within the Department, including the Customs Clearance Monitoring Division and the Risk Management Division. Throughout his career, Giorgi has been deployed as Customs Clearance Supervisor at the Customs Clearance Zone in Tbilisi and as Head of Shift at the Border Crossing Point of “Red Bridge” (Georgia-Azerbaijan Border) and “Sadakhlo” (Georgia-Armenia Border). Currently, he serves as a Chief Analyst in the Customs Risk Management Division at the Customs Department.
Mr Samuel Laurinkari Samuel heads up eBay’s work on EU policies impacting eBay and its users, such as e-Commerce legislation, online platform policy, consumer policy, competition policy, and cross-border trade policy. Prior to joining eBay, Samuel worked in government relations for LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton and as a consultant for FTI Consulting. Samuel grew up in Finland and Germany and studied European law at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
Mr Benson Lim Benson currently works as Technical Attaché, in the Valuation Sub-Direc - torate of the Tariff and Trade Affairs Directorate at the WCO since 2016. He is currently conducting research on Customs-tax cooperation as it con - cerns transfer pricing. He has also co-authored a Chapter “Transfer Pricing and Customs Valuation” to be published in the “Fundamentals of Transfer Pricing,” a project by the WU Transfer Pricing Center at the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Prior to this, Benson worked at Singapore Customs from 2001 to 2016, where he spent 12 years working in the Valuation Unit. In addition, he gained experience working at the Customs checkpoints and in the Com - pliance Division investigating minor technical offences.
30 Mr Ping Liu Ping Liu has a professional Customs career spanning more than 30 years, mainly devoted to Customs Revenue Collection and Trade Facilitation. In his capacity as Director of the Tariff and Trade Affairs Directorate of the WCO, he is responsible for the overall management of the WCO’s work on the Harmonized System, Customs Valuation and Rules of Origin. He pre - viously held various positions at the Permanent Mission of China to the WTO, the General Administration of Customs of China, the WCO Secre - tariat and the Permanent Mission of China to the EU. He served as Dele - gate of China and representative of the WCO Secretariat staff at all WCO Committees related to Tariff and Trade Affairs. He further served as Del - egate of China to the WTO Committees on Rules of Origin and Customs Valuation, including in the capacity as Chairperson of the WCO Technical Committee on Rules of Origin for seven years, and as Chairperson of the WTO Committee on Customs Valuation.
Mr Jim McColm Jim is the Manager of the WCO Security Programme, and is responsible for the WCO’s Programme Global Shield (Counter-IED precursors and com - ponents), the Strategic Trade Control Enforcement Project and the Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Project. He has worked for the WCO for 15 months, and was previously a trainer for the EU and UNODC interna - tional programmes. He has 29 years of Customs experience. Prior to his time at the WCO, Jim worked for HMCE and the Border Force in the UK, during which time he worked in both intelligence and detection operational and management roles. He was responsible for setting up the Counter Terrorist and Radio-Nuclear Intelligence Team in HMCE and the Counter Proliferation Team in the UK. Both were new teams in new areas of work for Customs, and each became national centres of expertise. In addition to his practical experience, Jim has an Master’s Degree. in Global Political Economy, and has contributed papers on the analysis of heroin markets to the UNODC.
Ms Michelle M. Medina Millian Michelle was born in the City of Santo Domingo and graduated as a Lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra. Subse - quently, she completed two Master's degrees, the first in International Trade Law and a second one in International Trade Management and Logistics. Ms. Medina joined the Directorate General of Customs of the Dominican Republic in 2005, where she worked as a technical officer having a fast- growing career within the institution, obtaining experience at the central level in the development and implementation of international policies. Since November 2012 she had been serving as a Technical Attaché to the World Customs Organization, based in Belgium and more recently as Tech - nical Officer and Programme Manager responsible for the area of Revenue Fraud and Cultural Heritage Protection within the Directorate of Facilita - tion and Control. In addition, Ms. Medina is responsible for Annual WCO Enforcement Committee, which is the highest decision-making body of the WCO in the area of Illicit Trade.
31 Ms Asha Menon Malaysian by nationality. Academic qualifications include Degree in Law from the University of London and a Masters in International Strategy & Diplomacy from the National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. Joined the Royal Malaysian Customs (RMC) Service in the year 1990 and have worked in various capacities in the Malaysian Customs Administra - tion, mainly in the International area. Posted as the Malaysian Customs Attaché to the Malaysian Embassy in Brussels from 2002 until early 2009 with the responsibility for representing RMC at the WCO, EU and all other international forums. Joined the WCO in 2009. Currently the Acting Deputy Director to the Facilitation Directorate. In ad - dition to managing the sub-directorate, she also manages issues relating to security and facilitation such as the SAFE Framework of Standards (SAFE); Aviation Security issues mainly on Air Cargo Security; Authorised Economic Operator (AEO); Scanning matters (NII); Customs-Business Part - nership; Container Seals (CSDs); Temporary Admission (ATA Carnet); the Container Convention; Postal with the Universal Postal Union (UPU); Smart and Secure Trade Lanes (SSTL) Pilot; managing relations with the WCO Private Sector Consultative Group (PSCG) including certain Interna - tional Organizations and main organizer of the Global AEO Conference and the ICAO-WCO Joint Conferences.
Ms Evdokia Moise Evdokia is Senior Trade Policy Analyst in the Trade Liberalisation and Reg - ulatory Issues Division of the Trade and Agriculture Directorate at the Or - ganization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France. She is responsible for OECD work in the area of trade facilitation and for regulatory issues affecting market openness and trade. Evdokia joined the OECD in 1990 and has worked on a variety of international trade policy issues in support of the WTO discussions and negotiations, including trade and environment, intellectual property protection, re - gional trade agreements, and technical barriers to trade. Before joining the OECD she worked in a private law firm in Athens, Greece. She holds a Master’s Degree in Law from the University of Athens and a DEA in International Law from Paris II University. She has organized a number of OECD policy-dialogue-type conferences on trade facilitation and participated in WTO technical assistance workshops in developing countries.
Ms Ágnes Nagy Policy Officer, European Commission – DG TAXUD Since 2009, in charge of Customs data integration and harmonisation in EU Commission, which comprises data collected via customs declarations, pre-arrival / pre-departure declarations, customs goods manifest, appli - cations and decisions. This also includes the development of the EU Cus - toms Data Model (EUCDM). Before joining DG TAXUD, gained wide-ranging customs experience as consultant in the private sector in Hungary for ten years. Co-chair of the EU "DIH" Union Customs Code committee and expert group. European Commission Representative for data issues with WCO.
32 Mr Aseem Nanda Aseem Nanda is a Marine Engineer by education and joined the Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Central Excise) in the year 2006. He is newly posted in the Indian Embassy in Brussels, where he deals with trade- related matters and represents Indian Customs at the WCO. Previously, working for India’s Central Board of Excise and Customs, he has been responsible for managing relations with other Customs admin - istrations and has been part of several Free Trade Agreement negotiations. He has also held assignments in Customs enforcement where he has dealt with issues relating to international investigative assistance and infor - mation exchange.
Ms Magdalena Norwisz Magdalena works for TRAFFIC (Brussels Office) as a Programme Support Officer. She joined TRAFFIC in 2014, changing her career path from bank - ing to nature conservation. Since joining TRAFFIC, she has mainly been involved in two projects: EU- TWIX and AFRICA-TWIX. These are Internet-based tools, which aim to fa - cilitate the exchange of information and intelligence between wildlife law enforcement officials in Europe and Central Africa, respectively. She oversaw the upgrade of the EU-TWIX database and website, and the de - velopment of its African equivalent. As part of her daily work, Magdalena collaborates with wildlife law enforcement agencies.
Mr Thabo Pase Thabo is from South Africa and has been working in the South African Revenue Service’s Customs PCA Unit for more than 13 years. With effect from January 2017, he started working at the WCO as the PCA Content Specialist.
Mr Roux Raath Roux is a Technical Officer at the WCO in charge of the Environment Pro - gramme. He has 29 years of law enforcement and Customs experience, having served in various tactical, operational and strategic positions. Prior to joining the WCO in September 2016, Roux worked for the South African Revenue Service as a Senior Specialist in the Enforcement Divi - sion, focusing on Customs matters. He has also served in Operations, Spe - cial Investigations and Policy, and was a key player in the establishment of the Customs Border Control Unit, including serving as the Head of the National Targeting Centre.
33 Ms Sheri Rosenow Sheri is a Customs attorney and a Senior Counselor in the WTO Market Access Division. She has been involved in WTO trade facilitation since the negotiations began, and is currently responsible for the WTO Trade Facil - itation Agreement Facility. Prior to joining the WTO, she worked as an Advisor on Customs and WTO accession issues for USAID projects in Central Asia and the Middle East. She started her career on the commercial legal staff of the then US Customs Service.
Ms Iwona Sawicka Iwona is an applications specialist in the Compliance and Facilitation Di - rectorate at the WCO. She is a graduate of Clark University and received a Master’s Degree in International Relations from the University of Kent in Canterbury (United Kingdom). She worked as a transatlantic relations expert at a Brussels think tank fol - lowing her graduation. Iwona came to the WCO in 2012 from the private sector, where she worked for the world’s leading provider of global local - ization services in Washington DC and subsequently in Brussels.
Mr William “Randy” Slusher Randy is an international trade software professional working for the Of - fice of Information and Technology, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of Homeland Security. For the last ten years, he has been focused on the design and implementation of the Automated Com - mercial Environment (ACE), the Single Window system for reporting im - ports and exports to the United States government. With over 25 years of service in both the private and public sectors, he has extensive experience in the software, consulting, and international trade arenas. Prior to joining US CBP and consulting on the ACE project, Mr. Slusher worked for global consulting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, with a focus on public sector management consulting. He has also worked for technology companies, such as Vastera, Inc., a provider of technology so - lutions for global trade management and Kronos, Inc., a provider of tech - nology and solution services for workforce management performing software design and implementation functions. He started his work with CBP as an independent software consultant on the ACE project in 2007 and transitioned to work directly for CBP in 2011. He has been very involved in collaborating with the International Trade Community on system design, testing, and implementation. Most recently he has served as the Technical Representative for the U.S. Delegation to the World Customs Organization Data Model Project Team. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and International Business from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
34 Dr Mária Szabó Mária obtained her veterinary degree in Veterinary Science University in Budapest. After some years in Human Neuroscience Research, she worked for the veterinary field.Before she joined the OIE, she was employed in a French Multinational Company, Ceva-Phylaxia Co Ltd working as the lead expert on European procedures. Previously, she worked in the Hungarian public sector, as part of a regu - latory body known as the Directorate of Veterinary Medicines, for nearly 15 years. During that time, she was seconded to London for two years as a National Expert to the European Medicine Agency (EMEA). She worked as a secretary to the Veterinary Mutual Recognition Facilitation Group (VMRFG), to the Committee of Veterinary Medicinal Products (CVMP)- Environmental Risk Assessment Working Group (ERA-WP) and as a project manager for centralised procedures. She represented Hungary in different forums in the field of veterinary medicines. Mária is currently working for the World Organisation of Animal Health (OIE), based in Paris. She is responsible for the mission of veterinary medicinal products.
Mr Gilles Thomas Gilles joined Customs after serving in the French army. Initially engaged in cargo inspection at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport, he subsequently set his sights firmly on an enforcement-oriented career path. Having been selected to join France’s National Customs Judicial Service, he became an investigator, and then Director of Investigations, in various fields ranging from trafficking in prohibited or restricted goods to financial crimes and VAT fraud. As a result of his experience as an operational director of many criminal investigations, Gilles is particularly well-versed in issues related to the collection of evidence. In 2015, he joined the WCO as the COPES (Com - pendium of Customs Operational Practices on Enforcement and Seizures) Programme Coordinator. The aim of this programme is to raise awareness among field Customs officers of the importance of evidence collection, par - ticularly in terms of the subsequent phases of investigation and prosecution.
Ms Mette Werdelin Azzam Mette is a Senior Technical Officer at the WCO, where she has been work - ing since 1 September 2010 as Head of the Origin Sub-Directorate in the Tariff and Trade Affairs Directorate. She holds a Higher Technical Certificate in International Business (BTS de commerce international) from a business school in Paris, France. Mette graduated from the Danish Customs and Tax College in 2000 and worked in the Danish Customs Administration until February 2008, when she was posted to Brussels as the Danish Customs Attaché. From December 2005 to January 2008, she was responsible for origin mat - ters at Customs Headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. Ms Azzam has extensive theoretical and practical knowledge of rules of origin legislation, both in the preferential and non-preferential areas. She is responsible for the technical part of the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations on the Harmonization of Non-Preferential Rules of Origin within the Technical Committee on Rules of Origin (TCRO) under the auspices of the WCO. She is the WCO liaison officer in meetings of the WTO Committee on Rules of Origin (CRO) in Geneva.
35 Ms Carol West Carol West is the President of the Canadian Society of Customs Brokers as well as the Secretary of the International Federation of Customs Brokers Associations, an organization with members in all regions of the world. An academic background in political and policy studies has provided a solid foundation for her lifelong interest in the world of Customs, border management and trade facilitation. She is a strong advocate for the value and importance of customs brokers and is passionate about the possibil - ities of Customs-business partnership, in Canada and worldwide. Carol has led and participated in many Canadian and international dis - cussions on harmonization of data requirements, Customs processes, bor - der management, supply chain security and trade facilitation. She represents IFCBA on the WCO’s Private Sector Consultative Group (PSCG) and chaired the PSCG from 2008-2015. Carol has contributed to the World Customs Organization’s capacity build - ing work on the SAFE Framework of Standards in El Salvador, Argentina and Guatemala in partnership with the Canada Border Services Agency and she has also been engaged in capacity building projects in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Vietnam. Mr Marcus Wilson Marcus is the Managing Director of Conflict Armament Research (CAR), a London-based organisation that tracks the movement of weapons, am - munition, and related materiel in conflict affected countries. Marcus has a Masters degree in history, from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and has worked for several NGOs and research institutes in the field of arms control and armed violence prevention since 2008.
Mr Izaak Wind Izaak joined the WCO Secretariat in 1997 from which he retired as Deputy Director of Tariff and Trade Affairs, in 2007. Before joining the Secretariat, he worked from 1978 in the Dutch Ministry of Finance, dealing with the development and implementation of the Harmonized System. From 2005 onwards he was a facilitator for the WCO’s private sector training pro - gramme on the Harmonized System, as well as for the annual WCO Knowledge Academy for Customs and Trade. From 1989 till present he is the adaptor of the ‘Handboek voor in- en uitvoer’ (‘Handbook for imports and exports’), Section Combined Nomen - clature – Explanatory Notes and Rulings - a publication of Sdu in The Hague, The Netherlands. This handbook is used by Customs, private companies, institutes and other professionals in the field of international trade. Mr Toshihiko Yamate Toshihko joined the WCO in 2014 as a Technical Attaché in the Origin Sub- Directorate of the Tariff and Trade Affairs Directorate, where he is in charge of origin infrastructure, advance rulings, certification and verifi - cation of origin, and HS related matters. He previously worked for Japan Customs and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) of Japan in a number of areas, including rules of origin, HS classifi - cation, Customs clearance, duty collection and international cooperation. Before joining the WCO Secretariat, he worked in the Tariff Policy and Legal Division of Japan Customs, dealing with several FTA negotiations on rules of origin as well as coordination and supervision of origin work.
36 Field Visit
Time Activity 10.00h – 10.15h Arrival
10.15h – 12.15h Guided tour of the Antwerp Customs Museum & Visit to the “Museum aan de Stroom” (the MAS) to enjoy the scenic rooftop view of Antwerp and its port
12.15h – 13.00h Transfer by bus to “OPF Kapellen” for lunch
13.00h – 14.00h Sandwich Lunch at “OPF Kapellen”
14.00h – 14.30h Transfer by bus to the border inspection post
14.30h – 16.30h Visit of 4 different stands Stand 1 Demonstration of the backscatter and an on-site presentation of the mobile scanner Stand 2 Demonstration of the dog team Stand 3 Display by the guard team ‘Mobiel Team 9’ , as well as an explanation of the tasks of the motor brigade Stand 4 On-site explanation of image analysis and the preparation of scans
On Saturday 24 June , delegates will travel by coach to Antwerp where they will be able to visit the Customs Museum and the MAS before reaching a border inspection post at the Port where demonstrations will be organized.
In the MAS | Museum aan de Stroom you will use all your senses to discover the city’s rich past, the river and the port. Enjoy breathtaking views of the city and be surprised by the many large and small details of this architectural gem.
The Port of Antwerp Antwerp is Europe's most central seaport. Sea-going vessels can transport goods 80 kilometers inland, into the heart of Europe. This means that transport via the Port of Antwerp to European customers and factories is not only quick and cheap, it is also very ecological. It means less road transport, which is an important consideration for many manufacturers. With its excellent hinterland connec - tions, all product types can be safely and quickly transported from and to the other European countries via rail transport, road transport, barges and pipes. In 2015, the 200 million tonnes milestone was passed. The port performed significantly better than its direct competitors in North-West Europe.
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