16th Global Meeting of the WCO Regional Structures


18-19 February 2021


Given consideration to the severe adverse impact of COVID-19 in the world, the 16th Global Meeting of the WCO Regional Structures was convened virtually on 18-19 February 2021, based at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.  Continued from the practice in the preceding year, delegates from the Vice Chair’s Office, Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB), Regional Intelligence Liaison Office (RILO), Regional Training Centre (RTC), Regional Customs Laboratory (RCL) and Regional Dog Training Centre (RDTC) in the six WCO regions were all invited to attend.  Mr. Norikazu Kuramoto, Head of ROCB A/P, led his team, Ms. Chloe Au, Program Manager of ROCB A/P and Ms. Pattarapak Nopnakeepong, Program Coordinator of ROCB A/P, to represent the office in the Meeting.


The Meeting aimed to align and strengthen the cooperation and collaboration between the Vice Chair’s Offices and all other regional entities.  Following the opening remarks by Mr. Taeil Kang, Director of WCO Capacity Building Directorate, on the emphasis of the importance of delivering online training support under the current “new normal” situation, delegates discussed and shared experiences on various developing capacity issues, e.g. virtual training models and job competency in HRM.  At the Meeting, Mr. Kuramoto shared our good practice on collecting A/P Members’ capacity building needs and devising technical assistance plans by taking reference to the Annual Capacity Building Needs Survey, in collaboration with Japan Customs.  Mr. Kuramoto also reported to the delegates about the capacity building activities and development in the A/P region which included, the online hosting of the 18th Meeting of Heads of WCO Asia/Pacific Regional Training Center, the growth in numbers of the regional entities, the organization of the virtual workshops for the A/P Members and the enhancement on regional communication via enriched ROCB A/P e-Newsletter.  Besides, delegates were also updated with the latest progress of different WCO Directorates.


For more information, please write to us at rocb@rocbap.org

 

 


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