17-18 February 2022
The 17th Global Meeting of the WCO Regional Entities was held on 18-19 February 2022 at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium by hybrid format. Mr. Norikazu Kuramoto, Head of ROCB A/P, and Ms. Sherman Yu, Program Manager and Ms. Pavida Boonmun, Assistant Program Manager represented the office to attend the Meeting.
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 attended the meeting. Different from last meeting, which was conducted virtually, the 17th session was convened in hybrid mode which meant participants who cannot travel to Brussels and attend in person at WCO subject to the Covid situation able to attend the meeting virtually.
The aim of convening the Global Meeting is to guide and coordinate the work of Regional Entities and Council Vice-Chairs’ Offices in the area of capacity building, to enhance co-operation among them, to promote the application of common standards in order to ensure a harmonized approach and performance, and provide advice to the WCO Capacity Building Committee.
At the meeting, Mr. Kuramoto contributed ROCB A/P’s input to the discussion of drafting documents related training matters of WCO. In addition to that, he presented the reginal activity report on behalf of the Asia Pacific region including planned capacity building activities and summarized Vice Chair’s work in this fiscal year as well as its ongoing cooperation frameworks with regional entities in AP region namely RTC heads meeting and RCL heads meeting. He also took the opportunity to share ROCB A/P’s publication materials. Last but not the least, Mr. Kuramoto affirmed that ROCB A/P will stand-in to resume face-to-face mode of conducting workshop and meeting if situation allows.
During the meeting, delegates were also shared with the latest progress and best practices of different regional entities and tools and initiatives from each WCO Directorates.
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