At the conclusion of their work held from Tuesday 19 to Thursday 21 November 2019 in Brazzaville (Republic of Congo), the participants in the 23rd Meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Customs Directors General Conference, from 12 of the 23 countries in the WCO-West and Central Africa, adopted 21 recommendations and 6 due diligences. These include the development by the Customs of each country of a National Strategy for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA).
The conclusions will be submitted to the 24th meeting of the Committee of Experts and to the 25th of Customs Directors General Conference to be held in Cotonou (Benin), in March-April 2020.
Below are all of these recommendations and due diligences.
RECOMMENDATIONS
In respect of information and communication technology
To customs administrations:
To CEEAC/CEMAC customs Administrations:
Under capacity building:
To the vice-presidency:
To WCO secretariat:
To BRRC WCA:
To customs administrations:
Under the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA)
To customs administrations:
To the African Union:
Under Human Resource Management (HRM)
To the vice-presidency:
To customs administrations:
To CRF:
To the African Union:
To the African Union and French Expertise:
In respect of intelligence-related actions
To WCO secretariat:
Further involving and financing the participation of BRLR in operations to combat major illicit trafficking organized by the WCO.
To customs administrations:
Supporting national correspondents in their awareness-raising information gathering and intelligence mission;
Continuing efforts to acquire and put in place national data base on customs fraud (NCEN, PVS, etc.)
Establishing CN as National Liaison Offices in charge of intelligence.
In respect of the participation to Experts Committee Meetings
To customs administrations:
Designating a permanent expert and specific experts according to the themes;
DUE DILIGENCES
To the vice-presidency:
To carry out an audit mission in Nigeria in order to elucidate the malfunctions of the regional fund;
Organizing a specific meeting with customs administrations of Togo, Guinea, Senegal, the Republic Democratic of the Congo and Sierra Leone for the finalisation of the terms of reference for the mandate to be given to the financial committee and audit committee.
Maintaining the inclusion on the agenda of the next meeting of the Customs Directors General, an awareness meeting on leadership and its impact on the success of the reform;
To the vice-presidency and BRRC:
Reducing the duration of the training and HR Managers workshop to five (5) days in accordance with the provisions of the Regional Guide.
To the vice-presidency, BRRC and CRF
Popularizing the basic regional training kit developed by the regional experts to enable its implementation within the customs administrations of the WCA region;
To BRRC:
Updating the Regional Strategic Plan 2018-2022 by taking into account the African Union's Trade Liberalization Strategy.
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