1. Second ICAO Meeting on Air Cargo Development in Africa
27-29 June 2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Session 5 – Regulatory and Industry Initiatives in Support of Air Cargo

2. World Customs Organization (WCO) Initiatives in support of Air Cargo
Better cooperation and collaboration with ICAO to enhance the security and facilitation of air cargo by closing the gaps and mitigating the risk
Joint initiatives
Joint training
Joint Brochure
Joint Conference
Joint Communique
Joint Working Group (JWGACI on PLACI)
Joint Pilot on AEO – RA/KC
Institutions/Entities or Individuals that can be internal or external and that may
directly/indirectly and positively/negatively
affect or be affected by an initiative, change or project/programme

3. World Customs Organization (WCO) Initiatives in support of Air Cargo
Developed Cargo Targeting System (CTS) – IT application to enable risk assessment and targeting across all Customs risks from manifest data
AEO programme - MRA
E-Commerce Working Group
Working with Universal Postal Union
Working with United Nations Office of Drugs & Crime – Container Control Programme
Interoperability of NII equipment (future)
IMPORTANCE:
Enables mutual understanding and value exchange, including enabling us to undertake our mandate
Stakeholders will feel ownership of our business process if they are involved in contributing their experiences & point of view
They have legitimate interest in policy formulation, including support for our Reforms and Modernization effort
They are entitled to information that may affect them for transparency, which may make them proactive partners in longer term.
BENEFITS
You can secure stakeholder buy-in and support for your reform agenda
Compliance with regulatory requirements is enhanced, intentional non-compliance reduced
Stakeholder needs are listened to and incorporated in various delivery programs to make them more operational
Less time spent on crisis-management and conflict resolution
Customs is seen as modern proactive actor by other actors in a fast changing business environment
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4. World Customs Organization (WCO) Initiatives in support of Air Cargo?
WCO Environment Programme – focuses on Illegal Wildlife Trade; illegal logging & Illegal and unregulated shipment of solid and other waste
WCO member of United for Wildlife Transportation Task Force (i.e. the Royal Foundation’s Bucking Palace Declaration)
WCO with IATA (both Task Force members) completed two airport assessments in 2016 and made recommendations regarding policies, procedures, equipment, best practices etc. in strengthening the fight against IWT
IMPORTANCE:
Enables mutual understanding and value exchange, including enabling us to undertake our mandate
Stakeholders will feel ownership of our business process if they are involved in contributing their experiences & point of view
They have legitimate interest in policy formulation, including support for our Reforms and Modernization effort
They are entitled to information that may affect them for transparency, which may make them proactive partners in longer term.
BENEFITS
You can secure stakeholder buy-in and support for your reform agenda
Compliance with regulatory requirements is enhanced, intentional non-compliance reduced
Stakeholder needs are listened to and incorporated in various delivery programs to make them more operational
Less time spent on crisis-management and conflict resolution
Customs is seen as modern proactive actor by other actors in a fast changing business environment
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5. Thank you for your attention
Asha Menon
Senior Technical Officer
World Customs Organization
Successful Stakeholder Consultations – Day 2 Session AD - Copyright © WCO-OMD 2014