1. WTO SEMINAR ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON CUSTOMS VALUATION
PROMOTING COOPERATION, COORDINATION & SCHEDULING IN VALUATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/ CAPACITY BUILDING
Aziz El Kassimy
Deputy Director, Valuation,
WCO
Geneva, 7 November 2002 1

2. WCO VALUATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMMES TO MEMBERS -:
WCO VALUATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMMES TO MEMBERS -
NATIONAL 30
REGIONAL 8
1,100 officers
reaching 2

3. WCO
MEMBERS
161
LDC’s/DC’s
121 3

4. VALUATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
DEMAND DRIVEN
NEEDS INVENTORIES
PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS 4

5. ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF T.A.
Theme meetings
WCO Symposiums
Regional approach
Other donor funded programmes
New training modules
WCO/USAID
COMESA
AusAID 5

6. Capacity building priorities
WCO FOCUS
Re-assessment
Capacity building priorities
= Effective implementation programmes
Organisational
infrastructure
Valuation
specific
Supporting
procedural
requirements
Exchange of
valuation
information
= Successful implementation 6

7. WCO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COORDINATION INCLUDES
Member T.A. delivery reports to the TCCV
Secretariat T.A. delivery reports to the TCCV
Members reports on implementation status to the TCCV
WCO T.A. programmes are published on the WCO Web site 7

8. SEEK ALTERNATIVE POOLS OF VALUATION EXPERTISE
CONSULTATION
PARTNERSHIPS 8

9. Thank you for your attention.