Customs and Tax Administrations Strengthen

Customs and Tax Administrations Strengthen

Suva, Fiji 22 June, 2022: Improving tax compliance in Pacific Island nations is one of the measures Tax and Customs administrations in the region are taking, to improve revenue collections which have been hugely impacted by the slow economic activities caused by the...
Maritime Border Security Top on OCO Agenda

Maritime Border Security Top on OCO Agenda

Suva, Fiji June 07, 2022: Maritime border security is top on the agenda of customs agencies in the Pacific as threats of transnational organised crime activities, human trafficking, money laundering and white-collar crimes, illicit drug trafficking and smuggling,...
OCO Secretariat visits US on a Study Tour

OCO Secretariat visits US on a Study Tour

  Suva, Fiji, June 2nd, 2022: The United States Patent and Trademark Organization invited members of the OCO Secretariat to visit the United States of America on a study tour. OCO Head of Secretariat Mr. Richard Brennan and an OCO team consisting of Ms. Irma...

Priority 1

Customs Leadership

Overall Objective: Enhance the Leadership capability to enable Customs’ modernisation reforms

Develop and strengthen Members’ leadership capabilities at executive management and supervisory levels

* Strengthen the implementation of the current OCO Professional Standards Framework (OPSF).
* Facilitate executive and management programmes with a continued focus on women in leadership
* Develop mentoring and internship programmes and modules
* Develop front line supervision training
* Develop a train the trainer program
* Provide ethics and governance training

Strengthen organisational development for the future

* Conduct annual training needs analysis for individual Members
* Facilitate and promote the use of relevant WCO and OCO E-learning modules
* Develop a Gender Equality Plan for Customs
* Policy and Legislative skill development
* Develop a pathway to be a recognised accredited Customs training provider
* Secretariat and Member engagement at regional and international forums.
* Build and maintain a Customs Expert database

Strengthen succession planning

  • * Development of executive and leadership courses for Member administrations
  • * Conduct a regional workshop on Corporate Governance and Succession Planning for Member administrations