OCO urges members to remain vigilant

OCO urges members to remain vigilant

by | Apr 28, 2021 | Latest Postings

WP04/ 21 Suva, Fiji, 28 April 2021- Customs officers must ensure they are well protected as they carry out their duties at the border, Oceania Customs Organisation Head of Secretariat, Richard Brennan says. “So far, we have done well as a region in containing the...
OCO NEWSLETTER, ISSUE 5 – JAN-MAR 2021

OCO NEWSLETTER, ISSUE 5 – JAN-MAR 2021

by | Apr 22, 2021 | Newsletter

Greetings from the OCO Secretariat! We are pleased to present the OCO E-Newsletter for the period January – March 2021. In this edition we bring you up to speed on: Activities for the period January – March 2021. News from OCO Members and, Activities currently lined...
OCO NEWSLETTER – Women In Customs: Special Edition

OCO NEWSLETTER – Women In Customs: Special Edition

by | Apr 16, 2021 | Newsletter

Greetings from the OCO Secretariat! We are pleased to present this special edition of the OCO E-Newsletter Celebrating Women In Customs for the year 2021. We welcome any contribution from our Member Administrations and should you wish to include an in-country activity...

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