OCO PACER PLUS NEWSLETTER ISSUE 3

OCO PACER PLUS NEWSLETTER ISSUE 3

Greetings and Bula Vinaka! We are pleased to present our third OCO PACER Plus Project Newsletter. The OCO PACER Plus Project which is funded by the governments of Australia and New Zealand, is a two year work program of technical assistance to PACER Plus signatories...
OCO Secretariat signs MOU with MSG Secretariat

OCO Secretariat signs MOU with MSG Secretariat

The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) Secretariat and the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat have signed a MOU to work together in sharing information and technical expertise on areas of mutual interest; trade facilitation, revenue mobilization and border...
OCO NEWSLETTER & PACER PLUS PROJECT UPDATE ISSUE 3

OCO NEWSLETTER & PACER PLUS PROJECT UPDATE ISSUE 3

Greetings and Bula Vinaka! We are pleased to present our third OCO Newsletter. This issue will also provide an update on the PACER Plus Project and other work carried out by the OCO in the region. The OCO PACER Plus Project which is funded by the governments of...

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