20th OCO Annual Conference Concludes

20th OCO Annual Conference Concludes

by | Jun 19, 2018 | Latest Postings

The 20th OCO Annual Conference, hosted by Australian Border Force in Melbourne, Australia, concluded on Thursday 14 June 2018. The official communique for the conference can be downloaded here: 20th OCO Annual Conference Communique- Australia.
20th OCO Annual Conference commences

20th OCO Annual Conference commences

by | Jun 12, 2018 | Latest Postings

The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) annual conference commenced on 11th June, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia, hosted by the Australian Border Force (ABF) with the theme “Strengthening regional connections to support a safe and prosperous Pacific”. The Conference was...
IMF ISORA/ISOCA WORKSHOP- NADI, FIJI

IMF ISORA/ISOCA WORKSHOP- NADI, FIJI

by | May 11, 2018 | Latest Postings

More than 23 personnel from the Pacific island countries [PICs] from both Tax and Customs administrations underwent a five-day Regional Workshop on ISORA /ISOCA conducted by the IMF. The Training was organized and funded by PFTAC. OCO, PFTAC and PITAA. Members were in...
OCO PACER PLUS PROJECT NEWSLETTER ISSUE 2

OCO PACER PLUS PROJECT NEWSLETTER ISSUE 2

by | May 4, 2018 | Newsletter

Greetings and Bula Vinaka! We are pleased to present our second 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...

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