Author: Stephanie

The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) in collaboration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the International Trademark Association (INTA), the Pharmaceutical Security Institute (PSI), and React successfully organized a Regional Workshop on Customs Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement in Nadi, Fiji from 12-14 February 2020. Preceding this on the 11th February an information…

The OCO Secretariat visited Cook Islands on 27-30 January, 2020 to undertake preparatory discussions with the Cook Islands Customs Service and their stakeholders regarding the forthcoming 22nd Annual OCO Conference. The OCO Annual Conference will be convened in Cook Islands on 20-23 July 2020 and will bring together 23 Heads of Customs Administration in the…

The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) successfully organised a Regional Workshop on Change Management and Gender Equality in Nadi, Fiji from the 2-6 December 2019. The workshop was attended by 23 senior management staff (11 female/12 male) from 14 OCO member countries and funded under the PACER Plus Readiness Package. The workshop was opened by the…

The OCO Secretariat organized the Pacific Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System (PACHS) Review Meeting on 16-17 September, 2019 in Nadi, Fiji. The Meeting was attended by 19 Customs Officials representing 12 Customs Administrations of the OCO (CNMI, Cooks Islands, FSM, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu). Also present were…

The OCO with financial support under the PACER Plus Project Readiness Package co-facilitated the PACER Plus ROO consultation in Tonga from 13-14 August, 2019 attended by 25 Customs Officials and 57 private sector representatives. The objective of the workshop was to deepen the knowledge and enhance customs capacity on the implementation of PACER Plus ROO….