Food fraud a priority in border protection

Food fraud a priority in border protection

by | Jun 1, 2023 | Latest Postings

Read this document in French: Click on the language tab found at the bottom right of your screen and select French. Suva, Fiji, June 01, 2023: Customs administrations in the Pacific are taking food fraud seriously, which could cause serious health risks to the region...
Customs Administrations Work Towards Modernisation

Customs Administrations Work Towards Modernisation

by | May 2, 2023 | Latest Postings

Read this document in French: Click on the language tab found at the bottom right of your screen and select French. Suva, Fiji, May 3 2023: Resource strapped Customs agencies in the Pacific are also racing against time to modernise their administrations to be on par...
OCO NEWSLETTER, ISSUE 13 – JAN to MAR 2023

OCO NEWSLETTER, ISSUE 13 – JAN to MAR 2023

by | Apr 13, 2023 | Latest Postings, Newsletter

Greetings from the OCO Secretariat! We are pleased to present the OCO E-Newsletter for the period January – March 2023. In this edition we bring you up to speed on: Our activities for the period January – March 2023. Latest news from OCO, its Members and...

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