Meeting with Secretary General of CITES

Meeting with Secretary General of CITES

by | May 31, 2017 | Latest Postings

Meeting with Secretary General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) The OCO Head of Secretariat, Mr Seve Paeniu, met with the Secretary General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of...
7th NSA Dialogue on PACER Plus

7th NSA Dialogue on PACER Plus

by | May 23, 2017 | Latest Postings

The OCO will participate in the Seventh Non-State Actors (NSA) Dialogue Workshop on PACER Plus at the Warwick Le Lagoon Hotel in Port Vila, Vanuatu on 31 May 2017.  The Dialogue is organized by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and the Office of the Chief...
Regional Workshop on HS 2017 for OCO Members

Regional Workshop on HS 2017 for OCO Members

by | Apr 24, 2017 | Latest Postings

The Regional Workshop to assist OCO members with the uniform application and implementation of the Harmonised System Nomenclature 2017 Edition funded by the Australia and New Zealand through their Readiness Package for PACER Plus and organized by the OCO Secretariat...
OCO Signs MOU With World Health Organisation

OCO Signs MOU With World Health Organisation

by | Mar 28, 2017 | Latest Postings

The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have signed a MOU to work together in sharing information and ideas relevant to preventing and eliminating illicit tobacco trade. The MOU was signed by Mr. Seve Paeniu, Head of OCO...

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