Building Customs drug detection across the Pacific

Building Customs drug detection across the Pacific

12 December 2023 Building Customs drug detection across the Pacific Frontline Customs officers and officials from 18 Pacific nations have been welcomed for a week-long training and visit focussed on illicit drug smuggling, which is being co-hosted by the New Zealand...
Pacific Law Enforcement Agencies Test Effectiveness

Pacific Law Enforcement Agencies Test Effectiveness

Pacific Law Enforcement Agencies Test Effectiveness Suva, Fiji, November 23, 2023:  The Oceania Customs Organization (OCO) recently completed a 2-week training program on the Indian and Pacific Ocean Regional Information Sharing (IORIS) platform for Customs officers...
WOMEN IN CUSTOMS – WE CAN!

WOMEN IN CUSTOMS – WE CAN!

In celebration of International Women’s Day, the Australian Border Force, the Oceania Customs Organisation and RMIT University pay tribute to impressive cohort of women serving in Customs administrations across the Pacific region.  If you think Customs is a job for...

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