PACER PLUS PROJECT NEWSLETTER ISSUE 1

by | Jan 9, 2018 | Newsletter

Greetings and Bula Vinaka!

We are pleased to present our first 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 on their customs obligations under the Agreement. The OCO is pleased to announce that project had commenced in November 2017 and will run till December, 2019.

The Project e-newsletter is intended to bring you news about the progress of the Project and implementation of activities in the next two years. The newsletter will be published online on a quarterly basis.

It is our hope that you not only enjoy reading this issue but, grow to further understand and appreciate the dynamics of the Project for the PACER Plus signatories in the region.

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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