Articles under "#Mercator" category

Issue: WCO News 87

Bahamas Customs takes the Mercator Programme to a new level

Earlier this year, the WCO and the Bahamas Customs and Excise Department (BCED) embarked on an exciting partnership to employ a new model for Customs capacity building and technical assistance. For the first time, a national multi-year WCO Mercator Programme Implementation Plan has been combined ...

Under the Mercator Programme, capacity building is provided on the basis of a comprehensive needs assessment and development plan. Once gaps related to meeting the commitments under the TFA have been identified, multi-year action plans are developed to serve as roadmaps and mechanisms by which pr...

Issue: WCO News 96 October 2021

An overview of Uzbekistan Customs’ reform journey

In December 2020, Uzbekistan acceded to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures (Revised Kyoto Convention). This article describes the impact of the Convention on the Customs reform process and introduces the work ...

In 2015, while drafting the new Customs code, Uzbek Customs had conducted a gap analysis with the help of WCO Secretariat experts to assess the level of compliance of the national legislation and regulatory frameworks with the Convention’s standards. All RKC provisions were compared to the nati...

Issue: WCO News 93 October 2020

Adapting to the ‘New Normal’: pioneering remote Mercator scoping missions

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a major shift in how we work, live and engage with each other – both on a personal and a professional level. After the initial shockwave, and following an adjustment period, we now find ourselves in a situation that is commonly referred to as ‘the new normalâ€...

The context: providing support despite COVID-19 travel constraints

Capacity building and technical assistance-related activities have traditionally primarily been delivered face-to-face. When it became evident that travel restrictions wer...