Articles under "#Small Island Economies" category

Small Island Economies: the WCO’s renewed focus

The WCO’s initiative on “Small Island Economies” (SIEs) was launched in June 2018 with the aim of providing the Customs administrations of such economies with tailor-made capacity building and technical assistance that would help them to curb illicit trade and smuggling more effectively, wh...

Challenges they face, in varying degrees, include:

• lack of connectedness to global value chains, which negatively impacts their share of international trade and investment;
• remoteness from large markets, resulting in increased transportation costs;
• high communicatio...

Mauritius, a small island economy on the move

Bridging development gaps in the Pacific

The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) has 23 members made up of independent countries and self-governing territories in the Pacific region. Established in 1986, its mandate is to support Customs administrations in their endeavour to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of their work, in orde...

To support its members, the OCO organizes training events and holds various forums to foster the exchange of information and promote networking. When it comes to training, the OCO has identified a need not onl...