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Promoting Mutual Recognition of AEOs

to Strengthen and Secure Global trade

4th WCO GLOBAL AEO CONFERENCE

Kampala, Uganda

March 14th to 16th, 2018

A two and half day conference focusing on how AEO programmes and MRAs can secure global

trade and enhance economic development at the same time provide the platform for

representatives from Customs administrations, international organizations, other government

agencies, researchers, academicians, industry stakeholders, policy makers to connect to each

other.

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March 13th, 2018 (Tuesday)

17:00-19:30 Registration

Registration desks, Serena Hotel, Kampala

19:00-21:00 Welcome Reception

Kampala Serena Hotel

Day 1: March 14th, 2018 (Wednesday)

Venue: Hotel Serena Hotel, Kampala

08.00-09:00 Registration

09.00-10:00

Opening Ceremony

Master of ceremony Mr. Dickson C. Kateshumbwa, Commissioner of Customs,

Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)

Welcome Address

Mrs. Doris Akol, Commissioner General, URA

Speeches

Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization (WCO)

Mr. KIM Yung-Moon, Commissioner, Korea Customs Service (KCS) (tbc)

Minister of Finance, Uganda (tbc)

Opening Address

H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda (tbc)

10:00-10:15 Signing of Mutual Recognition Arrangement/Agreement (MRA) Action Plan

10:15-11:00 Networking Coffee Break / VIP Tour

11:00-11:20 Keynote Speech – HUAWEI, Corporate Sponsor

Session 1 Panel Discussion: “A Secure business environment for economic development”

- The AEO and MRA contribution

11:20-12:30 Moderator: Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, WCO

Ambassador Albert M. Muchanga, Commissioner for Trade and Industry, African

Union (AU) (tbc)

Mr. Steven Quest, Director General, DG TAXUD, European Commission (tbc)

Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali, Comptroller-General of Customs, Nigeria Customs

Mr. Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting Commissioner, Customs & Border Protection

(CBP), United States (tbc)

Mrs. Therese Mattsson, Director General, Sweden Customs (tbc)

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Mr. Atsushi Iizuka, Director General, Japan Customs (tbc)

Private sector

12:30-13:30 Lunch

Session 2

Panel Discussion: Regional collaboration on trade facilitation – AEO and MRA,

East African Community (EAC) Case

13.30-14.40 Moderator: Mr. Kenneth Bagamuhunda, Director General, Customs and Trade

EAC

Mr. Dickson C. Kateshumbwa, Commissioner of Customs, URA

Mr. Julius N. Musyoki, Commissioner of Customs, Kenya Revenue Authority

Mr. R. Tugirumuremyi, Commissioner of Customs, Rwanda Revenue Authority

Mr. M. A. Niyonzima, Director General, Burundi Customs

Mr. Jocktan Kyamuhanga, Commissioner of Customs, Tanzania Customs

Private Sector

14.40-15.00 Keynote Speech

Session 3 Panel Discussion: Where is AEO and MRA today since its inception.

- Has anything changed?

15.00-16.10 Moderator : Sponsor

Mrs. Bettina Vogl-lang, Deputy Director General, Austria Customs

Mr. Enrique Canon Pedragosa, Director General, Uruguay Customs (tbc)

Mr. Jed Michaletos, Chief Officer: Customs and Excise, South Africa (tbc)

Director General, UAE Customs (tbc)

Chairman, India Customs (tbc)

Director General, Togo Customs (tbc)

Private sector

16.10-16.40 Networking break

Session 4 Panel Discussion: How can AEO and MRA enhance compliance level and Increase

revenue collection & trade?

16.40-17.40 Moderator: H.E. Mirjam Blaak-Sow, Uganda Ambassador to Benelux (tbc)

Mr. Subromanian Tholasy, Director General, Royal Malaysian Customs (tbc)

Mr. Tadatsugu Toni Matsudaira, Technical Assistance Advisor, International

Monetary Fund (tbc)

COMESA

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Private Sector

Sponsor

Private Sector

19.30-22:30 Dinner at Munyonyo Commmonwealth Resort Hotel (Bus leaves at 1830hrs)

Dress Code: Traditional

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Day 2: March 15th, 2018 (Thursday)

Time Track A

English/French/

Spanish

Venue: Serena

Hotel

Room: Victoria A

(Interpretation

provided)

Track B

English

Venue: Serena

Hotel

Room: Victoria B

Track C

English

Venue: Serena

Hotel

Room: Katonga A

Track D

English

Venue: Serena

Hotel

Room: Katonga B

Track E

English

Venue: Serena

Hotel

Room: Achwa

Track F

English

Venue: Serena

Hotel

Room: Nile

Track G

English

Venue: Serena

Hotel

Room: Addis

09:00-

09:50

Session 1

WCO SAFE

Framework of

Standards and

tools– whats

new?

EAC trade

facilitation

initiatives and

lessons learnt

Importance of

single window

and AEO

Importance of a comprehensive strategy on security of the logistics chain

Risk analysis and

management -

first step to

achieve an AEO

certification

AEO and Postal Data analytics for

enhanced

implementation of

AEO programme

- Ms. Asha

Menon, Senior

Technical Officer,

WCO

- Private sector

- Mr. Richard

Chopra, WCO

EAC CREATe

Project Director

- Mr. Martin Ojok,

Regional Project

Manager

- National Project

Manager

-Korea Customs

Service

- Sponsor

- Customs

administration

- Customs

Administration

- Juanita Maree,

SAAF

- Australia Customs

- UPU

- Private sector

- Customs

Administration

Private sector

10:00-

10:50

Sponsor Maintaining AEO

certification

Importance of

Customs Business

How can global

standard for

Plurilateral MRAs

– challenges and

What and who is

the WCO Private

What are the

synergies between

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Session 2

Partnership scanning/NII

technology be

beneficial to

Customs and

industry?

lesson learn –

Pacific Alliance &

Greater Tumen

Initiative(GTI)

Sector Consultative

Group (PSCG)? How

can private sector

contribute to the

discussions at the

WCO in developing

international

stancdards?

AEO and e-

commerce?

- - Customs

Administration

- Private Sector

- Customs

Administration

-Fernando Pieri,

Brazil

- NII Vendors

- Joris Groeneveld,

Dutch Customs

- Pacific Alliance

Members

- GTI - Members

Private Sector

Consultative

Group

- Dietmar Jost,

GEA

- Customs

administration

10:50-

11:10

Networking break

11:10-

12:00

Session 3

Demo on URA

track and trace

system, lessons

learnt

How can Private

sector influence

modernization in

Customs

administration

Synergies between

AEO and

Regulated

Agents/Known

Consignors

(RA/KC): Pilot in

Mexico

Sponsor WCO AEO

Validator Guide &

training modules

Sponsor AEO: A

coordinated

border

management

approach for

economic

development and

a secure

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environment

- URA - Private Sector

Consultative

Group

- Mexico

Customs/Transp

ort

- IATA

- ICAO

- - EU

- BMW

- - Netherlands

Customs

- Private sector

12:10-

13:00

Session 4

EAC AEO

Programme –

success and

challenges

Using Intelligence

to Predict Global

Supply Chain

Threats

Are the Plurilateral

MRAs working?

WTO Agreement on

Trade Facilitation:

What is an

Authorised

Operator?

What is the

difference

between AEO

Validation and

Post Clearance

Audit (PCA)

Understanding how

MRA works and

realizing the

benefits for both

Customs and trade

New technologies

and AEO

- Mr. Richard

Chopra, WCO

EAC CREATe

Project Director

- Mr. Martin Ojok,

Regional Project

Manager

- National Project

Manager

- Mr. Mark

Gruentjes,

Transported

Asset Protection

Association

(TAPA)

- BSI

- AGADIR Members

- CEFTA Members

- Customs

Administration

- Private sector

- Mr. Thabo Pase,

WCO PCA

Content

Speacialist

- Ms. Carol West,

IFCBA

- Ethiopia

Customs

- Customs

Administration

-Private sector

- Customs

administration

- Private sector

13:00-

14:00

Lunch break

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14:00-

14:50

Session 5

A regional AEO? What is the

difference

between AEO

Validation and

Post Clearance

Audit (PCA) –

Best Practice

Sponsors Pre-loading

advance Cargo

Information

(PLACI), Advance

Cargo Information

(ACI), Pre-arrival

processing. What

are the benefits

and challenges

How WCO Time

Release Study

(TRS) can measure

the time for

release in an AEO

context?

Sponsors Benefits of

coordinated

border

management for

AEOs

- Western and

Central Africa

Members

- - - WCO

- EU

- IATA

- Mr. Sydney

Chibbabbuka,

Commissioner

Customs Services,

Zambia Revenue

Authority (ZRA)

- Private sector

- - Colombia

- US CBP

- Private sector

- Dominican

Republic

15:00-

15:50

Session 6

Progress on

Multilateral MRA

– ANDEAN

Community and

Central America

AEO

contributions to

increase

company’s

competitiveness

and national

foreign trade

Promoting AEO

and transit

procedures

Outcomes and

developments of

AEO and MRA in

Asia Pacific

Updates on the

US, Canada and EU

AEO programmes

including their

MRA

Requirements

Importance of AEO

security

requirements –

difference between

Authorised Person

(AP), Authorised

Operator (AO) and

Authorised

Economic Operator

(AEO)

What is the

similarities and

differences of API

and ACI?

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- IDB

- Customs

Administration

from Latin

America

- Customs

Administration

- Private sector

- IRU

- UNECE

- China

- Japan

- Korea

- US

- EU

- Canada

- Customs

Administration

- Private sector

-

- Interpol

- ICAO

- WCO

- IATA

15:50 –

16:20

Networking break

16:20-

17:10

Session 7

Linkages between

Risk management

and AEO

Programmes

Identifying IT

issues and

practices when

implementing

MRAs – Trader

Identification

Number

Coordinated

approach at

borders – to

secure and

facilitate trade

Sponsor Research on

benefits

of AEO

implementation

Single Window and

trade facilitation

Customs Tax

Cooperation and

AEO

- Customs

Administration

- Ms. Tonka

Kostadinova,

Director, Customs

& Regulatory

Affairs, DHL

Express Europe

- Mr. Jason

Blackman,

Director

- EAC Members

- SACU Members

-

- Mr. Yoshihiro

Kosaka,

Manager,

WCO/JICA Joint

Project

-

- Ms. Sandra

Corcuera, Trade

Specialist, (IDB)

- Dr. Edward

Kafeero,

University of

Munster,

Germany

- Korea Customs

Service

- World Bank

- Customs

Administration

- Private Sector

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* Live demo outside the conference building: 7 point inpection of a trailer – best practice for AEO

Mr. Ray Monzon, Supply Chain Security Specialist, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Compliance &

Customs

Regulatory

Affairs, DHL Sub-

Saharan Africa

18:30 -22:00 – Reception / Dinner, Serena Hotel, Kampala

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Day 3: March 16th, 2017 (Friday)

Venue: Serena Hotel, Kampala

Session 5

Round table: Coordinated Border Management (CBM) for better AEO benefits and

higher compliance?

How can the other government agencies play an important role within the

AEO programme.

09.00-10.00 Moderator: PSCG

Ms. Virgínia Medeiros, Brazil Customs

Mr. John Mein, Procomex

China Customs (tbc)

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (tbc)

Australia Customs (tbc)

Columbia (tbc)

10:00-10:15 Certificate

Session 6

Round Table: Is Mutual Recognition of AEOs working?

- Bilateral level

- Multilateral level

10.15-11.15 Moderator: Sandra Corcuera Santamaria , Trade Specialist, Inter-American

Development Bank (IDB)

Mr. John Fonseca, Vice Minister, Costa Rica (tbc)

Mr. Norm Schenk, ICC

Korea Customs Service (tbc)

Mexico Customs (tbc)

Private Sector (tbc)

11.15-11.35 Networking break

Session 7

Round Table: What is the future for Trusted Trader Regimes including AEOs and MRAs

- Recommendations for the next SAFE review cycle

11:35-12.35

Moderator: Asha Menon, WCO

Mrs. Pilar Jurado Borrego, Director General, Spain Customs

Director General, Bahrain Customs

Professor Widdowson, Charles Sturt University (tbc)

PSCG

US CBP

Representative from Africa

12:35-12:50 Invitation to next Global AEO Conference

UAE Customs

12.50-13.10 Closing remarks

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Uganda Revenue Authority

13:10 – 13:30 Grab and Go Lunch - sponsored

13:30 – 18:00 Conference Trip – details to be confirmed