WCO Regional Workshop on Strategic Initiatives for Trade Facilitation and the Implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) - Mercator Programme - 20 22 October 2015 Bogota, Colombia Day 1 - Overview of the implementation of the TFA Agenda 8:30 9:00 Registration Opening Session Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia Ms. Cecilia Alvarez-Correa (Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism) Tax and Customs Administration Service of Colombia (DIAN) Mr. Santiago Rojas (Head Of Tax and Customs Administration Service (DIAN)) Korea Customs Service (KCS) (tbc) I 9:00 9:50 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Ms. Sandra Corcuera (Custom specialist, Integrated and Trade Sector, IDB) World Trade Organization ( World Customs Organization (WCO) 9:50 10:20 and Group Photo II 10:20 11:00 WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Overview 30 min presentation followed by Q&A Session. 1
III IV 11:00 12:30 12:30 14:00 14:00-14:30 Implementing the WTO TFA: WCO Mercator Programme and the role of the WCO WCO support of Trade Facilitation and tools to support TFA implementation. Lunch break Next steps in implementing the TFA - including NCTFs, interdependencies in the TFA, sequencing implementation Ms. Karolyn Salcedo (Technical Attaché Compliance and V 14:30 16:00 Panel: Experiences from countries on the implementation of the TFA Potential gains and challenges with solutions. Panel discussion followed by discussion between the panel and the audience. Mr. Aldo González (Customs Administrator for International Affairs, Mexico Customs Mr. Benito Coghi (Director of Customs, Costa Rica Customs tbc (Colombia Customs Ministry of Commerce of Costa Rica (tbc) VI 16:00 16:30 16:30 18:00 Panel: Regional Approaches to the Implementation of the TFA Activities of International/ Regional organizations. Panel discussion followed by discussion between the panel and the audience. Ministry of Commerce of Trinidad & Tobago (tbc) Mr. Oscar Ochoa and Ms. Alicia Beltrán (International Officers, Andean Community) Mr. Javier Gutierrez 2
18:00 20:00 Reception sponsored by Korea Customs Service End of day 1 (Advisor of the Secretary General, SIECA) Mr. Marco Siqueira (Representative of Mercosur) 3
Agenda VII Day 2 I. Technical Assistance and Capacity Building 09:00 11:00 Panel discussion on Capacity Building to implement the TFA (Section II of the TFA) Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Programmes of donors and Members perspectives. Mr. Hector Landeros (Regional Development Manager for the Americas and the Caribbean Region, WCO) Mr. Leonardo Trentini (Head of the ROCB AMS Region) Mr. Daniel Perrier (Manager, Capacity Building Unit, Canada Border Services 11:00 11:30 Mr. Marco Siqueira (Senior Adviser, International Trade in Goods, Brazil Customs VIII 11:30 12:30 Presentations on Initiatives by Partner Organizations Initiatives to support the Americas and the Caribbean region on the implementation of the TFA. Ms. Sandra Corcuera, (Custom specialist, Integrated and Trade Sector, IDB) Korea Customs Service (tbc) 12:30 14:00 Lunch break 4
Day 2 II. Practical Implementation and Case Studies from Members Agenda IX 14:00 15:30 studies from Members on Transit (Art.11 of the TFA) Panel discussion followed by discussion between the panel and the audience Ms. Patricia Chamorro (Advisor at International Affairs, Chile Customs Mr. Ramon Gomez (Director of International Affairs, Paraguay Customs Mr. Alvaro Palmigiani (Director of procedures of International Affairs, Uruguay Customs 15:30 16:00 X 16:00 17:30 studies from Members on Risk Management (Art. 7.4 of the TFA) Panel discussion followed by discussion between the panel and the audience End of day 2 tbc (Colombia Customs ; and Mr. Andrés Maria Rumie (Multimodal Group Coordinator, Ministry of Transport, Colombia) Mr. Mumán Rojas (National Director of Continuous Improvement and IT, Ecuador Customs Mr. Martín Luján (Technical Advisor to the International Affairs Directorate, Argentina Customs Mr. Jaime Mosquera (Chief of the Border Attention Procedures Division, Peru Customs Mr. Jose Melendez (Chief of technical division, El Salvador Customs 5
Day 3 Cooperation with other Government Agencies and Stakeholders Agenda Panel: Experience in setting up a National Committee on Trade Facilitation (Art.23.2 of the TFA) Panel discussion followed by discussion between the panel and the audience Ms. H. Barczyk Facilitation Directorate, WCO) Ms. Fresialy Centeno (Deputy Director, Nicaragua Customs XI 9:00 10:30 Mr. Luis Felipe Quintero (Director for Commercial Relations, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia) Mr. Mario Suarez (Chief Inspector, Cuba Customs Ms. Tina Brown (Jamaica Customs XII 10:30 11:00 11:00 11:30 Coordinated Border Management Overview Presentation of the WCO topic of the year, CBM Compendium and SAFE 3 rd Pillar. Presentation of the new STDF Film Safe Trade Solution" takes a look at what Chile, Peru and Colombia have done to make goods flow faster across their borders, while also preventing the spread of pests or diseases among animals and plants, and ensuring that food is safe for consumers. (8 minutes Video from. Ms. Karolyn Salcedo (Technical Attaché Compliance and XIII 11:30 12:30 studies from Members on CBM (Art. 8 of the TFA) Panel discussion followed by discussion between the panel and the audience Ms. Sandra Corcuera, (Custom specialist, Integrated and Trade Sector, IDB) Mr. Guillermo Linares (Chief Lawyer, Panama Customs 6
Ms. Anita Mantoute (Inspector III, Research and Planning, St Lucia Customs 12:30 14:00 Lunch break Introduction to WCO Customs Business Partnership Guidance Mr. Rafael Sanmiguel (Assistant Director for Border Protection ICA ) and Mr. Jose Miranda (Chief of Port and Airport Control, Antinarcotic Police) Ms. Karolyn Salcedo (Technical Attaché Compliance and studies from Members on Customs Business Cooperation (Art. 2 and 7.7 of the TFA) Mr. Alfonso Rojas (President, ASAPRA) XIV 14:00 15:30 Panel discussion followed by discussion between the panel and the audience Mr. Javier Díaz Molina (Executive President of ANALDEX) Ms. Patricia Palomeque (Supervisor of the Unit of International Affairs, Bolivia Customs XV XVI 15:30 16:00 16:00 17:00 17:00 17:30 Discussion on the next steps for the region / Summary of the event Closing Ms. Maritza Castro (VP Head Customs and Regulatory Affairs for the Americas Region, DHL) Mr. Aldo González (Representative of the Mexico as Vice-Chair of the Region) Mr. Leonardo Trentini (Representative of the WCO/ ROCB AMS Region) End of day 3 7