Promoting Mutual Recognition of AEOs to Strengthen and Secure Global trade 4 th WCO GLOBAL AEO CONFERENCE Kampala, Uganda March 14 th to 16 th, 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.
March 13th, 2018 (Tuesday) 17:00-19:30 Registration Registration desks, Serena, Kampala 19:00-21:00 Welcome Reception Kampala Serena Day 1: March 14 th, 2018 (Wednesday) Venue: Serena, 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) 2
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 3
Private Sector Sponsor Private Sector 19.30-22:30 Dinner at Munyonyo Commmonwealth Resort (Bus leaves at 1830hrs) Dress Code: Traditional 4
Day 2: March 15 th, 2018 (Thursday) Time Track A English/French/ Spanish Room: Victoria A (Interpretation provided) Track B English Room: Victoria B Track C English Room: Katonga A Track D English Room: Katonga B Track E English Room: Achwa Track F English Room: Nile Track G English 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 - Mr. Richard Chopra, WCO EAC CREATe Project Director - Mr. Martin Ojok, Regional Project Manager - National Project Manager -Korea Customs Service - Sponsor administration - Juanita Maree, SAAF - Australia Customs - UPU 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 4
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? - - Private Sector -Fernando Pieri, Brazil - NII Vendors - Joris Groeneveld, Dutch Customs - Pacific Alliance Members - GTI - Members Private Sector Consultative Group - Dietmar Jost, GEA 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 6
environment - URA - Private Sector Consultative Group - Mexico Customs/Transp ort - IATA - ICAO - - EU - BMW - - Netherlands Customs 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 - Mr. Thabo Pase, WCO PCA Content Speacialist - Ms. Carol West, IFCBA - Ethiopia Customs -Private sector administration 13:00-14:00 Lunch break 7
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) - - Colombia - US CBP - 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? 8
- IDB from Latin America - IRU - UNECE - China - Japan - Korea - US - EU - Canada - - 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 - Ms. Tonka Kostadinova, Director, Customs & Regulatory Affairs, DHL Express Europe - 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 - Private Sector - Mr. Jason Blackman, Director 9
Compliance & Customs Regulatory Affairs, DHL Sub- Saharan Africa 18:30-22:00 Reception / Dinner, Serena, Kampala * 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 10
WCO AEO Global Conference Version 07 16/12/2013 Day 3: March 16th, 2017 (Friday), Kampala Round table: Coordinated Border Management (CBM) for better AEO benefits and Session 5 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 11
WCO Secretariat Uganda Revenue Authority 13:10 13:30 Grab and Go Lunch - sponsored 13:30 18:00 Conference Trip details to be confirmed AGENDA WCO AEO Global Conference Version 07 16/12/2013 12