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Toshihiko OsawaWorld Customs Organization

World Customs Organization

Initiatives for LLDCs

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Mercator Programme

At the WCO Council in June 2014, the WCO launched the WCO Mercator Programme to support implementation of the TFA.

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WCO Transit Handbook

The WCO launched the WCO Transit Handbook at the United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries in November 2014.

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Capacity Building in 2015

Regional Workshop on Transit(16-19 February 2015, Uganda)

National Workshop on Transit (19-21 May 2015, Azerbaijan)

Workshop on Customs Transit for CLPL countries (16-18 September 2015, Mozambique)

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E-learning Module

The WCO will open a new e-learning course for transit at the CLiCK platform soon.

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Transit Guidelines

The WCO will develop a new guidelines for transit, based on the Transit Handbook.

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Further Capacity Building Projects

Global Transit Expert Accreditation Workshop (March?)

Sub-regional Workshop on transit for Greater Mekong (April?)

Sub-regional Workshop on transit for South Asia (April?)

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Toshihiko.Osawa@wcoomd.org

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