-Customs Management- Defining capacity building and technical assistance for Customs Valuation for Customs Administrations

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-Customs Management- Defining capacity
building and technical assistance for Customs
Valuation for Customs Administrations

• WTO 6th November 2002

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Essential and Recommemded capacity for Valuation

• CORE CAPACITY
• legal framework
• total mastery of Agreement
• total familiarity with business practices
• administrative procedures

• FURTHER CAPACITY
• risk management
• specialist valuation units
• rulings and records system
• on training programmes

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Essential customs capacity

• Core capacity
• Legal Regulatory System
• Audit controls

• Further Capacity
• Risk management
• Use of information technology

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Customs blueprints

• Standards of best practice by which improvements
  of operational capacity will be measured and to
  which technical assistance will be targeted
• Validated by EC Member States and partner
  Countries
• Divided in 11 sectors and subdivided in about 50
  strategic objectives and 350 key indicators

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Blueprints

• 1. Legislation
• 2. Rights and obligations of Importers
  Communication
• 3. Ethics
• 4. Organisation and Management
• 5. Human Resource Management
• 6. Training
• 7. Border and inland control
• 8. Investigation and Enforcement
• 9. Fiscal Control
• 10. Administrative Co-operation and Mutual
  Assistance
• 11. Information Technology

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Gap Analysis

• Comparison with the standard described in the
  relevant blueprint
• For each individual key indicator a) description
  of the current situation b) gaps are divided
  into two parts - technical shortfalls -
  behavioural shortfalls

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Needs Analysis

• Based on the outcome of the gap analysis
• To determine what needs to be done to bring
  performance in each customs functional area up to
  the standard described in the relevant blueprint
• Solutions to close the gap and meet the need
  objective are identified. The final outcome is an
  activity list.

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Business Change Management Plan

• Based on the outcome of the needs analysis
• Reflects the prioritisation of needs objectives
  and gives a order of the activities to be
  implemented
• Consists of two parts BCMP Summary and BCMP
  Individual Need Objective

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Technical NeedsAnalysis (TNA)

• Activities listed in the Needs Analysis (impact
  assessed solutions) requesting external
  assistance (in the order of the BCMP Summary)
• TNA includes estimation of budget and staff To be
  finalised for individual countries

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Summary of the programme
Customs Blueprints
Gap Analysis
Needs Analysis Impact assessed solutions
BCMP
TNA
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Fiscal Blueprints
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Gap analysis - example
Blueprint Key Indicator
Current situation
Technical shortfalls
Behavioural shortfalls
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Needs Analysis - example
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Needs Analysis - example
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Needs Analysis - example
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Needs Analysis - example
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Needs Analysis - example
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Needs Analysis - example
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BCMP Summary
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BCMP - Individual Need Objective
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Technical Needs Analysis
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Model Trade related Technical assistance project
for Customs Valuation

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