Partnership in Customs Academic Research and Development

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Partnership in Customs Academic Research and
Development
Education Model for Customs Professionals
Education
Prof.dr hab. Wieslaw Czyzowicz Ph.D. Head of the
Customs Policy and Law Dpt. at WSE E-mailwesczyz_at_
sgh.waw.pl Http//akson.sgh.waw.pl/wczyzo
World Customs Organization- International Network
of Customs Universities Conference Brussels,
March 1-3, 2006
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• The main problems in Customs professionals
  education
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• The principal problem
• - who should be our graduate
• for whom should be educated
• for which economic and legal environment
• what kind of knowledge and skills have to
  present our graduate of bachelors degree
• what kind of knowledge and skills have to present
  our graduate of master degree?,

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I Model Customs officer  In the beginnig stage
(end of 80-thies and first half 90-ties)
proposal underlines the graduates vision from
both levels as bachaelors and master degrees as
persons for Customs preparing of Customs
officers. In that time this administration was
one of the fastest developing public services in
Poland. But... It was very big surpise for
creators of this kind of  specialization at the
universities, that Customs administration didnt
need Customs professionals graduated from civil
colleges and universities.
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II. Model Customs Broker  In that conception
bachelors graduate should passed also, as
additional requirment, throught the Customs
broker state exam. State Commission for Customs
Brokers exam should be organized by Polish
Customs Headquerters. The facilitation for
graduates were praparation of applications by
university or college.   This idea was not
accepted nor by potential applicants nor Customs
administration.
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III Model Manager Customs Business
Specialist It was , in reality in that time in
Poland, the best answer for market demand for
professionals in foreign trade. Markets
expectation as well as foreign trade business
expected not only for Customs brokers but also
for organizers, managers and professionals in
that fields, for Customs professionals. It was
time when the new Polish Customs law was
introduced into practice. It was the first
enterpreuner (Customs Agencies, freight
forwarders, transportation companies,
etc.).   The second group of enterpreuner for
Customs professionals graduates, should be
institutions of public administration related to
foreign trade and international business
(specialists in Police, border guard, etc.)
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IV Model businessman/businesswoman foreign
commodity turnover specialist   It is model for
Masters degree graduate Its aim was education
of foreign trade specialist in broader , as
Customs problems (law, procedures, implementing
provissions , etc) fields and politics on the
highest level of management as 1. An owner of
the foreign trade, freight forwarder and logistic
company and/or 2. Managers
of the highest level at the companies and at the
public administration as well national and
international
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Vision of the Polish specialist in the Customs
problems in the UE framework- adviser and
consultant    It should be professionalist in the
foreign trade of commodities , who has knowledge
and skills not only in Customs matters but also
in freigh forwarder, logistic and transportation
problems, including tarrifs and non-tariffs
regulations, tax and Customs, A.O.B. Related to
those questions.   In addition it should to have
knowledge not only about above mentioned
questions but also to have skills for using the
high technical equipemnt (ICT) in e-business and
e-Customs environment (B2B, B2C, B2G, etc.)   In
another words, it should be the broad minded
professional, manager, advisor and consultant in
all questions related to international trade in
goods, TRIMS and TRIPS, not only in Customs but
also in financial, tariffs and non-tariffs
regulations, many other questions, including
outsourcing in business planing in international
activity and international taxes problemms as
well as accounting and many other problems.
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Thank you for your attention
Prof. dr hab. Wieslaw Czyzowicz Http//akson.sgh.w
aw.pl/wczyzo E-mailwesczyz_at_sgh.waw.pl Tel.
kom. 0-605-428-589