21 st Conference of Directors General of Customs of West and Central Africa Region of the WCO. 25 to 29 April Abidjan, Côte d Ivoire

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1 16 th Meeting of the Committee of Experts and the 21 st Conference of Directors General of Customs of West and Central Africa Region of the WCO 25 to 29 April 2016 Abidjan, Côte d Ivoire Saturday 23 April :30 a.m. 1 p.m. Meeting of the WCA Finance and Audit Committee Monday 25 April :45 a.m. 9:45a.m. 10:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m :00p.m. 13:00p.m. 14:30p.m. 14:30p.m. 15:15p.m. Opening ceremony of the Meeting of Experts: Word of welcome by the Customs Administration of Côte d Ivoire Speech by the Representative of the Vice- of the WCA Region Speech by the Representative of the Secretary General of the WCO Opening speech by the Director General of Customs of Côte d Ivoire Group photograph & Cocktail Composition of the session Bureau and start of deliberations Composition of the Team of Rapporteurs Study of the draft agenda Presentation and study of Reports (10 mins. maximum for the presentation per structure) : Office of the Vice- WCO Secretariat Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB) Regional Training Centres (RTCs) Regional Intelligence and Liaison Offices (RILO) West Africa / Central Africa (including the results of Operation CRIPHARM) Presentation and study of the Report of the WCA Finance and Audit Committee: Report on annual contributions, disbursements and state of the Region s bank account (5 Report of the Finance and Audit Committee (10 Draft Regional budget for (15 Digital Customs: Presentation and study of the report of the Computer RWG-Côte d Ivoire (10 Presentation and adoption of the ToRs of the Computer RWG- Vice- (5 Regional interconnectivity (transit) ECOWAS (10

2 Regional vision and prospect in the area of Digital Customs (10 Discussions Study of the evaluation report on the implementation of recommendations and decisions - Vice-: 20th Conference of Directors General of Customs 15:15 15:45p.m. 15th Committee of Experts Donor conference African Union Sub-Committee of Directors General of Customs 15:45 16:00p.m. 16:00 17:00p.m. Study of draft recommendations to be submitted to the 21 st Conference of Directors General of Customs Vice- 19:30p.m. Dinner for Experts Tuesday 26 April :15a.m. Presentation of the WCA Regional Guide - Vice- 9:15a.m.- 9:45a.m. WCA Donor Conference: Place, programme and projects for proposal to the next conference Vice- 9:45a.m. 10h30a.m. Study of the report of the Virtual RWG in charge of drafting a summary document on the priority areas of the WCO-WCA Region in the face of new challenges - Senegal 10:30 11:00a.m. 11:00a.m. 1:00p.m. Study of the report of the 16 th Committee of Experts Vice- 1:00p.m. 1.30p.m. Study of the draft agenda and practical provisions concerning the programme of the Conference of Directors General of Customs Vice- and Côte d Ivoire 1:30p.m. 7:30 Cocktail and welcome for Heads of Delegation Wednesday 27 April :00 a.m. 10:15 a.m. 10:45a.m. 10:45a.m. 10:30a.m. 10:30a.m. 11:00a.m. Opening ceremony of the 21 st Conference of Directors General of Customs: Word of welcome by the Director General of Customs of Cote d Ivoire Speech by the WCO Vice- for the West and Central Africa Region Speech by WCO Secretary General Speech by the Minister under the Prime Minister, in charge of Budget and Portfolio of the State of Côte d Ivoire Group photograph & Cocktail Composition of the Conference Bureau and start of deliberations Composition of the Team of Rapporteurs Study of the draft agenda Priorities of the WCO agenda

3 11:00a.m. 12:00p.m. 12:00a.m. 1:00p.m. 1:00p.m. 3:30p.m. 3:30p.m. 4:00p.m. 4.00p.m. 5.00p.m. Evolution of the regional strategy Regional Strategic Plan Evaluation and progress ROCB (30 : General presentation Results and lessons of the 2015 auto-evaluation 2016 Road Map Prospects of the WCO-WCA Region in the face of emerging challenges- Senegal (15 Discussions Leadership and Management: Presentation of the LMD programme WCO Secretariat (20 Implementation of the programme in WCA Cameroon s experience (10 D R Congo s experience (10 Relevance of the programme for DGs of Customs and discussions WCO Secretariat (20 Customs of the WCA Region in the face of security challenges : The Punta Cana Resolution concerning the role of the Customs in a context of security WCO Secretariat (10 Illicit traficking and the funding of transborder crime Africa TWIX project (Trafic Central Africa, 15 Presentation of the results of Operation CRIPHARM RILOs (15 State of the Regional Agreement on maritime information sharing Senegal (5 Discussions Human resource management: Presentation of the approach envisaged by WCO WCO (15 Implementation of the programme in WCA Gabon s experience Gabon (15 The Gambia s experience Gambia (15 Relevance of the programme for DGs of Customs and discussions Vice- (15 Thurday 28 April :30a.m. 10:00a.m. 10:00a.m. 10:15a.m. 10:30a.m. 10:30a.m a.m. 11:00a.m. 11:30a.m. Presentation and adoption of the WCA Report : WCO Secretariat (15 Vice- (15 Presentation and adoption of the Financial Report and the Budget for 2016/2017 WCA Finance and Audit Committee - Ghana Presentation of the Regional Guide Vice- Presentation and adoption of the ToRs of the Computer RWG Vice- Computer RWG: Results and lessons of the 2nd session of the RWG Côte d Ivoire (15 Discussions

4 11:30a.m. 1.00p.m. 13:00p.m. 3:00p.m. 3:00p.m. 3:30p.m. 3:30p.m. 3:45p.m. 3:45p.m. 4:15p.m. 4:15p.m. 4:45p.m. 4:45p.m. 5:15p.m. 5:15p.m. 8:00p.m. Presentation and adoption of the report of the WCA Committee of Experts Vice Coordinated Border Management Results and lessons : WCO Secretariat (10 Vice- (10 Discussions 2016 The Digital Customs: Presentation WCO Secretariat (10 Vice- (10 Discussions Presentation of recommendations of the General Policy Commission - Vice- Presentation on the work done by the WCO in the area of Governance - Vice- WCA Donor Conference: First conference 2015, Cameroon : Results and conclusions Vice- Discussions Evolutions concerning the management of humanitarian aid in situations of crisis or disaster and transborder insecurity in the WCA Region : Recall of WCO instruments in the area of Customs management of humanitarian aid in situations of crisis or disaster WCO Secretariat (10 United Nations presentation Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (10 Discussions In-camera session for Heads of Delegation: Dinner Governance issues at the WCO Status of Regional structures and personnel tranferred there Settlement of the dispute between ROCB and the WCO Secretariat Request by DJIBOUTI to join the WCO-WCA Region Election of the Vice- of the WCO-WCA Region Date and venue of the next Meeting of Contact Points Date and venue of the next Meeting of Managers of training and human reources Date and venue of the next Meeting of Experts Date and venue of the next Conference of Donors Date and venue of the Conference of Directors General of Customs Date and venue of the next Conference of Directors General of Customs of the Francophonie WCA programme and positions at the next session of the A U Sub-Committee of DGs of Customs (September 2016, Zimbabwe)

5 Friday 29 April :30a.m. 9:30a.m. 10:15a.m. 10:40a.m. 10:40a.m. 11:00a.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:30a.m. 11:30a.m :00p.m. 7:30p.m. The WCO Trade Facilitation Agreement and the WCO Mercator programme: Presentation of the situation and evolutions WCO Secretariat (15 Discussions Inspection companies: Presentation of the situation and evolutions WCO Secretariat (5 Presentation of the situation in Nigeria Nigéria (10 Presentation of the situation in Ghana Ghana (10 Presentation of the situation in DR Congo DR-Congo (10 Discussions Presentation of the Report of the In-camera session Upcoming activities (WCO) Various issues (Vice-) Participation of members of the Region in WCO meetings. Closing ceremony of the 21 st Conference of Directors General of Customs: Presentation of recommendations of the 21 st Conference of Directors General of Customs Word by the Director General of Customs of Côte d Ivoire Word by the Vice- of the Region Word by the WCO Secretary General Closing speech by the Minister under the Prime Minister, in charge of Budget and Portfolio of the State of Côte d Ivoire Dinner Courtesy visit to His Excellency, the President of Côte d Ivoire (WCO Secretary General - the Minister under the Prime Minister, in charge of Budget and Portfolio of the State of Côte d Ivoire - Heads of Delegation) Visit to the ROCB Saturday 30 April 2016 XXX Departure of Delegations

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