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Customs Cooperation Committee Regional Capacity Building Seminar
Almaty, Kazakhstan, 17-21 February 2003

Program, Papers, and Presentations

Monday, 17 February 2003

8:45 a.m.	Registration
9:00 a.m.	Welcome Address Saule Nurgaliyeva Head, International Department Customs Control Agency of Kazakhstan
9:10 a.m.	Opening Remarks Ying Qian Principal Financial Economist Asian Development Bank
9:20 a.m.	Orientation Jeffrey Liang Senior Trade Economist Asian Development Bank
9:30 a.m.	Role of Customs in Today's Trading Environment Crucial responsibilities of Customs in facilitating trade while retaining control Shahid Rahim Sheikh Technical Officer, Customs Modernization SubDirectorate, World Customs Organization
10:00 a.m.	Coffee Break
ACHIEVING CUSTOMS INTEGRITY
10:30 a.m.	Customs Integrity for Improved Efficiency Integrity as the foundation for best practice in various aspects of Customs administration Shahid Sheikh
12:00 noon	Lunch
1:30 p.m.	The Arusha Declaration Twelve elements that are designed to increase levels of integrity Shahid Sheikh
3:00 p.m.	Coffee Break
3:30 p.m.	Integrity Self-Assessment Guide and Model Code of Conduct Tools for evaluation and the development of a national integrity strategy Shahid Sheikh

Tuesday, 18 February 2003

STANDARDIZING PROCEDURES BASED ON THE REVISED KYOTO CONVENTION
9:00 a.m.	Introduction to the Revised Kyoto Convention: Benefits from Accession Uniform principles for simple, effective, and predictable procedures, spelled out in the General Annex and Specific Annex Guidelines Simon Royals Technical Officer, Facilitation & Procedures SubDirectorate, World Customs Organization
10:00 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:30 a.m.	General Annex Principles (Ch.1), Definitions (Ch.2), Clearance and Customs Formalities (Ch.3) Prescribed procedures for Customs operations Simon Royals
1:30 p.m.	General Annex Guidelines on Duties and Taxes (Ch. 4), Security (Ch. 5), Customs Control (Ch. 6) Continuation of the preceding lecture Simon Royals
2:30 p.m.	General Annex Guidelines on the Application of Information Technology (Ch. 7) Continuation of the preceding lecture, with specific attention to the use of IT where it is cost-effective Simon Royals
3:30 p.m.	Coffee Break
4:00 p.m.	General Annex Guidelines on the Relationship between Customs and Third Parties (Ch.8); Information, Decisions and Rulings supplied by Customs (Ch.9), Appeals in Customs Matters (Ch. 10) Final lecture on the General Annex Simon Royals

Wednesday, 19 February 2003

9:00 a.m.	Guidelines to Specific Annexes on Customs Clearance Branches that may be added as required by Customs (Arrival of Goods in a Customs Territory, Importation, Exportation, Customs Warehouses and Free Zones, Transit, Processing) Simon Royals
10:30 a.m.	Coffee Break
11:00 a.m.	Guidelines to Specific Annexes on Customs Clearance Conclusion of the preceding lecture (Temporary Admission, Offenses, Special Procedures, Origin) Simon Royals
STANDARDIZING VALUATION PROCEDURES BASED ON THE WTO CUSTOMS VALUATION AGREEMENT
1:30 p.m.	Introduction to the WTO Customs Valuation Agreement Overview, definitions, basic principles Bienvenido Alano President, Center for Economic Policy Research Philippines
2:00 p.m.	WTO Transaction Value and Alternative Methods with Practical Examples Definitions, conditions to be fulfilled, adjustments to transaction value, and the use of alternative methods Bienvenido Alano
3:30 p.m.	Coffee Break
2:00 p.m.	Implementation Issues based on Customs Experiences Country experiences in implementation and control procedures Bienvenido Alano

Thursday, 20 February 2003

RISK MANAGEMENT AS A TOOL FOR CUSTOMS CONTROL AND TRADE FACILITATION
9:00 a.m.	Introduction to Risk Management Rationale for the use of risk management and principles followed in line with informed compliance Trade Compliance Risk Management Walter Hekala Senior Customs Consultant Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc. United States
10:00 a.m.	Coffee Break
11:00 a.m.	Risk Management Process The risk management technique and steps involved Foundation Building: data collection, primary inspection and compliance verification Foundation Building: data collection and enforcement data Foundation Building: data collection - regional and institutional Walter Hekala
12:00 noon	Lunch Break
1:30 p.m.	Operationalizing Risk Management: Risk Profiling and Selectivity Criteria Using risk management in Customs and identifying sources of information Analysis and Assessment: significance, materiality and risk categories Enforcement Impact Levels and Risk Management Evaluation Walter Hekala
3:00 p.m.	Coffee Break
3:30 p.m.	Operationalizing Risk Management: Developing an Action Plan Prior steps and follow through for installing a risk management system for Customs Action Plans: Informed Compliance and Enforced Compliance Tracking and Reporting Due Diligence Concepts Walter Hekala

Friday, 21 February 2003

IMPROVING CUSTOMS EFFICIENCY THROUGH BEST PRACTICE
9:00 a.m.	Group Discussions
10:30 a.m.	Coffee Break
11:00 a.m.	Continuation of Group Discussions
12:00 noon	Lunch
1:30 p.m.	Group Presenations
3:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks Jeffrey Liang Senior Trade Economist Asian Development Bank Erlan Toktarkhanovich Head of Almaty Customs Control Agency

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