Recent Developments and Future Plans

Dr Mikhail Kashubsky Head of INCU Secretariat

11th WCO PICARD Conference 27-29 September 2016; Manila, Philippines

Current INCU Membership Base

As at 25 September 2016:

– 23 Institutional Members (only academic institutions)

– 141 Individual Members

– 145 Affiliates (academic institutions, private sector, Customs administrations and other government agencies)

See our website for further details - www.incu.org

Countries Represented in INCU There are currently 85 countries represented in the INCU:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, UAE, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.

INCU Baku Regional Office Opened – Sep 2015

World Customs Journal – 2 Issues Published

Vol.10 No.1 (Mar 2016) Vol.10 No.2 (Sep 2016) – New!

Head of INCU Secretariat Visit to Shanghai Customs College

INCU Public Seminar and Cultural Exchange Visit to Jingan Library in Shanghai

INCU Shanghai Student Forum 2015

On 22 October 2015, INCU held a student forum in Shanghai, China. Theme: Focusing on the Younger Generation of Customs Professionals and Future Leaders in Developing a Work Agenda for the INCU Baku Regional Office.

INCU Shanghai Student Forum 2015

Forum Proceedings - download on our website!

Head of INCU Secretariat Participates in the UNECE-UNESCAP Single Window Workshop

Representative of North-Western Institute Visits INCU Secretariat

Inaugural INCU Global Conference Proceedings published!

Peer-reviewed publication that contains a collection of some 35 peer-reviewed papers, 6 speeches/addresses, presentations by Nobel Laureates, and other supplementary conference materials.

Download on our website!

INCU Event Manager Attends the Gaidar Forum

•INCU Event Manager, Ms Alina

Baranova, represented INCU at

The Gaidar Forum.

•The forum is one of the major

annual international scientific

conferences in the field of

economy in Russia which took

place in the Russian

Presidential Academy of

National Economy and Public

Administration, Moscow during

13-15 January 2016.

Launch of New INCU Baku Regional Office Initiatives

•INCU Regional Office Internship Program •INCU Regional Office Fellowship Program •INCU Regional Office Lecture Series

INCU Regional Office Winter Internship and Fellowship - First Intake

The 5-day program included:

•Work at the office on various tasks;

•Participation in a training course;

•Delivery of a presentation about their

organisation/institution;

•Skype video conference with

Shanghai Customs College students;

•Visit to Azerbaijan Customs

Academy; and

•Social activities and city tour

INCU Workshop on International Trade Transactions and Documentation

•Hosted by the WCO European ROCB

•Delivered by the Centre for Customs

and Excise Studies (CCES), Charles

Sturt University.

•40 Participants

INCU Visit to Azerbaijan Customs Academy and Baku Higher Oil School

Farewell to Two INCU Secretariat Staff Members

Farewell Present from INCU Graphic Designer

New World Customs Journal website launched

INCU Membership Affairs and Communications Officer Participates in HULT Prize 2016

• Among the Top Six Regional

Finalists in Shanghai.

•The million dollar challenge

this year was to come up with

an innovative idea of a social

business that can double the

income of ten million people

living in the crowded urban

spaces by 2021.

WCO Accredits Another Program under PICARD Standards

Head of INCU Secretariat speaks at the University of Customs and Finance Conference

Conference Theme:

“International Trade and

Protection of National

Interests in Conditions of

Globalization: Legal, Social-

Economic and IT Support”

Presented on the topic:

“The role of INCU in customs

education and scientific

research: recent examples

and plans for the future.”

INCU President presents at 3rd Global AEO Conference

INCU Baku Regional Office and Baku Higher Oil School Joint Conference

Conference Theme- "Multi-sectoral Cooperation-The Role of Customs Service in the Development of Economy in Modern Period".

INCU Representatives Participate in the International Caspian Oil & Gas Exhibition

INCU Advisory Board Member, Mr Lars Karlsson and Head of Secretariat, Dr Mikhail Kashubsky, participated in the official opening of the 23rd Caspian Oil & Gas Exhibition 2016.

INCU Advisory Board Member Interviewed by Azerbaijani Media

INCU Member Publishes New Book

Head of INCU Secretariat Launches Book

Offshore Oil and Gas

Installations: An

International Perspective

INCU International Student Conference 2016

Theme: “Youth

Dialogue - Capacity

Building through

International

Customs

Cooperation”

•More than 100

Participants

•20 Countries

Represented

INCU President Attends 127th/128th WCO Council Sessions in Brussels

INCU Social Media

INCU e-Library

INCU e-Library

Administrator

Mr Dmitry Korol

INCU Baku Regional Office Plans

• Assisting INCU Secretariat headquarters with the implementation of INCU Baku Resolution

• Cooperation with the WCO ROCB in Baku • Cooperation with other regional organisations

and academic institutions in promoting academic research, education, training and capacity-building

• Organisation of academic events • Academic publications and research materials

INCU Baku Resolution ‘On the Future Direction

of the Organisation’.

Adopted on 23 May 2014

Implementation of INCU Baku Resolution 3. Develop a definition of the term “customs

profession” which includes both public and private sector members of the international trading community

4. Identify the requisite knowledge, skills and competencies of those engaged in the customs profession

5. Develop guidelines for accrediting education and training programs that meet the identified knowledge, skill and competency requirements

6. Encourage mutual recognition of INCU member education and training programs through credit allocation, cross-institution arrangements and other means

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