Last week IAPH’s Data Collaboration Committee chairman Pascal Ollivier and communications director Victor Shieh met with colleagues of the World Customs Organization Lazzat Daniyariva, Tejo Kusuma and Cristina Varela Vaz at their headquarters in Brussels to discuss follow-up plans for the jointly-published guidelines on cooperation between Customs and Port Authorities which were presented at the IAPH 2023 World Ports Conference by WCO deputy secretary-general Ricardo Treviño Chapa. The following day Pascal Ollivier attended the 29th WCO SAFE Framework of Standards Working Group where discussions were held with member states on the dissemination and implementation of the guidelines, which followed IAPH’s participation at the WCO Permanent Technical Committee meeting the previous month prior. A French version of the guidelines is currently being finalised and will be made available before the end of the year. The International Transport Journal has published an article on the guidelines and Lloyds List published an article on customs and port authority cooperation based on the interview with the WCO deputy secretary-general and Pascal.
Lazzat Daniyariva, Tejo Kusuma, Pascal Ollivier, Victor Shieh and Cristina Varela Vaz
