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WCO Knowledge Academy 2015 – Excisable Products and Illicit Trade Module
By Elizabeth Allen, Program Advisor, ITIC
For the fourth consecutive year, ITIC developed an excise-related module for the World Customs Organization as part of its’ annual two week Knowledge Academy. The Knowledge Academy provides customs officials from around the world with an opportunity to learn about the latest trends and good practice in a range of different customs related issues as part of their continuous professional development.
ITIC Program Advisor, Liz Allen, put together a two-day module on excisable products and illicit trade with the assistance of the WCO, who provided some of the speakers. Other speakers were drawn from ITIC industry sponsors in excisable products, Spirits Europe, Euromonitor International and Interpol.
Knowledge Academy delegates are able to attend a number of different modules according to subjects that are of interest to them. Consequently, the numbers present for the different sessions varied over the two days. The class list included delegates from Ireland, Australia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Cuba, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, and Angola. Participants included Directors and Deputy Directors-General of Customs and Revenue Authorities, two private sector delegates and a representative from the World Health Organization.
All presentations commissioned by ITIC will be available on the ITIC website and the full range of presentations will be available to WCO members on their members only website.
Mr. Andy Logan (Oxford Economics) and Ms. Liz Allen (ITIC)
Ms. Liz Allen (ITIC), Ms. Helen Smith (Euromonitor Int.), and Ms. Nehna Rauf (Euromonitor Int.)