The new Silk Road is one step closer to reality. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will help fund a highway in Pakistan, a road project in Tajikistan, and a ring road in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will help fund a highway in Pakistan, a road project in Tajikistan, and a ring road …
Today and tomorrow the World Customs Organization (WCO) holds it annual meeting for the Europe region in Astana, Kazakhstan. The meeting has an interesting agenda and there will be a lot of important discussions for the future of the region and WCO. The meeting has now started. This year there will be a major …
I am at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow. A modern, interesting airport. I always loved the song Airport by The Motors and the voice of the singer Andy McMaster. What I didn’t know at the time of listening to that song, was how many airports I would actually visit and pass through during my …
In 1980 I was 16 years old. I played handball and I loved music. Two years earlier I had discovered an American rock’n roll artist named Bruce Springsteen. In 1976-1978 I always read a music magazine from United Kingdom called New Musical Express (NME). I had to buy the magazine abroad in England and …
I am in Moscow and Sankt Petersburg this week for meetings. Passing the Red Square between meetings It is always a pleasure to visit Moscow and Russia. I have been here many times over the years. Swedish Customs has always had a great technical cooperation with our counterparts in the Russian Federal Customs Service. …
I want to send my greetings, congratulations and best wishes to all Nowegian friends on greatest of Norweigian holiday – the national day, 17 May! I hope that you have a great day.
As many of you know, I am a keen traveller. Last year I had 280 travelling days. To date I have visited 164 countries. So I have an interest in everything related to travel, like e.g; airports, hotels, airlines, places to see, travel advise, borders formalities, local restaurants, football stadiums, local beer brands and …
Some final famous last words about the 3rd WCO Global AEO conference in Cancun, Mexico last week. Let me first underline that our Mexican hosts went the extra mile to make this a memorable conference. The organization was world class. Congratulations to SAT Mexico. For me it was a very special and emotional event. …
HE Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Dubai Ports World Chairman and CEO and Chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC) announced a platform of six new innovative and pioneering Customs initiatives driven by the cores of government excellence, at the Dubai International Government Achievements Exhibition (DIGEA) 2016 recently, namely; The Virtual Corridor, Smart …
Today Zlatan Ibrahimovic played his last home game in Paris Saint-Germain. The legend will leave his club after four seasons breaking all records in French football. He ended in style. Zlatan entered the pitch on his own to standing ovation at Parc des Princes. In the 10th minute – Ibras PSG number – the …
The Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has arrived to the White House for today’s summit with President Barack Obama. Stefan Löfven arrived to U.S. with the Swedish government plane last night. Today the Top Level Summit starts. In total there are five issues on the agenda for the meeting. These include; migration, climate change, …
Today the best soccer player in the wirld, Zlatan Ibrahimovic announced that he will leave his club Paris Saint-Germain after this season, with two games left to go. The Qatari owned club wakted to keep Ibrahimovic who had has his best season of his long professional career brealing all records and so far scoring …
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Australia is going to the forefront of global development with the introduction of the Australian Trusted Trader programme in a few months. This is a very solid AEO programme fully meeting the international standards and best practices, but also aiming to go further. Ms. Linda Geddes, First Assistant Secretary Traveller, Customs and Industry Policy …
In Cancun we listened to a great presentation about AEO Brazil done by Jose Carlos Araujo, the Coordinator and operstional manager of Customs (COANA) at the 3rd WCO Global AEO Conference. AEO Brazil is a very modern and interesting AEO programme of world class that has been developed in a comorehenisive and solid way. …
During the third WCO Global AEO Conference in Cancun, Mexico this week – Dubai Customs was invited to present the best AEO programme in the world, AEO UAE. Dubai is the pilot for the federal programme of the United Arab Emirates. The Director His Excellency Ahmed Mahboob Musabih presented the state-of-the-art AEO programme of …
Going to a conference like this one, is for me like coming home. It is like a family party. When you have worked for 32 years in the area of Customs, Government and international trade – the you know almost everybody. Here I am with the Commissioner of Uganda Customs, Dicksons Kateshumbwa and Professor …
The 3rd World Customs Organization Global AEO Conference in Cancun, Mexico has started. More than 1000 delgates from all around the world are gathered to discuss the future of the international standards and implementation of the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) concept. It is amazing to be here with all colleagues talking about AEO, especially …
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We are in Cancun, Mexico, to discuss the future of compliance management. KGH is global market leader on AEO and MRA models. It is natural for us to participate in the 3rd WCO Global AEO Conference. This is our new material on AEO. We have worked with more than forty countries on AEO and …
I have now had my new blog ‘CapacityNow’ published ten days. My old blog, ‘Nothing is impossible’ lived for eleven years and had more than 14.000 visitors/month at the end of the journey. So after a six months break to re-think my platform, I didn’t know how fast the new blog would regain its …
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