Event Details |
PICARD 2011 |
September 14 - September 16, 2011 |
United Nations |
Conference Room XIX |
Palais des Nations, Building E ("New Building"/"nouveau bâtiment") |
Geneva |
Event Description |
The 6th annual PICARD (Partnership In Customs Academic Research and Development) Conference will take place September 14 - 16, 2011 at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. A key aim of the annual PICARD Conferences, held since 2006, is to promote high level exchanges on Customs education and professionalism and to encourage more academic research into topics relevant to Customs.
Cross-border Research Association, CBRA, is organizing the conference jointly with the World Customs Organization, WCO, the International Network of Customs Universities, INCU and The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, UNECE. Key players include: State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, SECO; Federal Customs Administration, Switzerland; The International Network of Customs Universities, HEC University of Lausanne; EPFL Chair MIR; and Cotecna Inspection.
Participant Profile – Who Should Attend? |
Participation is open to all interested parties. Participants expected to attend include:
- Senior Customs executives responsible for human resource development, integrity, and Customs reform, modernization and other policy issues;
- Universities and research institutions with an interest in trade or Customs-related research and education;
- Trade executives and service providers;
- Representatives of international organizations.
Contact |
About PICARD |
The WCO PICARD programme was launched in 2006 to provide a framework for cooperation between Customs and the academic world. In parallel, through PICARD, academic institutions have created the INCU and a rich vein of research in the field of Customs, generated through its flagship publication - the World Customs Journal. Working together, the WCO and INCU have progressed a range of initiatives in the areas of educational programmes, strategic management development, professional standards, and academic research and development.
In relation to standards, the WCO in partnership with the INCU has developed a set of Professional Standards necessary for operational and strategic Customs managers to meet the requirements of the new strategic environment. In addition, the WCO has established a process of assessing university curricula against the Standards.
- encourage Academic Institutions and Customs Administrations to increase their co-operation in the field of Customs education and research in order to raise the academic standing of the Customs profession
- support initiatives related to this collaboration by promoting the development of Customs-specific educational products and research activities, including the identification of research funding opportunities.