| 10/07/2017 | |||
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Registration | ||
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Opening Ceremony Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization | ||
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Keynote Speeches Mr. Felix C. Mutati, Honourable Minister of Finance, Zambia Ms. Fekitamoeloa 'Utoikamanu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of UN-OHRLLS Mr. Kenichi Tomiyoshi, Senior Vice-President of JICA Mr. Andrey Vasilyev, Deputy Executive Secretary For UNECE Mr. Wencai Zhang, Vice-President of the ADB | ||
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Launch of the WCO Transit Guidelines and photo session | ||
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee Break and (Press conference in another room) | ||
| 11:15 - 13:00 | Europe and Asia – transit bridges two regions Mr. Mukai Kadyrkulov, Minister in Charge of Customs Cooperation of the Eurasian Economic Commission Ms. Bettina Vogl-Lang, Vice-Chair for the Europe Region and Deputy Director General, Austrian Tax and Customs Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization Ms. Susanne Aigner, Head of Unit A2, DG Taxation and Customs Union, EC Mr. Hua Dong Li, Director, China Customs Mr. Sergey Sokolov, Adviser of the Customs Legislation and Law Enforcement Practice Department, the EEC Mr. André Sceia, Information Systems Officer, TIR secretariat, UNECE | ||
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Side Event of UNECE/IRU on TIR Convention | ||
| 15:00 - 16:30 | Transit changes Africa – transit initiatives in Africa Mr. Ernani Checcucci, Director of the Capacity Building Directorate, World Customs Organization (WCO) Mr. Felix C. Mutati, Honourable Minister of Finance, Zambia Ms. Bokang R. Mokati-Sunkutu, Senior Trade Facilitation Officer, African Development Bank Ms. Catherine Muhanguzi, Transit Monitoring Unit, Customs Department, Uganda Revenue Authority Mr. Felix Kwame Kwakye, Principal Programme Officer for Customs Procedures, ECOWAS Mr. Ousman Sanogo, Côte d’Ivoire | ||
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Landlocked to land-linked – voices of LLDCs and transit countries Ms. Gladys Mutangadura, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, UN-OHRLLS Ms. Nkanga Shimwandwe, Acting Commissioner for Customs, Zambia Revenue Authority Mr. Gosman Amrin, Deputy Chairman of State Revenue Committee of Kazakhstan Mr. Nelson Valiente, National Director, Paraguay Customs Mr. Sompasong Amphaengphai, Deputy Director of Customs Procedures and Formalities, Lao People’s Democratic Republic Mr. Samson Uridia, Head of International Relations Department, Georgia Revenue Service | ||
| 18:30 - 19:00 | Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the World Customs Organization and the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) | ||
| 18:30 - 20:00 | Reception | ||
| 11/07/2017 | |||
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Challenges and solutions for efficient transit Ms. Ana Hinojosa, Director of the Compliance and Facilitation Directorate Ms. Didem Dirlik Songür, Head of Department for Multilateral Relations, Ministry of Customs and Trade of Republic of Turkey Mr. Daniel Broekhuizen, Director, Accounting, Treasury and Tax, Toyota Motor Europe Mr. Takeshi KOZU, Project Formulation Advisor for Transport, JICA South Africa Office Mr. Umberto de Pretto, the Secretary General of IRU Mr. François Davenne, Secretary General, OTIF | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Enabling transit facilitation – support from partners Ms. Mariya Sossedenko, Project Manager on Transit Guidelines, World Customs Organization Mr. Raul Torres, Counselor Development Division, WTO Mr. Erich Kieck, Senior Specialist, World Bank Mr. Poul Hansen, Officer in Charge Trade Facilitation section, UNCTAD Ms. Dinara Dairabayeva, Advisor of the Trade Facilitation in Central Asia (TFCA) Program, German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) Ms. Brenda Mundia, Capacity Building Directorate, World Customs Organization Ms. Ai Wakamiya, Assistant Director, Planning and TICAD Process Division, Africa Department,, Japan International Cooperation Agency | ||
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Lunch break | ||
| 13:10 - 14:45 | Side event of the UN-OHRLLS at the Progress Hotel | ||
| 15:00 - 16:30 | Very technical but significantly important – Transit Guidelines Mr. Toshihiko Osawa, Technical Officer,Compliance and Facilitation Directorate, World Customs Organization Mr. Farid Valiyev, WCO Technical operational advisor on transit, Azerbaijan Mr. Hugo Mayer, WCO Technical operational advisor on transit, Austria Mr. Fredrick Mpeusa, WCO Technical operational advisor on transit, Malawi Ms. Mercedes Gomez Chavez, WCO Technical operational advisor on transit, Peru | ||
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Closing ceremony Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization | ||
