The following is excerpted from a 13 March 2013 news item by the World Customs Organization.
A record-breaking number of 260 high-level participants from more than 80 WCO member administrations and more than 20 stakeholder organizations met at the 4th Capacity Building Committee session held in Brussels from 25 to 27 February 2013. The Secretary General of the WCO, Mr Kunio Mikuriya, opened the meeting by describing how capacity building fitted into the overall strategic approach of the WCO. He re-emphasized that capacity building was one of the key building blocks and foundations of the WCO. He encouraged the CBC to continue to guide the Secretariat, including by contributing to the Organizational Development Package (ODP) and ongoing Capacity Building delivery. The Director of the Capacity Building Directorate, Mr. Erich Kieck, explained that the ODP outlined the WCO’s basic approach towards organizational development and provided a simple and accessible overview of the texts, tools and instruments that related to this topic.
This item is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wcoomd.org/en/media/newsroom/2013/march/4th-session-of-the-capacity-building-committee.aspx