The Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council

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• The Caribbean Customs
  Law Enforcement
  Council
• CCLEC/ CDI/ CCALA

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Overview

• Our history
• Membership
• Mission and objectives
• Structure
• Achievements
• Strategic priorities 2009-2012
• Capacity Building
• Support Regional Efforts towards trade
  Facilitation
• __________________________________

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A short History

• Established in the early 1970s.
• MOU signed in 1989 by 22 countries
• Today has 38 members
• Anguilla, Antigua Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas,
  Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin
  Islands, Cayman Islands, Canada, Colombia, Costa
  Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, France,
  Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,
  Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama,
  St. Kitts Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent The
  Grenadines, Spain, Suriname, The Netherlands,
  Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad Tobago, Turks
  Caicos, UK, USA and Venezuela. ___________________
  __________________

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Mission

• To upgrade the effectiveness and efficiency of
  its member Customs administrations in pursuing
  their mandates, through cooperation, sharing of
  best practices, human resource development,
  modernization, automation, harmonization of
  processes and procedures and information/intellige
  nce sharing

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Objectives

• Promote capacity building initiatives including
  human resource management and development
  programmes
• Develop and encourage the implementation of
  measures to enhance border security, inter-agency
  cooperation and information sharing
• Support regional efforts towards trade
  facilitation and
• Institute measures to promote integrity

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Structure

• The Council- all member states
• The Executive Committee (EXCO) Present members
  are Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, BVI,
  Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, France,
  Netherlands, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad
  Tobago, UK, USA.
• The Permanent Secretariat, based in Castries, St.
  Lucia.
• The CCLEC/WCO Joint Intelligence Office, based in
  Castries, St Lucia _______________________________
  ____

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Achievements

• Created a WCO/CCLEC Joint Intelligence Office to
  support the Customs Enforcement Network (CEN).
• Developed several Training Modules
• Established a Regional Vessel tracking System
• Provide training in law enforcement and trade
  facilitation, valuation etc.
• Played a formative role in Customs Reform and
  Modernization (CRM) programs in the region
• Established links with several regional and
  international organizations
• __________________________________

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Strategic Priorities 2009-2012

• Develop Accredited Management Training Initiative
• Encourage regional administrations to use the
  Customs Capacity Building Diagnostic Framework to
  identify key developmental needs
• AEO/TRADE FACILITATION
• Promote inter-agency cooperation

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Capacity Building

• Coordinate organisational reforms for non-WCO
  members utilizing the WCO SAFE FRAMEWORK of
  Standard
• Build Leadership and Managerial Capacity through
  the CCLEC accredited management program
• Update training Modules regularly

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Support Regional Efforts towards Trade
Facilitation

• Promote use of WCO SAFE Framework
• Promote Customs/private sector cooperation
• Benchmarking of customs systems and procedures
  and relationship with member administrations
• Promote and implementation of AEO
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Project objectives

• Regional review of existing Customs and trade
  facilitation systems and procedures
• Analysis of the efficiency of existing Customs
  and Trade facilitation systems and procedures
• Preparation of a comparative analysis of trade
  facilitation system against best international
  practices (SAFE framework including security)
• Feasibility of harmonization and standardization
  of systems

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• Survey on E-readiness of the stakeholders
• Recommend an unified automated system
• Recommend an appropriate information technology
  for automated Customs services and data exchange
• Recommendation on strategies that should be put
  in place to improve regions' trade facilitation
  systems
• Prepare a detailed action plan budget and
  strategy for addressing the gap in the study

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UN CEFACT
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Trade Documentation
Getting Trade Data Flows Right The First Time
Can Be AMAZING, Saving Time and Cutting Costs
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Single Window Approach
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Supply Chain Management Refers to the flow of
material and the relationships among
intermediaries from origin to consumer.
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From Traditional Single Point to End-to-End
Traditional Import Intervention
Single Point intervention by Customs at import
location.
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From Traditional Single Point to End-to-End
End-to-End Supply Chain Security Solution
Securing the entire supply chain from end-to-end
C-TPAT type measures.
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Benefits of a Secure Supply Chain

• reduced their Customs inspection
• increased the automated handling of their import
• Reduction in transit times
• improved their asset visibility in the supply
• improved on-time shipping
• reduced time taken to identify problems
• reduced theft in inventory
• reduced excess inventory and
• reduced customer attrition.
• Strengthening fiscal position of Governments
• Reallocation of resources by Customs

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eSeaClear

• Online pre-arrival notification system for yachts
• Direct crew input of data
• Expedited Customs processing
• Future Single format for Customs and Immigration
  use
• Share system with Port authority

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Cooperation

• In keeping with its strategic objectives CCLEC
  has worked closely with regional and
  international organisations including
• CARICOM, CIFAD, Commonwealth Secretariat, OECS,
  OAS
• Signed MOUs with ACCP, CICAD, INTERPOL, RSS,
  OCO, WCO

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CCLEC
CDI
CCALA