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Workshops on “Customs Collaboration to Combat the Trade in Illegal
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The peer review workshop on Customs Collaboration to Combat the Trade in Illegal Timber was held on 28-29 October 2009 in Bangkok. The objectives of the workshop were to: |
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Provide expert feedback for the policy report “Enhancing Customs Collaboration to Combat the Trade in Illegal Timber” prepared by IGES; |
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Clarify effective options to enhance collaboration between customs agencies to prevent trade from being a driver of illegal logging; and |
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Prioritize the options and identify ways forward including the most appropriate collaborative arrangements for implementing the options. |
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28-29 October 2009 |
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Bangkok, Thailand |
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Workshop Report  (382KB) |
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| Agenda |
Day1 [Wednesday, 28th October 2009 ]
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P: Framing presentation
F: Facilitator
R: Rapporteur
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| 8:30-10:00 |
Introduction |
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 Introduction to the workshop |
| Self-introduction by participants |
| The problem of illegal logging and the resultant trade (Chapter 1) |
| The changing role of Customs (Chapter 2) |
P: David Cassells, TNC & Henry Scheyvens, IGES
F: Cole Genge, TNC
R: Federico Lopez-Casero, IGES
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| 10:00-10:30 |
Tea/Coffee Break |
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| 10:30-12:00 |
Session 1:
Customs procedures for the export and import of wood products and illegalities detected(Chapter 3.1, 3.2) |
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P: Henry Scheyvens, IGES and Chen Hin Keong, TRAFFIC
F: Chen Xiaoqian, TNC
R: Cole Genge, TNC |
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| 12:00-13:00 |
Lunch Break |
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| 13:00-14:30 |
Session 2:
Types of useful customs collaboration to combat the illegal timber trade (Chapter 3.3) |
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P: Federico Lopez-Casero and Henry Scheyvens, IGES
F: Cole Genge, TNC
R: Chen Hin Keong, TRAFFIC |
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| 14:30-15:00 |
Coffee Break |
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| 15:00-16:30 |
Session 3:
Protocols for collaboration
(Presentation on TRAFFIC report)
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P: Chen Hin Keong, TRAFFIC
F: Henry Scheyvens, IGES
R: Federico Lopez-Casero, IGES |
| 16:30-17:00 |
Reflection and key points |
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F: David Cassells, TNC, Henry Scheyvens, IGES & Chen Hin Keong, TRAFFIC
R: Cole Genge, TNC |
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Day1 [Thursday, 29th October 2009 ]
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| 8:30-10:00 |
Session 4:
WCO legal instruments and tools; Regional Customs networks
(Chapter 4 and Chapter 5)
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P: Henry Scheyvens, IGES
F: Chen Hin Keong, TRAFFIC
R: Cole Genge, TNC |
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| 10:00-10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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| 10:30-12:00 |
Session 5:
Agreements related to illegal logging and the resultant trade and their provisions/implications for Customs and Customs collaboration
(Chapter 6)
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P: Federico Lopez-Casero, IGES
F: Henry Scheyvens, IGES
R: Chen Hin Keong, TRAFFIC |
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| 12:00-13:00 |
Lunch Break |
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| 13:00-14:30 |
Session 6:
Bilateral arrangements between Customs
(Chapter 7)
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P: Henry Scheyvens, IGES
F: Federico Lopez-Casero, IGES
R: Cole Genge, TNC |
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| 14:30-15:00 |
Coffee Break |
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| 15:00-16:30 |
Reflection, key points, prioritization and next steps |
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F: David Cassells, TNC, Henry Scheyvens, IGES & Chen Hin Keong, TRAFFIC
R: Federico Lopez-Casero, IGES |
| 16:30-17:00 |
Next steps |
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