WCO Trends and Patterns Report – a Capacity Building estimate
“From words to Action to Implementation”
Issue 3 – June 2008
The WCO launched the Columbus Programme in January 2005 with the objective of the SAFE Framework of Standards implementation, supporting the WTO trade facilitation agenda, and comprehensive Customs modernization based on the seven clusters of the WCO Diagnostic Framework. The Columbus Programme consists of three phases, needs assessment, implementation, and monitoring.
This third issue of the trends and patterns report presents information on Columbus Programme capacity building activities and concrete results thus far in each of the six WCO regions.
