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1/2/2008
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GEORGIA - ASYCUDA Risk Management System operational nationwide
The ASYCUDA Risk Management System is operational now in the remaining Western region of Georgia, in the following customs offices: Adlia, Batumi Port, Poti Port and Kutaisi Service Center.
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12/12/2007
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AFGHANISTAN - ASYCUDA Transit System operational on the 4th transit axis.
The ASYCUDA Transit System is implemented and fully operational on the transit axis Torghondi (border with Turkmenistan) - Herat - Kabul.
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24/10/2007
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GEORGIA - ASYCUDAWorld Transit System operational at national level
The ASYCUDAWorld Transit System is operational at national level in the Ministry of Finance/Revenue Service (SRS) headquarters and 32 Customs Offices (border and inland). More than 700 Customs officers have been previously trained by the SRS ASYCUDAWorld Project Team in the operation of the system.
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11/7/2007
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GEORGIA - 1st ASYCUDAWorld Pilot Site operational
The ASYCUDAWorld is fully operational in the Tbilisi/Vehicle Clearance Customs Office, the first pilot site in Georgia.
The inauguration of this pilot site was followed by a High-level Coordination Meeting UNCTAD - State Revenue Service to agree on the planning of the national roll-out of the system.
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21/5/2007
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AFGHANISTAN - ASYCUDA Transit System operational on the 3rd transit axis. The ASYCUDA Transit System is implemented and fully operational on the transit axis N-S, i.e. Heiratan (border with Uzbekistan) - Mazar-e-Sharif - Kabul.
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14/5/2007
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MOLDOVA – Signature of MOU concerning the development of the Moldavian Integrated Customs Information System (ICIS)
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9/5/2007
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Zimbabwe becomes the first COMESA country to adopt the AsycudaWorld system.
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1/4/2007
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Newsletter Issue 2 - COMESA ASYCUDA++ Regional Project
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24/3/2007
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AFGHANISTAN - ASYCUDA++ DPS live in Kabul Customs House.
The ASYCUDA++ DPS (Declaration Processing System) is being piloted in the Kabul Customs House for both import and export operations.
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10/2/2007
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MOLDOVA - ASYCUDAWorld historised version
The latest version of ASYCUDAWorld - historised version - was implemented at national level. Moldova is the first ASYCUDA-user country in which this version is implemented in the customs operational environment.
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18/1/2007
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GEORGIA - ASYCUDAWorld project financed by the Government
The Agreement for the implementation of ASYCUDAWorld in Georgia was signed by the Government/Ministry of Finance and UNCTAD.
The first ASYCUDAWorld training activities (technology, technical and functional) will start mid February 2007.
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25/12/2006
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LATVIA - ASYCUDA++ Ver 1.19 (new EU SAD) operational nationwide
The ASYCUDA++ Ver 1.19 is fully operational in the State Revenue Service. This version is comaptible with the Commission Regulation (EC) No 2286/2003 [amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code].
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18/11/2006
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AFGHANISTAN - ASYCUDA Transit fully operational on the 2nd transit axis: Islam Qala (border with Iran) - Herat - Kabul.
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19/10/2006
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Global ASYCUDA user meeting - Geneva, 19 October 2006
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10/10/2006 - 11/10/2006
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Cambodia - ASYCUDA project mobilisation seminar
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1/10/2006
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Establishment of SEATAC (Southern & Eastern African Technical ASYCUDA Centre).
Funded by the Government of Norway (USD800,000), SEATAC will provide support to the following ASYCUDA-user countries: Botswana, Burundi, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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11/9/2006 - 15/9/2006
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MOLDOVA - High-level ASYCUDAWorld Coordination Meeting, with the participation of Ms F. Furculita, Director General of the Moldovan Customs Service.
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4/9/2006 - 8/9/2006
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AFGHANISTAN - High-level ASYCUDA Coordination Meeting, with the participation of Mr A. Jalil, Director General of the Afghan Customs Department.
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15/8/2006
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EU/COMESA - Official launching of a 3-year EU funded COMESA project targeting the installation of ASYCUDA in five (5) additional countries: Eritrea, Swaziland, DR Congo, Comoros and Seychelles.
This 3 million Euros project will also improve the exchange of transit data between borders through web services.
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11/7/2006
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AFGHANISTAN - Official inauguration of Torkham Customs Office (border with Pakistan)
Mr. A. Ahadi, Minister of Finance, has participated in the official ceremony of the inauguration of the new Customs building and of the finalisation of the implementation of the ASYCUDA Transit System in the 1st transit axis: Torkham - Jalalabad - Kabul.
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27/4/2006
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MOLDOVA - Mr Nicolae Vilcu, Director General of the Customs Department, passed away on 27 April 2006
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6/4/2006 - 8/4/2006
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ASYCUDA is featured at WCO ICT conference in Bengalore
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13/2/2006 - 17/2/2006
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The ASYCUDA Regional for Asia & Pacific hosts a technical training and presentation of ASYCUDA World for delegates from the National Board of Revenue.
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14/2/2006
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Cambodia : Trade Facilitation and the Single Administrative Document - Consensus Building workshop. Government speakers : HE. Keat Chhon, Senior Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, HE. Pen Siman, Government Delegate in Charge of CED; Resource persons included experts from AusAID, World Bank and UNCTAD through its ASYCUDA Regional Office for Asia and Pacific.
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16/1/2006 - 20/1/2006
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ASYCUDA++ Technical training conducted for Bangladesh Customs in the ASYCUDA regional Office for Asia & Pacific.
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30/11/2005 - 2/12/2005
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Review of the Asycuda Support Mechanism for the Pacific (ASMP) in 2005. Participating countries recognise the merit and benefits of the support provided under this arrangement with UNCTAD, and decide to extend it into 2006. The support workplan for 2006 is adopted.
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2/12/2005
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EUROPEAN REGION - New ASYCUDA++ EU Version
A new ASYCUDA++ EU version (1.19) is available to the ASYCUDA-user countries in the region. This version is compatible with the changes brought by the Commission Regulation (EC) No 2286/2003 [amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code].
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7/11/2005 - 10/11/2005
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MOLDOVA - High-level Co-ordination Meeting in UNCTAD, Geneva
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31/10/2005
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MOLDOVA - ASYCUDAWorld presentation to the President of the Republic of Moldova
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27/10/2005
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NEW CALEDONIA - Official launch of ASYCUDA system
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16/9/2005
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MOLDOVA – Official launch of ASYCUDAWorld
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23/6/2005 - 24/6/2005
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IVORY COAST - ASYCUDA Mobilisation Seminar in Abidjan
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15/5/2005
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ASYCUDA at WCO IT conference in Istanbul, Turkey
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9/5/2005
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ALBANIA - ASYCUDA Steering Committee Meeting
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15/3/2005
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COMESA - Official launching of the three month ASYCUDA training program at the COMESA Secretariat, Lusaka, host of the Regional Center for COMESA ASYCUDA countries (see more info for planned training activities)
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21/2/2005
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IVORY COAST - ASYCUDAWorld in Ivory Coast
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14/5/2005 - 18/2/2005
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FIJI Islands, SAMOA, VANUATU: ASYCUDA Version Upgrade Training held at ASMP Office, Suva, Fiji Islands by Ms. Sushumna KUMAR, UNCTAD-ASMP Coordinator , for Mr. Sailesh GOUNDAR and Mr. Aporosa VONUQAQA from Fiji Islands Revenue & Customs Authority; Mr. Tivani AFOA and Rodney YEUN from Samoa Ministry for Revenue and Mr. Ernest KALTAVARA and Mr. David OTTO from the department of Vanuatu Customs, Excise and Inland Revenue.
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1/2/2005
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ASYCUDAWorld in Syria
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3/1/2005
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ASYCUDA is live in New Caledonia
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10/12/2004
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WESTERN AFRICA - Opening of the ASYCUDA Regional Center for Western Africa in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
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22/11/2004 - 24/11/2004
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Review of the Asycuda Support Mechanism for the Pacific (ASMP) in 2004. Participating countries recognise the merit and benefits of the concept and decide to extend it into 2005. The support workplan for 2005 is adopted.
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1/11/2004
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RWANDA - Rwanda goes live with ASYCUDA++ at Gikondo office, Kanombe airport and HQ
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22/10/2004
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AFGHANISTAN - A new ASYCUDA++ project
A new project was signed between UNOPS and UNCTAD - "Emergency Customs Modernisation and Trade Facilitation Project". A major component of this project is the implementation of ASYCUDA++.
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10/10/2004 - 15/10/2004
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FIJI Islands, SAMOA, VANUATU: ASYCUDA Server Maintenance Training held at ASMP Office, Suva, Fiji Islands by Mr. Ravindra Abheysinghe, UNCTAD Technical Consultant from Sri Lanka , for Mr. Praneel BHAN, Mr. Sachin JOGIA, Mr. Aporosa VONUQAQA, Ms. Neetu NARAYAN, Ms. Ranjini GOUNDAR, and Ms Litila UMU from Fiji Islands Revenue & Customs Authority; Mr. Toetu BROWN from Samoa Ministry for Revenue and Mr. Ernest KALTAVARA and Mr. Stanley STRIEF from the department of Vanuatu Customs, Excise and Inland Revenue.
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1/10/2004 - 1/10/2004
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YEMEN - ASYCUDA live in Aden Sea Port and in Aden Airport
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15/9/2004
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ETHIOPIA - The Customs office of Bole International Airport goes live with ASYCUDA++, 100% DTI and Selectivity
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1/9/2004
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The Customs Office of Khartoum International Airport goes live on Asycuda++ with Selectivity and full Manifest management
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2/8/2004 - 4/8/2004
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COMESA - ASYCUDA User Group Meeting in Madagascar attended by the UNCTAD Regional Coordinator
Topics include: ASYCUDA support Center in Lusaka, ICT project for the migration of 5 COMESA countries, Transit on Northern Corridor
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21/7/2004
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TANZANIA - Official start of ASYCUDA++ migration project
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10/7/2004 - 11/7/2004
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IRAN - First International Conference on Customs and Information Technology
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21/6/2004 - 25/6/2004
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SEYCHELLES - Technical feasibility study in view of a future ASYCUDA implementation
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14/6/2004 - 18/6/2004
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ASYCUDA World at UNCTAD XI
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16/6/2004
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ALBANIA - 3rd ASYCUDA Steering Committee Meeting
The third ASYCUDA Steering Committee Meeting took place in Durres Port, in the presence of Mr A. Malaj - Minister of Finance, Mr S. Idrizi - Customs Director General, UNCTAD, European Commission / EC Delegation and CAM-A, the World Bank / TTFSE Project Manager.
The meeting approved the completion of the Pilot Phase of the ASYCUDA Project and the start of the Roll-out Phase.
The achievements of the Pilot Phase have been recently appreciated by Mr J-P Olters - IMF Resident Representative and the IMF evaluation mission.
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4/5/2004 - 7/5/2004
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Live presentation of ASYCUDAWorld system
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15/3/2004 - 16/3/2004
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MOLDOVA - Effective start of the ASYCUDAWorld project
The Moldovan Department of Customs - Mr N.Vilcu, Director General and National Coordinator of the World Bank TTFSE Project, and Mr G. Varanita, Head of Customs Computing Centre and ASYCUDA Project Manager - and UNCTAD have met in Chisinau and agreed on the detailed planning of the first stage ASYCUDAWorld activities, to start within 3 weeks.
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10/3/2004 - 12/3/2004
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2004 WCO IT Conference Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur
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23/2/2004 - 27/2/2004
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FIJI ISLANDS, SAMOA, VANUATU: Review of Process and Procedure Workshop held at ASMP Office, Suva Fiji Islands by Mr. Bruno FAVARO, UNCTAD Development Team in Geneva for Mr. Ramesh JATTAN, Ms. Maraia TURAGAKULA from Fiji Islands Customs Service; Mr. David OTTO and Mr. Nicholas GODDEN from the Department of Vanuatu Customs; Mr. Iosefa KALOLO and Mr. Lafoia Ah CHING from the Department of Samoa Customs.
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9/2/2004
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SLOVAKIA - Agreement between Slovak Customs and UNCTAD
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15/12/2003
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ASYCUDA Regional Centre for the Americas: Inauguration
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24/11/2003 - 26/11/2003
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Review of the Asycuda Support Mechanism for the Pacific (ASMP) in 2003. Participating countries recognise the merit and benefits of the concept and decide to extend it into 2004.
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3/11/2003 - 5/11/2003
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Fifth Southeast Europe Economic Forum, Sofia - 'Roundtable on Border Crossing problems' - Keynote address from Fabrice Millet, ASYCUDA programme coordinator
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29/10/2003
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UNDP and the Government of Yemen approved a project on the Implementation of the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) Phase II in Yemen
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13/10/2003 - 24/10/2003
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FIJI Islands, SAMOA, VANUATU: ASYCUDA Database Structure Training held at ASMP Office, Suva Fiji Islands by Ms. Sina LAUMEA Computer System Manager from Samoa Ministry for Revenue, for Mr. Anare FILIPE and Mr. Ramesh JATTAN from Fiji Islands Customs Service; Mr. Tivani AFOA and Mr. Toetu BROWN from Samoa Ministry for Revenue and Mr. Ernest KALTAVARA and Mr. David OTTO from the department of Vanuatu Customs, Excise and Inland Revenue.
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20/10/2003
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Sudan Customs embarks on migration to ASYCUDA++
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8/10/2003 - 8/10/2003
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WCO Information Technology Conference : “Information Technology for Customs in Africa, catalyst for development?”, Johannesburg, South Africa. Presentation from Fabrice Millet, ASYCUDA programme coordinator and Presentation from Iran Customs
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2/10/2003 - 3/10/2003
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The Mobilisation Seminar marks the official launch of the ASYCUDA project in New Caledonia.
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1/10/2003
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The Government of Ethiopia, UNDP Addis Ababa and UNCTAD are officially starting the migration activities to ASYCUDA++
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3/9/2003
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Official launch of ASYCUDA++ local DTI at Chittagong.
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1/9/2003
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Fiji ISLANDS, SAMOA, VANUATU: Development platform training held at ASMP Office, Suva Fiji Islands by Mr. Alioune CISS, UNCTAD Development Team in Geneva for Mr. Mohamed SHARIF, Mr. Jaynesh DAMODAR, Mr. Vijendra SHRAM from Fiji Islands Customs Service; Ms Sina LAUMEA from Department of Samoa Customs and Mr. John Graham JACK from the department of Vanuatu Customs
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1/9/2003 - 1/9/2003
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Successful implementation by Fiji Customs of the Manifest modules (MOTRB and MODCAR) in Lautoka from the 1st September 2003.
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11/7/2003 - 8/8/2003
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ASYCUDA++ Technical and Functional Training for New Caledonia Customs, in Kuala Lumpur
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1/8/2003
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Namibia goes live with ASYCUDA++ in the regional office of Windhoek (WREG)
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28/7/2003
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ASYCUDA++ and EU TARIC
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14/7/2003 - 19/7/2003
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ALBANIA - ASYCUDA Functional Training session organised for 12 experts from the Albanian Customs Administration. The event was held in the UNCTAD training facilities in Geneva and was funded by the World Bank TTFSE project (Trade and Transport Facilitation in Southeast Europe).
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17/7/2003 - 18/7/2003
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ROMANIA - Official visit of the Romanian Customs Administration to UNCTAD; Signature of the Memorandum of Understanding between UNCTAD and the Romanian Customs concerning the development of the Integrated Customs Information System.
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14/7/2003 - 17/7/2003
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FIDJI ISLANDS, SAMOA, VANUATU - Statistical Training held at ASMP office, Suva, Fidji Islands, for 2 participants from each of the 3 ASYCUDA Pacific user-countries: Mrs Kolora Tulu and Ms Nilam Ranjani of Fiji Islands Customs Service, Ms Semester Fa’asii and Mr. Rodney Lui Yuen of Samoa Customs Department, Mr. John Graham Jack and Mr. Fred Bollen of the Department of Vanuatu Customs & Inland Revenue.
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16/6/2003 - 4/7/2003
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HAITI - ASYCUDA++ Technical and Functional Training in Port au Prince, Haiti
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1/7/2003
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Successful implementation of the Manifest modules (MOTRB and MODCAR) in Nadi from the 1st July 2003 with ASMP and Samoa Customs support. Nadi Airport is dealing with 90% of the Air Cargo in Fiji Islands and 12 operators are providing electronic Manifest to Nadi Customs. This successful implementation should be followed by the 2 other major ports: Lautoka (Sea Cargo) on the 1st September 2003 and Suva (Sea and Air Cargo) on the 1st October 2003.
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21/6/2003 - 22/6/2003
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ESTONIA - Version upgrade, change of RDBMS and centralisation
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17/6/2003 - 17/6/2003
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ALBANIA - ASYCUDA Steering Group Meeting
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16/6/2003
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CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH - Launch of Direct Trader Input facility. Chittagong Custom House, in conjunction with the Chittagong C&F Agents Association, commenced operations of a direct trader input facility. The facility equipped, managed and staffed by the C&F Agents association will in its first phase capture Export declarations prior to submission at the Customs House. This initiative will reduce the waiting time on declaration data-entry for Agents and contribute to the implementation of a closed environment for Customs. The facility will be expanded in the coming months to cover Bond and Import declarations.
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12/6/2003
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DHAKA, BANGLADESH - ASYCUDA++ mentioned in National Budget. In the annual Budget speech, the Finance Minister of Bangladesh made specific mention to the implementation of ASYCUDA and how thus far in the project life improvements have been made to Customs operations. The Minister made specific mention of the DTI initiatives and supported further activities to increase the transparency and efficiency of Customs.
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5/5/2003 - 14/5/2003
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Migration in MALI - Technical mission and training to configure ASYCUDA++ references tables and set-up taxation rules according new procedures codes
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2/5/2003
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BOLIVIA - National Customs Department wins 2002 United Nations Public Service Award in the category of Improvement of Public Service Results. UNPAN website
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22/4/2003 - 22/4/2003
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BURKINA FASO - Official launch of Dakola (new Customs Office at Ghana' border) with ASYCUDA++ 1.17d
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14/4/2003 - 18/4/2003
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Migration in TOGO - Technical mission to configure ASYCUDA++ references tables and set-up taxation rules according new procedures codes
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31/3/2003 - 11/4/2003
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Migration in NIGER - Technical mission to configure ASYCUDA++ and launch of a test site (Niamey Rive-Droite)
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10/3/2003 - 21/3/2003
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Migration in MALI - 1st technical mission to implement ASYCUDA 1.17d
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3/2/2003 - 3/2/2003
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CAPE-VERDE goes live with ASYCUDA++ in all Customs Offices / Démarrage officiel de SYDONIA++ dans tous les bureaux de Douane du CAP-VERT
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1/2/2003 - 1/2/2003
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RWANDA - Official launch of the ASYCUDA++ migration project
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27/1/2003 - 31/1/2003
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Technical assistance mission to Gabon to assist in implementation process of ASYCUDA++.
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18/1/2003 - 19/1/2003
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FIDJI ISLANDS - Successful relocation of the entire automated Customs system into new premises by Fiji Customs and their IT Team
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1/1/2003
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Successful implementation of Excise Tax within the ASYCUDA system in Vanuatu, starting 1st January 2003.
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18/3/2002 - 20/3/2002
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ASYCUDA – Customs Processes and implementation workshop. Nadi, FIJI.
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18/3/2002
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Zambia: The new ASYCUDA++ Transit Bonds module with guarantee control is now live between Chirundu (Zimbabwe border) and Lusaka Port
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25/2/2002 - 8/3/2002
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Advanced technical training to Bolivian customs IT staff - La Paz, Bolivia.
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5/3/2002 - 7/3/2002
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Regional WCO Office, hosted by Jordanian Customs Department, organizes a Regional Seminar 5-7 March 2002: "The use of IT in Facilitating Trade Procedures and Improving the Efficiency of Customs Operation
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11/2/2002 - 4/3/2002
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ASYCUDA++ Functional Training in Kampala, Uganda
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21/2/2002
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Presentation in Estonia, Tallin of the ASYCUDA - TARIC inter-operability in cooperation with the Estonian and Swedish Customs, and in presence of EU DGTAXUD experts
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12/1/2002 - 18/1/2002
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Development platform training in Tehran, Iran
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1/1/2002
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Launch of the ASYCUDA Support Mechanism for the Pacific (ASMP)
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19/12/2001
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Latest news from Honduras
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1/12/2001 - 14/12/2001
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ASYCUDA++ Functional Training in Palestine
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10/12/2001
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Live start of ASYCUDA++ in Lusaka airport, Zambia. Direct Trader Input (DTI), Profiling and Pre-payment are among the facilities offered by Zambia Customs on launch date.
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22/11/2001
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Signing Ceremony for the ASYCUDA++ Version 3 Migration Project in Mauritania. pictures
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20/11/2001
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The three Heads of Customs administrations in Fiji,
Samoa and Vanuatu sign the join-statement for the establishment and funding
of the ASYCUDA Support Mechanism for the Pacific (ASMP)
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20/11/2001
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ASYCUDA++ supports Warehouse and Transit bonds/guarantees
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15/10/2001 - 2/11/2001
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Independent evaluation of Regional ASYCUDA project for the Pacific
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25/10/2001
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Customs administrations in francophone Africa embark with the migration to UNCTAD's ASYCUDA++ Customs Automation Software
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25/10/2001
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Mobilisation Seminar for ASYCUDA++ Migration project in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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15/10/2001 - 19/10/2001
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ASYCUDA++ Technical Training in the ASYCUDA Regional Office, KL.
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1/10/2001 - 12/10/2001
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Post-implementation review and technical feasibility study in St Lucia
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30/8/2001
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ASYCUDA Training in Suva, Fiji on ASYCUDA Database Structure.
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6/8/2001 - 24/8/2001
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ASYCUDA++ Functional Foundation Training Event - Gaborone, Botswana
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6/8/2001 - 24/8/2001
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ASYCUDA++ functional foundation training event in Botswana. pictures
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