Event:	2 ½ Day Training Course with visit to WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANISATION Headquarters
	Making Customs Your Free Zone Champion
	CUSTOMS PROCEDURES, NEW PROGRAMMES AND SECURITY ISSUES
Date:	Monday 5th to Wednesday 7th March 2012
Venue:	Novotel-Centre Tour Noire Hotel, Brussels, Belgium

    Why attend

    Overview of Timetable

    Outline Cource Programme

DAY ONE - Monday 5^th March 2012

Morning Session 09.30 - 13.00

    Customs Practices Today - An Overview of How Customs Interact With Zones

• Customs import and export clearance procedures
• Customs audit-based controls
• Customs goods inspections
• Customs related physical security considerations
• AEO programmes
• Customs automation

Afternoon Session 14.00 - 17.30

    Customs Practices Tomorrow - Preparing for the New Environment

• The shifts to holistic border controls and single agency border control
• Information management for traders through Trades Repositories
• Newer automated systems to simplify trade
• "Borderless customs" through data exchange of reusable data

DAY TWO- Tuesday 6^th March 2012

Morning Session 09.30 - 13.00

    Free Zone Best Practice

• Free Zones distinct from "Free Economic Zones"
• Free Zones supporting domestic markets
• Domestic or foreign labour forces for zones
• Zones in international law - when do they become "nation like"

Afternoon Session 14.00 - 17.30

    Working Towards Full Cooperation with Customs Authorities

• Using customs best practice agreements to your advantage
• The revised Kyoto Convention
• SAFE Framework
• Targeting the customs mandate in your operations
• Cost-benefit analysis from the customs perspective
• Benefits for customs that benefit you

DAY THREE- Wednesday 7^th March 2012

Morning Session 10.00 - 13.00

    Morning visit to the World Customs Organization HQ, farewell lunch and Certificate Presentation

10:00 - 10:20	Introduction to the World Customs Organization Presentation by Mr. Allen Bruford Deputy Director, Compliance and Facilitation Directorate
10:20 - 10:40	The Compliance and Facilitation Directorate Presentation by Ms. Michelle Medina         Technical Attaché, Enforcement
10:40 - 11:00	The Tariff and Trade Directorate Presentation by Mr. Craig Clark Deputy Director, Tariff & Trade Affairs
11:00 - 11:20	The Capacity Building Directorate Presentation by the CB Directorate (TBD)
11:20 - 11:40	COFFEE BREAK
11:40 - 12:10	The Revised Kyoto Convention: Guidelines to Specific Annex D Presentation by Mr. Thierry Piraux / Mr. Shingo Matsuda Technical Officers,  Compliance & Facilitation Directorate
12:10 - 12:40	Why does the WCO advocate adequate customs controls for imports, exports, transshipments and free trade zones? Presentation by Mr. Norbert Steilen Technical Attaché,  Compliance & Facilitation Directorate
12:40 - 13:00	WRAP-UP  Question & Answer Session

Time has been allowed for delegates' questions and discussion throughout the programme

   Training Course Presenter

Mr Walter Hekala − Principal Associate, Trade and Investment Unit, Nathan Associates, Inc. USA

Since leaving U.S. Customs after a successful career, Walter has supported several USAID, World Bank, Asian Development Bank and private sector projects, including field work as a portfolio, programme, or project manager.
He has also built successful public integrity (anti-corruption) programmes. He has extensive project management experience and is a certified as a Project Manager (PMP) by the Project Management Institute and Quality Auditor (CQA) by the American Society for Quality.
Walter has served as a volunteer in PMI including work a technical reviewer of the Standard for Project Risk Management and in the International Development Community of Practice.
His border management innovations include developing the first Comprehensive Integrated Tariff System (CITS), holistic border management reforms through a multi-agency Border Management Task Force (BMTF), and regulatory risk management based on measured/managed private sector self-regulation (Full Circle Due Diligence© and Four Aspects of Risk©).
Both from within the U.S. Customs and as a consultant he has supported the development and functioning of free zones including - feasibility studies for the creation of new free zones - the drafting of enabling laws and regulations - practical application of best business practice.
Walter's free zone experience includes work in the United States, multiple countries including the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East and Africa. His approach to free zone management is to demystify and simplify the free zone regime so that both business and customs work in partnership.

   Who should attend

• Free Zone Authorities and Operators (Public and Private)
• Customs Authorities
• Transnational and Domestic Companies already operating in Zones
• Single Zone Companies
• Logistic companies and freight forwarders
• IT Solutions specialists and Site Location consultants
• Development banks, agencies and donors

   Administrative Details

	Venue	Novotel Centre Tour Noire Hote Rue de la Vierge Noire 32, Brussels (Belgium)
		Tel   +32 2 62 00 428        Fax   +32 2 50 55 000
		Website   www.novotel.com/gb/hotel-2122-novotel-brussels-centre-tour-noire/index.shtml
		Email   H2122@accor.com

Delegate Fees

All fees quoted are in € and which includes the full programme as shown on the brochure with expert lecturer and consultant and Visit to the World Customs Organisation Headquarters. The fee also includes a welcome drink, coffee breaks throughout and 3 lunches as well as a Certificate of Attendance.

DISCOUNTS

Early Registration
Participants can receive a 10% discount if they register before the 20th of January 2012. Payment for Early Registration must be made within two weeks of receipt of the invoice.

A 15% discount apply to the following:

• GROUPS OF TWO OR MORE invoiced from the same organisation
• EACH DELEGATE FROM LDC STATUS COUNTRIES

Accommodation

HOTEL ROOMS

Participants may also make their own accommodation arrangements in Brussels.

Visas

Delegates who need visa support letters should register AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE to the WFZC Secretariat being sure to give their passport information on the application form as requested. Full information is available on the following website: http://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/services/travel_to_belgium/visa_for_belgium

OR email us at info@freezones.org to register or to request any additional information

Please contact us before the event if for any reason you have not received written acknowledgment of your registration, details of the venue and any requested accommodation reservations, plus your invoice

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations must be received in writing 21 days prior to the event and will be subject to a 15% cancellation fee unless a substitute delegate is nominated. If less than 21 days notice is given no refunds will be available, however substitutions will still be accepted. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the content and timing of the programme, or any other aspect of the event, when unavoidable. Our liability in the unlikely event of a cancellation will be limited to a refund of the full conference fee.

WORLD FREE ZONE CONVENTION, 35 Spring Gardens, London SW1A 2BA, U.K.
Tel    +44 207 839 1334           Fax    +44 870 131 9578           Email    info@freezones.org