IFCBA ANNUAL AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS - 30 APRIL – 1 MAY 2019

IFCBA ANNUAL AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS

THON HOTEL

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

30 APRIL – 1 MAY 2019

MEETING ROOM: OSLO I

09:30             

Call to Order/Welcome from the Chairman (Sider)

Approval of the Integrated Agenda (Sider)

Approval of the Minutes of the 2018 Annual and Board of Directors Meetings (Sider)

Report of the Secretariat (West)

a.    Membership Update

b.    Building IFCBA’s profile

-   HS Conference Sponsorship

-   IFCBA Certificate Program

-   Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF) engagement

IFCBA representation at the World Customs Organization (King, West, Sider, Muoio)

a.  PSCG report to SAFE WG

b.  PSCG paper on Tariff and Trade Affairs

c.  Compliance, Safety & Security within Free Trade Zones

Other Business

a.  Liberian organizations interested in membership

     IFCBA policy on membership applications

Member Association Roundtable (All Directors and former IFCBA Chairs)

a.  Customs broker regulation and any other topics of current interest

Upcoming meetings and conferences (All Directors)

Report of the Treasurer (Bequengue)

 a.  Consideration of 2019-20 budget

  b.  Appointment of Auditors for 2019-2020 review engagement

       Adjournment (Sider)

Notes: Presentations from WCO officials have been scheduled as follows:

April 30:    

10:00 – Liu Ping, Director of Tariff and Trade Affairs; Gael Grooby, WCO

               Conference on Revitalizing the Harmonized System

10:30 – Milena Budimirovic, TFA update on issues of relevance to customs brokers (TFA)

14:00 – Pashupati Pandey, Study on Customs Broker Regulation; eCommerce (WCO Study Report on Customs Brokers and eCommerce framework)