On 26 January 2010 the Secretary-General of the World Customs Organization, Mr Kunio Mikuriya, together with a large cross-section of the customs community, celebrated International Customs Day at WCO headquarters in Brussels. During an historic ceremony, Mr Mikuriya awarded Certificates of Recognition to three universities whose academic programs comply fully with the WCO international standards for the Customs profession. This is the first time that such recognition has been given to any educational institution by the WCO.
Of the nine academic programs that were recognised, six have been developed by the Centre for Customs and Excise Studies at the University of Canberra (CCES). The CEO of CCES, Professor David Widdowson is the President of the International Network of Customs Universities and a leading member of the WCO PICARD (Partnership in Academic Research and Development) Advisory Group. He has been working closely with the WCO for the past five years to raise the academic standing of the Customs profession, and the Certificate of Recognition is a clear endorsement of his team’s commitment to this objective, and to the quality of the customs-specific programs offered by CCES.
World Customs Organisation recognises CCES courses
On 26 January 2010 the Secretary-General of the World Customs Organization, Mr Kunio Mikuriya, together with a large cross-section of the customs community, celebrated International Customs Day at WCO headquarters in Brussels. During an historic ceremony, Mr Mikuriya awarded Certificates of Recognition to three universities whose academic programs comply fully with the WCO international standards for the Customs profession. This is the first time that such recognition has been given to any educational institution by the WCO.
Of the nine academic programs that were recognised, six have been developed by the Centre for Customs and Excise Studies at the University of Canberra (CCES). The CEO of CCES, Professor David Widdowson is the President of the International Network of Customs Universities and a leading member of the WCO PICARD (Partnership in Academic Research and Development) Advisory Group. He has been working closely with the WCO for the past five years to raise the academic standing of the Customs profession, and the Certificate of Recognition is a clear endorsement of his team’s commitment to this objective, and to the quality of the customs-specific programs offered by CCES.