Sars hosted the East and Southern Africa Region workshop, under a World Customs Organisation (WCO) Security Programme, from 12 to 14 October, which was attended by 24 participants from 18 countries in the region.
This workshop follows the WCO’s security programme strategic seminar, held at the WCO’s headquarters during June 2016, and provided an update on the programme’s activities whilst encouraging an open dialogue and consultations on security-related training and capacity building needs.
The next regional security workshops are scheduled to take place in Brasilia, Brazil, for the Americas/Caribbean region, from 21 to 23 November 2016, and in Amman, Jordan, for the North of Africa, Near and Middle East region (MENA), from 09 to 11 January 2017.