The document summarizes a recent international trade finance workshop held in partnership between the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the ICC Banking Commission Georgia. The event involved over 100 delegates and top speakers from 10 countries. Feedback from participants was exceptionally positive. The success of this event built upon prior successful partnerships between the EBRD and ICC Georgia for trade facilitation seminars. Moving forward, ICC Georgia aims to share their experiences partnering for professional education events with other ICC National Committees around the world to further support financial inclusion.
A transcript of the opening and closing remarks given by OECD Deputy Secretary-General Rintaro Tamaki at the High-level international conference Global and European Trends in Financial Education: New Challenges, Innovation and Measures of Success in Istanbul. Find out more at http://www.oecd.org/daf/fin/financial-education/2014-conference-global-european-trends-financial-education.htm
The inaugural print issue of Trade for Development News, the platform of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), features stories on Cambodia, Zambia, Vanuatu and more.
This report showcases the results the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) achieved in 2017 toward fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by helping the world’s poorest countries harness the power of trade to raise incomes and reduce poverty.
Customs Broker:
New Paradigm New Opportunities New League
The Convention is a great platform:
1. You get updates of the sector with insight from experts
2. The knowledge sessions give you an in depth overview of the business and will help you chart the course for future.
3. Networking opportunities in a structured format and Trade Fair are part of the convention
4. While we take our business sessions seriously, for the family, the accompanying person programmes and traditional hospitality means ... great Entertainment, Fine Spirits and multi cuisine meals with live counters. Even for breakfast you’ll relish one of the largest spread. As most of us are families in business, we’ll have session for entire family on topics related to wealth management and family business issues.
‘Customs Broker: New Paradigm, New Opportunities, New League’ is the convention theme this time. The theme is both topical and apt for the phase we’re passing through as an industry. The business sessions will help you to help yourselves, unfold the emerging situation, get multiple perspectives with insight into global practices and will help you chart the way forward.
One of the great paradoxes of life is that, though we as humans generally like stability and resist change, it is only through change and adversity that we can grow and progress. In a day and age when change is completely pervasive in life, the current norm will likely be obsolete in just a few years—sooner, in many cases. The new Avatar of the ‘Customs House Agent’ as ‘Customs Broker’ will not be namesake. As much as Change is inevitable, each Change brings New Opportunities, and the Customs Brokers will need to look for New Horizons. Historically, the Customs Brokers have been adaptive species with an aptitude for attitudinal change and courage to face the reality. They have equipped themselves with the capabilities including professional infrastructure of well-trained and professional staff.
It is time ripe for each Customs Broker to ‘Create History’, and thus the theme - Customs Broker: New Paradigm, New Opportunities, New League.
The ‘Customs Broker’, aka ‘Custom House Agent’ has always been an important catalyst, playing a crucial role in facilitating trade around the World. Vast expansion in International Trade owes much to a revolution in transport sector and communications sector; equally, it owes to the international trade related professions, particularly those that facilitated the regulatory compliance as a bridge between the Customer and the Authorities. The Customs Broker has played a pivotal role, offering not just service of customs clearance, but in addition meeting every conceivable need of the customer by providing a wide array of complete logistics solutions packaged with other value- enhancing services and by assisting customers in duty drawback, trade and tariff matters, and further bringing about substantial synergies.
A transcript of the opening and closing remarks given by OECD Deputy Secretary-General Rintaro Tamaki at the High-level international conference Global and European Trends in Financial Education: New Challenges, Innovation and Measures of Success in Istanbul. Find out more at http://www.oecd.org/daf/fin/financial-education/2014-conference-global-european-trends-financial-education.htm
The inaugural print issue of Trade for Development News, the platform of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), features stories on Cambodia, Zambia, Vanuatu and more.
This report showcases the results the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) achieved in 2017 toward fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by helping the world’s poorest countries harness the power of trade to raise incomes and reduce poverty.
Customs Broker:
New Paradigm New Opportunities New League
The Convention is a great platform:
1. You get updates of the sector with insight from experts
2. The knowledge sessions give you an in depth overview of the business and will help you chart the course for future.
3. Networking opportunities in a structured format and Trade Fair are part of the convention
4. While we take our business sessions seriously, for the family, the accompanying person programmes and traditional hospitality means ... great Entertainment, Fine Spirits and multi cuisine meals with live counters. Even for breakfast you’ll relish one of the largest spread. As most of us are families in business, we’ll have session for entire family on topics related to wealth management and family business issues.
‘Customs Broker: New Paradigm, New Opportunities, New League’ is the convention theme this time. The theme is both topical and apt for the phase we’re passing through as an industry. The business sessions will help you to help yourselves, unfold the emerging situation, get multiple perspectives with insight into global practices and will help you chart the way forward.
One of the great paradoxes of life is that, though we as humans generally like stability and resist change, it is only through change and adversity that we can grow and progress. In a day and age when change is completely pervasive in life, the current norm will likely be obsolete in just a few years—sooner, in many cases. The new Avatar of the ‘Customs House Agent’ as ‘Customs Broker’ will not be namesake. As much as Change is inevitable, each Change brings New Opportunities, and the Customs Brokers will need to look for New Horizons. Historically, the Customs Brokers have been adaptive species with an aptitude for attitudinal change and courage to face the reality. They have equipped themselves with the capabilities including professional infrastructure of well-trained and professional staff.
It is time ripe for each Customs Broker to ‘Create History’, and thus the theme - Customs Broker: New Paradigm, New Opportunities, New League.
The ‘Customs Broker’, aka ‘Custom House Agent’ has always been an important catalyst, playing a crucial role in facilitating trade around the World. Vast expansion in International Trade owes much to a revolution in transport sector and communications sector; equally, it owes to the international trade related professions, particularly those that facilitated the regulatory compliance as a bridge between the Customer and the Authorities. The Customs Broker has played a pivotal role, offering not just service of customs clearance, but in addition meeting every conceivable need of the customer by providing a wide array of complete logistics solutions packaged with other value- enhancing services and by assisting customers in duty drawback, trade and tariff matters, and further bringing about substantial synergies.
From Export Promotion to Internationalization - The role of trade promotion o...Ira Kristina Lumban Tobing
Trade, investment and development practices are featured in this report of the 2014 TPO Network World Conference and Awards. Aligning trade and investment promotion to optimize opportunities for SMEs is a major focus of national trade support institutions, as mergers of the two functions have skyrocketed since 2000.
Other trends explored among the participating national trade support institution leaders included trade facilitation, diversification towards emerging markets, bringing SMEs from least developed countries into value chains, empowering women in trade, branding and IT innovations to serve business clients.
From Export Promotion to Internationalization - The role of trade promotion o...Ira Kristina Lumban Tobing
Trade, investment and development practices are featured in this report of the 2014 TPO Network World Conference and Awards. Aligning trade and investment promotion to optimize opportunities for SMEs is a major focus of national trade support institutions, as mergers of the two functions have skyrocketed since 2000.
Other trends explored among the participating national trade support institution leaders included trade facilitation, diversification towards emerging markets, bringing SMEs from least developed countries into value chains, empowering women in trade, branding and IT innovations to serve business clients.
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NEWSLETTER
EDITION XXXIII, November 2015
Trade Facilitation through Partnership
The recent International Trade Finance Workshop “Foundations of International Trade & Finance” was a
perfect example of the power of partnership.
The event which took place at the Holiday Inn on 5th and 6th November 2015 involved an enormous amount
of planning and coordination to ensure the hugely successful outcome.
This ‘Foundation’ training, like any other foundation needs to be built on solid ground. This solid ground
evolved from the earlier successful international trade finance seminar, which was also held in partnership
with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Tbilisi on 12 May, 2015. The event,
held during the occasion of the EBRD Annual Forum 2015, involved top level speakers from 10 countries
and more than 100 delegates.
Given the successful partnership experiences between the EBRD and ICC Banking Commission Georgia, we
were encouraged to
build upon and further
expand this trade fa-
cilitation partnership.
The EBRD Trade Facil-
itation Program team
working with the IFS
University developed
a highly engaging and
interactive workshop
which followed the
content and structure
of the textbook lead-
ing to the Certificate
in International Trade
and Finance (CITF®).
This book was also
kindly provided by
the IFS University and
greatly appreciated
by the participants. In
fact, one participant
commented that ‘after
2 days of intensive, engaging but enjoyable training the subject matter of the book no longer appeared
complicated and learning the vocabulary of international trade finance made comprehension of the ma-
terial easy to master’.
The recent event not only delivered high quality trade finance operational training but also provided a gate-
way opportunity for participants to achieve an internationally recognized qualification from IFS University
in London. At ICC Georgia we encourage the participants to take this important opportunity.
Feedback from participants was exceptionally positive and we must remember that this event would not
have happened without the kind support of the European Union through the EC NIF Framework for Ca-
pacity Building to Support Financial Intermediaries Funds in Azerbaijan and Georgia. The partnership was
complete with Tbilisi Municipality City Hall hosting, which facilitated implementation and media coverage
of the event.
As Chairman of ICC Banking Commission Georgia, I am proud of the team I work with at ICC Georgia and
energized to see that ICC Banking Commission Georgia is taking a pro-active role in facilitating trade during
these currently challenging times. It was quite a pleasant surprise when the EBRD presented an award of
appreciation at the end of the event and it was a great honour for me to accept the award on behalf of the
ICC Banking Commission Georgia and the ICC Georgia team.
The next step to be taken is to pass on to other ICC National Committees in the region and globally what
we have learnt from these experiences, as the best way to support professional education and advance
the development of financial inclusion is to build on the successes and share these experiences.
Mr. Ilia Gogichaishvili
Chairman, ICC Georgia Banking Commission
Mr. Marco Nindl, Principle Banker at the EBRD presenting an award of appreciation
to Mr. Ilia Gogichaishvili, Chairman of ICC Georgia Banking Commission