• Agreements between Agencies
• Workplan
• Partner meetings and related documents
• Powerpoint presentations

Agreements between Agencies

Agreement between World Customs Organisation and United Nations Environment on assisting the role of customs in protecting the global environment ( - 66 KB)

World Customs Organisation's Secretary General, Mr. Michel Danet, (left) and United Nations Environment Programme's Executive Director, Dr Klaus Toepfer, exchange copies of the MOU

Meetings and Reports

GCI Partners' Meeting in 2008, Paris, France, 23 - 24 January 2008:

Download the Report ( 127 KB)

GCI Partners' Meeting in 2007, Brussels, WCO Headquarters, 1-2 March 2007:

Download the Meeting Report ( 131 KB), Annex 1 (Agenda) ( 24 KB), Annex 2 (Participants) ( 45 KB), Annex 3 (Progress Report) ( 32 KB).

GCI Partners' Meeting in 2006, Paris, 25-26 April 2006:

Download the Meeting Report: Second Partners' Meeting Green Customs Initiative, Paris, 25-26 April, 2006 ( - 242 KB)

GCI Partners' Meeting in 2005, Paris, 27 January 2005:

Download the Meeting Report: Partners' Meeting Green Customs Initiative, Paris, 27 January 2005 ( - 486 KB).

Other Meetings:

Bhutan's Green Customs Workshop, Thimphu, 29 Oct - 1 Nov 2005; workshop report available soon.

Download the Workshop Report of Tanzania's Green Customs Workshop, Arusha, 4-7 Oct 2005(

Workshop on Preventing Illegal Trade: Public-Private Partnership, Hua Hin, Thailand, 26-27 February 2004. Download the meeting report ( -100 KB)

Workshop On Codes, Contraband And Cooperation: Working With Customs Authorities To Implement Environmental Treaties
Geneva, 28 and 29 June 2001

• Final Report  (- 198KB)
• Geneva Recommendations - extract from the final report  (- 85KB)

Reports:

Download the 2002-2003 Work Plan: Implementing an Integrated Training Program for Customs Officers ( - 311KB). View the table of contents

Presentations

Green Customs Initiative, generic presentation, please see example. Another generic presentation.

World Customs Organisation, 25th Session, Brussels, 13-17 Feb 2006, presentation.

Presentation on Green Customs, by UNEP ROWA

A customs officers workshop was held in Beijing, China, from 25-27 April 2005. Please see Beijing presentation.

Customs Training, Illegal Trade and "Green Customs"
Description: Introduces and promotes the idea of an integrated training program for customs officers for combatting illegal trade in commodities of environmental concern
Event: First SEAP Customs - ODS Officers Co-operation Meeting; Paris, France
Date: 24-26 April 2002
Presenter: Atul Bagai, Training Officer, UNEP DTIE OzonAction Programme
Download: PowerPoint, 133 KB

Illegal Trade in ODS
Description: Discusses aspects of illegal trade in ODS, compliance and enforcement efforts, global trends, smuggling schemes, examples of illegal trade, screening methods, and magnitude of illegal trade in ODS
Event: Third Meeting of the Working Group on Crimes related to Environmental Pollution; Lyon, France
Date: 11-12 December 2001
Presenter: Halvart Koeppen, Training Officer, UNEP DTIE OzonAction Programme
Download: PowerPoint, 1,360 KB

Multilateral Agreements
Description: Discusses related Environmental Agreements, their relevance and implications, and compliance and enforcement mechanisms, as well as the dispute settlement procedures.
Location: St. Lucia
Date: July 11, 2001
Presenter: UNEP
Download: PowerPoint, 54 KB

The Rotterdam Convention
Description: A detailed introduction to the Rotterdam convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
Presenter: UNEP Chemicals
Download: PowerPoint, 235KB

The Stockholm Convention
Description: An overview of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, including background, convention provisions, and the current status
Presenter: Jim Willis, Director. UNEP Chemicals
Download: PowerPoint, 150KB

UNEP's Integrated Training Approach for the Customs Laboratories
Description:
Presenter: John Hilborn and Atul Bagai, DEC, UNEP and OzonAction Programme
Download: PowerPoint, 91KB

UNEP's Integrated Training Approach for the Customs Officers
Description:
Presenter: Gilbert Bankobeza and Geoffrey Tierney, Ozone Secretariat and OzonAction Programme
Download: PowerPoint, 91KB

Brochures

Illegal Trade and International Chemicals Management, The Way Forward by Building Bridges

Prague, 26 November 2004, please see brochure.

Factsheet, Green Customs Initiative.

Fact Sheet No 2 Steps in Preventing Illegal Trade of ODS

Data Base: Trade Name of Chemicals - A New Tool for Customs Officers in the Fight against Illegal Chemical Trade, please see flyer

UNEP's action to meet the challenge of illegal trade in chemicals, please see brochure.

Oceania Customs Organization, please see their newletter, website: http://www.ocosec.org

Training Materials

Training Manual for the Enforcement of Laws Implementing the Basel Convention: Guidance for Safe and Effective Detection, Investigation and Prosecution of Illegal Traffic in Hazardous Wastes, Basel Convention, in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish

Manual on Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements, UNEP's Division of Environmental Conventions (DEC)