Facilitating Trade:
Improving Customs Risk Management Systems
In the OIC Member States
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 Work together with the traders to develop and conduct appropriate safety training
programmes and provide assistance as required for the development of training
materials and programmes;
 Encourage continuous cooperation at the national level between CA and businesses to
improve knowledge of trading practices.
Policy Option 3: Relationship between Customs and other Border Management Agencies.
Where necessary, establish cooperation with other border agencies to coordinate activities
while ensuring that the customs retain the control function by targeting inefficiencies and
ensuring effective resource allocation. Often, coordination and delegation of control
mechanisms do not exist, or they are unproductive. Under such circumstances, achieving Single
Window concept to border management will be difficult. The CA should embark on a
Coordinated Border Management concept where border management agencies work closely
together conducting examinations concurrently, while only one CA performs examinations of
goods on behalf of all agencies. When multiple organizations are involved in risk assessment to
facilitate legal trade, as is the case at border crossing points, the agencies need to prevent
multiple examinations of a single shipment.
 Establish closer contact points and sign MOU’s, MAA’s and other formal arrangements
to improve relationship and level of cooperation with OGAs ;
 Active participation of OGAs in CRM;
 Co-ordinate functional responsibilities with other government agencies to eliminate
inefficiency and assure effective resource allocation.
 Maintain communication and cooperation with other agencies relevant to border
control and encourage a consultative approach to relationships with key agencies and
stakeholders.
 Introduce efficient IT system for communication with traders and OGAs relevant to
border control to allow the sharing of necessary information.
Policy Option 4: Overcome possible barriers to International Cooperation / Exchange of
information; Undertake gap analysis and develop a long-term International
Cooperation/Exchange of information implementation strategy/plan. Key compliance areas
include:
 As appropriate, establish MOU’s, MAA’s and other formal arrangements;
 Develop and implement guidelines, criteria, and procedures governing the exchange of
information;
 Enhancing the exchange of information and intelligence;
 Understand the need and benefits of international co-operation;
 Encourage direct information exchange with other CAs, and regional/international
organizations;
 Encourage active participation and maximum use of international information
mechanisms.
Regarding these strategic issues, it is important to encourage all OIC MS to use international
recommendations, standards, and agreements, related to WTO TFA and RKC ratified by OIC MS.