The WCO Global AEO Conference 2021

The World Customs Organization (WCO) is pleased to invite you to the 5th WCO Global AEO Conference, to be held virtually in collaboration with Dubai Customs/ Federal Customs Authority, United Arab Emirates, from 25 to 27 May 2021.

The fifth round of the WCO Global AEO Conference will look at the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) and Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) programme a decade after they were founded to enhance security and facilitate global trade supply chains. This will take place in consideration of a transformed economic landscape, with plans to open the scheme to independent operators and small businesses in e-commerce.

Now, the time has come to take stock of current AEO and MRA implementations and reflect on the way forward to ensure a sustained, resilient, and improved implementation trajectory.