This week the world of Customs came to Manila to discuss academic research in the field of Customs, trade, borders and security. The World Customs Organization held its annual Acadmic conference here over the last days. Government officials, academics, scientists and private sector meet to learn about the latest goobal findings and to discuss …
In 1975 the greatest fighter of all times, Mohammad Ali met heavy weight boxing champion Joe Frazier in Manila, Philippines. The game was named ‘The Thrilla in Manila’ and it was the third and final boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Smokin’ Joe Frazier. Ali won on technical knock-out. The contest’s name is …
This week I participate in the World Customs Organizations (WCO) annual Academic conference PICARD in Manila, Philippines. The 2016 PICARD conference is an international event where the Academia, Government and Private Sector meet to discuss Academic Research & Development around Customs, borders, trade and security of the international supply chain and safety of our …
What are your favourite cities? Ibhabe visited 164 countries andvthese are my personal favourite cities: 1. Sydney 2. Rio de Janeiro 3. Singapore 4. San Francisco 5. Cape Town I also like Bangkok, New York, Istanbul and Stockholm. Every year MasterCard do a ranking of the most popular cities from a travel destination point-of-view. …
The last days I have spent in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia – or KL as everybody say – for meetings. I like this city. I have always liked the big cities in Asia. I have visited Malaysia many times in the past and it is always a pleasure to be back. KLIA Airport in KL …
Marin Insight has published an article on how to prevent smuggling of contraband on ships. Transportation of illegal and contraband items through ships is a legal offence. The master of the ship must take all the steps possible in order to prevent smuggling of such items. Smuggling on ships has reduced greatly with introduction …
We live in an age of individualism, which also means an age of selfies. We see tem everywhere, people taking selfies. I do too. People have noticed and I sometimes get comments about it. I never use a selfiepin personally, but the sales of this device has skyrocketed I travel a lot, go to …
Last week in Brazil I participated in several meetings in the AEO Brazil Phase III. The third phase of the project includes several different further developments of the AEO concept, the most important being an integrated AEO model introducing a Single Government AEO Model. Common AEO training: Customs, Agruculture and Health – in Brazil …
Scientists are looking at how language ability impacts te overall perrormance of human beings. It seems like the abolity to speak more than one language trains the executive system more generally. A steady stream of studies over the past decade has shown that bilinguals outperform monolinguals in a range of cognitive and social tasks …
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This week we have delivered a AEO Validation Training WorkShop in Sao Paulo, Brazil. We have over the last three years together with Allianca Procomex – helped the Federal Revenue Agency of Brazil (Receita Federal) to design, develop and implement the new AEO programme of Brazil. The programme is since March this year fully …
This week I have spent in Sao Paulo Brazil – the biggest city in the world. At least according to most sources. It is a fascinating city in so many ways. Sao Paulo is the business center of Brazil and is geographically close to the main port of Brazil, Santos. The people of Sao …
This week I participated as Key Note Speaker at the inauguration of the AEO Brazil Customs-Private Sector Forum. For a compliance management partnership programme like an Authorized Economic Operator concept, it is essential to have a structured and well organized platform for dialogue between participating agencies and business about the programme. More than 100 …
Icehockey is a very popular sport in Sweden. Like in many European countries. However, since decades all the best players in the world plays in ghe National Hockey League (NHL) in Northern America. Every year there is a world championship, but the tournament is held during the NHL season so it is normally only …
This week I am in Sao Paulo Brazil for meetings with the Federal Revenue Agency (Receita Federal), Agriculture and Health Agencies. I am also speaking at the first AEO Consultative Forum and opening a new AEO Validation Training we are conducting this week here. Pim Berkhuizen and Hans Visser are in charge of the …
There is only one. Zlatan Ibrahimovic has already made an impression in English Premiere League. Ibra is in his first season for Manchester United at the top of the Premiere League top scorers list having scored four goals in the first four games out of the seven goals that Inited has scored so far. …
International trade grew in the second quarter of 2016, according to OECD figures, writes Alex Gray on the WEF website. This halts two years of declining figures. It’s a rare piece of good news for the global economy, and comes days before the G20 leaders’ summit takes place in China. Trade among members of …
This week I have been back in Dubai for meetings. In the past there was a sating that all roads lead to Rome. Well today they will take you to Dubai in the United Arab Emurates (UAE). For goods and travellers Dubai and United Arab Emirates has become the center, the leading global hub …
This week International Standards Organization (ISO) held its 39th Gneral Assembly in Beijing, China – the so called ISO-week-China. A very important meeting. A global world needs global standards. Swedish Deputy Secretary General of UNCTAD, spoke at the event and said that “International standards have been 1 of the key drivers behind the remarkable …
When you think globalisation began depends on how you define it. Ancient civilizations and medieval cities of course exchanged tools, plants, diseases, and ideas. But most recent discussions of the start of globalisation define it as integration of a market across regions or countries, as measured by the convergence of commodity prices. For example, …
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