Going to a conference like this one, is for me like coming home. It is like a family party. When you have worked for 32 years in the area of Customs, Government and international trade – the you know almost everybody.
Here I am with the Commissioner of Uganda Customs, Dicksons Kateshumbwa and Professor David Widdowson from the Center of Customs and Excise Studies in Australia. David is also the Prosident of the International Network of Customs Universities (INCU), the leading academic network in the world in our field, where I am an Advisory Board Member and was granted the honor of becoming the first ever Honorary Fellow in 2010.
So, this week I have met a lot of very good friends. I have met my Customs and Trade family. It always makes me happy.
Great first day of the 3rd WCO Global AEO conference in Cancun today.
For me it is great to meet so many friends and colleagues form all around the world.
And naturally to share this experience with another old AEO & Stairway veteran, my old friend and brother-in-arms, Mr. Patrik Heinesson.
The 3rd World Customs Organization Global AEO Conference in Cancun, Mexico has started.
More than 1000 delgates from all around the world are gathered to discuss the future of the international standards and implementation of the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) concept.
It is amazing to be here with all colleagues talking about AEO, especially taking into account that this is an idea that once was born in Sweden many years ago. I was there delivering this ‘baby’ and now to see that pur ‘baby’ (AEO) isn’t crawling or even walking anymore – it is up and running. The Stairway lives.
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