Where There’s a Way, There's a Will: The World Customs Organization's Capacity-Building in the Field of Strategic Trade Control Enforcement

McColm, James; Ali, Malik Ghulam; Vas, Adam; Heine, Peter M.; Pal, Debika

Title: Where There’s a Way, There's a Will: The World Customs Organization's Capacity-Building in the Field of Strategic Trade Control Enforcement

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The World Customs Organization’s (WCO) approach to capacity building in the domain of strategic trade control enforcement has been exceptionally effective. This article outlines what the WCO has done, documents some of the impacts, and examines factors contributing to its effectiveness. An important factor contributing to the WCO's success has been a focus on influencing senior policy makers at the national level in addition to upgrading working-level skills and abilities. This strategy in turn owes its success, at least in part, to the WCO’s legitimacy and norm-setting ability as a member-driven international organization, a customizable approach adaptive to various national circumstances, adherence to universal international mandates such as United Nations Security Council Regulation 1540, and the ability to couple training and operational activities.

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McColm, James ^[1]; Ali, Malik Ghulam ^[1]; Vas, Adam ^[1]; Heine, Peter M. ^[2]; Pal, Debika ^[3]

World Customs Organization (WCO), Brussels (Belgium)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2019

Research Org.:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1573344

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-140240
Journal ID: ISSN 2506-9691

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Strategic Trade Review

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2506-9691

Publisher:: University of Liege

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION; harmonized system; strategic trade control; WCO; World Customs Organization; capacity-building; export control; nonproliferation; customs; enforcement

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                    McColm, James, Ali, Malik Ghulam, Vas, Adam, Heine, Peter M., and Pal, Debika. Where There’s a Way, There's a Will: The World Customs Organization's Capacity-Building in the Field of Strategic Trade Control Enforcement.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    McColm, James, Ali, Malik Ghulam, Vas, Adam, Heine, Peter M., & Pal, Debika. Where There’s a Way, There's a Will: The World Customs Organization's Capacity-Building in the Field of Strategic Trade Control Enforcement.  United States.

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                    McColm, James, Ali, Malik Ghulam, Vas, Adam, Heine, Peter M., and Pal, Debika. Thu .  
"Where There’s a Way, There's a Will: The World Customs Organization's Capacity-Building in the Field of Strategic Trade Control Enforcement".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1573344.

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  abstractNote = {The World Customs Organization’s (WCO) approach to capacity building in the domain of strategic trade control enforcement has been exceptionally effective. This article outlines what the WCO has done, documents some of the impacts, and examines factors contributing to its effectiveness. An important factor contributing to the WCO's success has been a focus on influencing senior policy makers at the national level in addition to upgrading working-level skills and abilities. This strategy in turn owes its success, at least in part, to the WCO’s legitimacy and norm-setting ability as a member-driven international organization, a customizable approach adaptive to various national circumstances, adherence to universal international mandates such as United Nations Security Council Regulation 1540, and the ability to couple training and operational activities.},

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