Where There’s a Way, There's a Will: The World Customs Organization's Capacity-Building in the Field of Strategic Trade Control Enforcement
Abstract
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.
- Authors:
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- 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:
- 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
Citation Formats
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.
Web.
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.
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.
@article{osti_1573344,
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},
author = {McColm, James and Ali, Malik Ghulam and Vas, Adam and Heine, Peter M. and Pal, Debika},
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.},
doi = {},
journal = {Strategic Trade Review},
number = 7,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}