“Many people are very worried about the future. But what about our wildlife? How will they respond?"27 August: In a historic first, the University of Canberra’s Centre for Customs and Excise Studies (CCES), has signed an agreement with a Kuwait/Saudi company to deliver comprehensive training for Customs and border agency officers in the Middle East and North Africa.
This agreement will enable CCES courses to be available in 20 Arabic speaking countries in the Middle East and North Africa, delivered in Arabic through trainers and teachers that have been taught by staff from CCES.
Chief Executive Officer of CCES, Professor David Widdowson said, “The Centre is the first of its kind in the world. Since our inception in 2003 our primary aim has been to raise the academic standing of the customs profession. Another important objective of the Centre is to assist countries with their efforts to reform and modernise their customs administrations in order to meet the challenges of today’s global economy.
“We are now recognised by the World Customs Organization as international leaders in the field of customs education, and we have been working closely with them to establish international educational standards for the customs profession.
Those standards have now been agreed, and I am pleased to advise that all our postgraduate programs carry the official endorsement of the World Customs Organization.”
The establishment of the Centre for Customs and Excise Studies, Middle East and North Africa is expected to fill a gap that has long existed in respect to customs and border management training in the Arabic-speaking world.
WHAT: Launch CCES campus Middle East and North Africa
WHEN: Thursday 28 August, 3pm
WHERE: University of Canberra, Innovation Centre Foyer, Building 22
