“Strengthening Partnerships for Dynamic Solutions and
a future ready Blue Pacific”
Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) Secretariat
The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) was established by Heads of Oceania Customs Administrations in August 1998 to promote efficiency and effectiveness in all aspects of Regional Customs Administrations. The OCO has a membership of 23 countries and territories from the Pacific region, and its principal activity is facilitating and where appropriate helping member administrations align with customs international standards and best practice, leading to greater economic prosperity and increased border security within the Oceania region.
Strategic Priority Areas
Priority 1
Customs Leadership
Priority 2
Law Enforcement and Border Security
Priority 3
Trade Management and Facilitation
Priority 4
Revenue Management and Compliance
Priority 5
Institutional Strengthening of Small Member
Administrations
Priority 6
Institutional Strengthening of the OCO
Secretariat
Latest News
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES COLLABORATE TO IMPROVE CAMPAIGN AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL CRIMES PR10/21
OCO Head of Secretariat, Richard Brennan makes a point during the training Suva, Fiji, 16th March, 2021- Through the Australia Pacific Security College (APSC), the region’s law enforcement agencies- Customs, Police and Immigration- are working to improve their...
OCO/PACNEWS PACIFIC WOMEN IN CUSTOMS SERIES: “DR CLARKE USES VAST GLOBAL EXPERIENCE IN NAURU” PR09/21
Suva, Fiji, 16 March 2021 - Dr. Jennifer Clarke is a UK-trained academician, practitioner, and researcher of development administration with over 20 years of practical experience in institutional strengthening and capacity building. She is currently the head of Nauru...
OCO/PACNEWS PACIFIC WOMEN IN CUSTOMS SERIES: “BARBARA’S JOURNEY FROM A DANCER TO A CAPTAIN” PR08/21
Suva, Fiji, 15 March 2021 - Captain Barbara C. Tayama is the operations supervisor of the Logistics and Support Division of the Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency. As a young person, she loved to dance and performed in various places in Guam and even in the United...
OCO/PACNEWS PACIFIC WOMEN IN CUSTOMS SERIES: “TRENDSETTER DAPHNEY MANAGES OCO OPERATIONS” PR07/21
Suva, Fiji, 10 March 2021 - Irma Daphney Stone is a trendsetter. She began her career as a development accountant in her home country in Tonga in 1994, a time when business graduates in the kingdom were rare. She became the first female chief executive officer of the...
OCO/PACNEWS PACIFIC WOMEN IN CUSTOMS SERIES: VAEIRA’S PARISIAN EXPERIENCE HELPS HER WORK IN FRENCH POLYNESIA PR06/21
Suva, Fiji, 10 March 2021 - When the COVID-19 crisis hit French Polynesia, it was déjà vu for Vaeari Tauira who had spent some time as a customs auditor at Roissy Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris when the pandemic enveloped France. The opportunity...
OCO/PACNEWS PACIFIC WOMEN IN CUSTOMS SERIES: “LA REINA” OF CNMI CUSTOMS PR05/21
Suva, Fiji, 09 March 2021 - Lieutenant Lareina Camacho is one of the 32 percent of women who work for the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands Customs (CNMI) after joining in 2017. She is the special assistant to the director at the Commonwealth of Northern...
OCO PACIFIC WOMEN IN CUSTOMS SERIES: AVALISA’S BALANCING ACT TO KEEP SAMOA SAFE PR04/21
Suva, Fiji, 08 March 2021 - In 2019, the OCO held its inaugural Change Management on Gender Equality workshop, which suggested there should be gender equality in all aspects of OCO’s work program. This suggestion was endorsed at the 2020 OCO Annual Conference. In...
Events & Workshop
OCO Events and Workshops is a great way to communicate ideas, acquire new skills and specialized knowledge which members can apply to their profession and to better accomplish member goals and values.
Upcoming events and workshops:
- 01 – 15 Jul CERT IV Topic – Revenue Stream: Electives / Enforcement Stream: Electives – Cont’d
- 01 Jul – 12 Aug CERT IV Topic – Revenue Stream: Electives / Enforcement Stream: Electives
- 08 – 29 Jul CERT III Topic – Revenue Stream: Electives / Enforcement Stream: Electives
- 25 – 26 Jul Executive Leadership Retreat – (Heads of Customs) inclusive of Mentoring
- 29 – 31 Jul 26th OCO Annual Conference, Cook Islands
- 01 – 12 Aug CERT IV Topic – Revenue Stream: Electives / Enforcement Stream: Electives – Cont’d
- 16 Aug Joint Heads of Pacific Security Conference
- 05 – 26 Aug CERT III Topic – Enforcement Stream: Electives
- 19 Aug CERT IV Topic – Final Assessment
- 26 – 30 Aug IPR Pacific Colloquim, Los Angeles, U.S.
- 03 – 04 Sep Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police Annual Conference
- 02 Sep CERT III Topic – Final Assessment
- 16 – 18 Sep PITAA Annual Heads Meeting, Port Vila, Vanuatu
- 24 – 26 Sep Customs Control over Trade in Toxic Chemicals, Vanuatu
- 24 – 26 Sep Business Process Re-engineering Workshop
- 28 – 30 Oct ABF Trade Enforcement: Revenue Evasion Master Class
- TBC GESI Action Plan – Module II
- 08-10 Nov OCO Staff Retreat (Team Building) & Christmas event
- TBC ABF Trade Enforcement Leadership Seminar, Brisbane
- TBC Conduct TRS in FSM, RMI, Palau & Timor Leste
- TBC GESI Action Plan – launch of Community of Practice – Module III
OCO Member Countries
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