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Professor David Widdowson, Chief Executive Officer of the University of Canberra’s Centre for Customs and Excise Studies, addresses guests at the reception on 28 August 2008 marking the inauguration of the Centre’s Middle East and North Africa Campus
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University of Canberra Opens Training Facility in Kuwait for Customs and Border Agency Officers in the Middle East and North Africa.
In an historic first, the University of Canberra’s Centre for Customs and Excise Studies (CCES), a member of AACCI, 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.
In launching the campus, Chief Executive Officer of CCES, Professor David Widdowson, noted that the Centre is the first of its kind in the world and its primary aim is to raise the academic standing of the customs profession.
CCES is now recognised by the World Customs Organization (WCO) as international leaders in the field of customs education and all post graduate programs carry the official endorsement of the WCO.
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 who have been taught by staff from CCES.
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Professor Widdowson with Mr Mutlaq al-Rashid of the Embassy of the State of Kuwait at the CCES reception
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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.
AACCI welcomes this development as an indication of the deepening engagement of the Australian education and vocational training sectors with the Arab countries. CCES’s role will also have important trade facilitation spin-offs within the Arab countries – a benefit that will enhance the region’s economic development and prosperity.
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