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Customs & Migration In this page, one can access information on how different countries from the region are using the new technologies in support of Customs. We currently have materials regarding the applied solutions in the following countries: RED GEALC Workshop The workshop “Modernization of the Customs Systems: Transparency and its Impact on Collection”, took place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on August 2-4, 2006. In addition to the hosting country, customs and e-Government authorities from Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama participated. Background information, the Agenda & Presentations, and the List of Participants may be downloadedALADI-OMA Agreement The ALADI and the World Customs Organization (OMA) signed a cooperation agreement within the framework of the "International Conference on Security and Trade Facilitation", Which will take place on the 27th and 28th, in Montevideo. This agreement foresees training activities on international negotiation as well as the dissemination of the plans of both Institutions. For more information about this issue, click here Bolivia The portal http://www.aduana.gov.bo is a product of the reform and modernization program (PROMA) of the National Customs of Bolivia (ANB). The site is specifically one of the products of the Implementation Reform Project in Customs Information Systems (PRISM). The objective of this project is the implementation of a computer science system that strengthens Custom’s Management and allows carrying out the automated registration of the customs procedures therefore facilitating foreign trade operations. This information may be accessed through the data base of identified practices of the Program of Innovations and Alliances for Development of the OAS. To read more about this practice click here. Chile Information about Isadora: "Systems Integration of Internet for the Development of Customs Operation and Regulation", may be accessed through the data base of identified practices of the Program of Innovations and Alliances for Development of the OAS. To read more about this Chilean practiceclick here. Single Customs Window, Customs Department and the Undersecretary's office of Economy presented to the exporting and importing unions the One-stop Shop for Foreign trade initiative which will allow trade operators to present, through the internet, to a single station, almost all documentation necessary for the entrance and exit of merchandises. For more information, click here Costa Rica TIC @ and the effort towards a customs without papers. Presentations by Juan Carlos Barahona - INCAE, in Costa Rica in the e-Government Ibero-American Congress Ibero-American, October of 2006. To download the document in PDF click here El Salvador The “Teledespacho” is an integrated system of information between clients, banks, customs and related institutions that allows establishing connections through a private network VPN (Virtual Private Network). It means that clients can connect with Customs without other internet users being able to access the data. For more information, click here. Nicaragua The Voluntary Strategy of Access to Information (EVA) positioned itself as a voluntary effort on the part of the previous government to secure the approval of a law of "Access to information" that claims to put a significant amount of government information to disposal of the citizenry. For more information about this solution, click here Paraguay SOFIA (Customs Tax Filing System) is a computerized Customs Management System for the Offices of Import and Export, which facilitates direct interaction among all users: Employees, Transport Companies, Customs Employees and other relevant actors in Foreign Trade. For more information about this solution, click here. Perú The portal of the National Supervision of Tax Collection Administration (SUNAT) is divided in two sections: the Tax collector’s portal and the Custom’s agent Portal. Both tools are analyzed in a document that includes ICA’s Best Practices data-base. To download the document in PDFclick here. Uruguay The Uruguayan Government unveiled to the public a Customs Management Improvement Plan that balances controls with facilitation of the international integration of the country, qualified personnel, modern technology to the service of the customs processes, agents deprived of the sector most neglected, and a new Customs Code more. For more information about this solution, click here
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