The last blog in our three-part series on Border Agency Cooperation introduces a conceptual framework capturing the essential dimensions of Border Agency Coordination: three levels of collaboration, four areas of integration and four objects for sharing. We hope that the framework helps the customs and other border agency communities to see all levels of Border […]
Our second blog on Border Agency Cooperation (BAC) focuses on a conceptual model developed by CBRA. We have crafted this “CBRA-BAC15” diagram to visualize a set of key BAC actions and primary beneficiaries, with contributions by Dr. Toni Männistö (supply chain security post-doc researcher at CBRA), Mr. Gerwin Zomer (TNO, technical manager for the FP7-CORE […]
“Un hijo amado tiene muchos nombres”, dice un viejo proverbio finlandés. Este dicho se aplica muy bien en el contexto de cooperación inteligente entre múltiples agencias cuando se trata de los movimientos de cadenas de suministro fronterizas, movimiento de mercancías y transportes’. La Organización Mundial de Aduanas habla sobre Gestión Coordinada de Fronteras (GCF); la […]
“A beloved child has many names”, goes an old Finnish proverb. This saying applies quite well in the context of ´smart cooperation between multiple agencies when dealing with cross-border supply chains, goods movements and transports´. The World Customs Organization talks about Coordinated Border Management (CBM); the European Union about Integrated Border Management (IBM); the World […]