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TITLE OF PROJECT

Support to the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance in the area of Customs

Country:

Georgia

Project Period:

04/2010-12/2010

Project Value:

€ 192.439

No of Staff Provided:

2

Origin of Funding:

EC ENPI

Name of Client/ Beneficiary:

Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance

Description of Project:

The Global Objective of the project is to help the Ministry of Finance of Georgia to meet the policy objectives in the Customs area, as outlined in the European Neighbourhood Policy Action Plan. It will facilitate gradual harmonization of Georgian custom regulations and practices with relevant EU standards and norms, therefore contributing to the increased transparency of the PFM sector and to facilitating foreign trade.

The specific objective of the project is to provide assistance to the Ministry of Finance to assess the administrative and operational capacity of the Revenue Service in the area of Customs policies, systems and procedures. The project will help the MoF to assess the existing capacities in the field of: Legislation, Organisation and Management, Human Resource Management, Customs ethics, Internal Audit, Training, Trade facilitation and relations with business, Public relations and communication, Customs cooperation, Revenue collection, Risk management, Export controls, Border and inland control, Transit and movement of goods, Customs valuation, Post-clearance control and audit, Investigation and enforcement, Customs enforcement on Intellectual Property Rights, Supply-chain security, Infrastructure and equipment, Customs laboratory, Information and communication technology

Services Provided:
• Assessment of the administrative and operational capacities of the Revenue Service in the area of Customs policies, systems and procedures according to "Customs Blueprints" that are practical guidelines prepared by DG Taxation and Customs Union of the European Commission and based on EU best practices.
• Recommendations and tentative action plan for 2010/2011 to the MoF and Revenue Service in order to harmonize Georgia's Customs system with EU best practices.
• Proposed updates of the MoF and Revenue Service Strategies regarding Customs administration.
• Assess the current situation and prepare a comparison (gap analysis) between the actual situation and the guidance described in the Fiscal and Customs Blueprints' benchmarks;
• Prepare needs analysis in coordination with the beneficiary based on the outcomes of the gap analysis. The needs analysis will determine what needs to be done in order to bring the performance in the Custom administration's functional area up to the standard addressed by the relevant Blueprint and any additional relevant requirement;
• State future actions needed to be undertaken in order to ensure the approximation with the EU standards and, based on the results, see which actions need to prioritised and present a split between actions to be completed internally and actions needing external technical assistance.


Name of Partners
  • DFC S.A.