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Mozambique Revenue Authority Implements Compliance Risk Management Framework to Enhance Revenue Collection and Trade Facilitation
Introduction
In an effort to boost its revenue collection efforts and contribute to trade facilitation in Mozambique, the country’s Revenue Authority has embarked on a project to revamp its risk management procedure. As part of its strategic plan for 2013-2016, the authority aims to steer clients towards voluntary compliance, freeing up resources to focus on high-risk areas.
Project Overview
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is providing technical expertise and support to the Mozambique Revenue Authority in two key areas: risk management and training policy. The WCO expert team, comprising technical staff and an expert on risk management from the Swedish Customs, has already started working with the authority’s operational divisions.
Project Objectives
The project aims to:
- Develop revised risk management procedures
- Create a revised human resource development plan
- Implement a compliance risk management framework to enhance revenue collection and trade facilitation
Timeline
- April 2013: Diagnostic mission conducted to define the project’s contents and propose a methodology for joint work over the next two years.
- August-October 2013: Two technical missions scheduled to kick-start the implementation of activities aimed at developing revised risk management procedures and a revised human resource development plan.
Funding
The project is funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) as part of the multi-country “Customs Capacity Building for WCO Member States” initiative, which will be implemented by the WCO between 2012 and 2015. Other beneficiary countries include:
- Tanzania
- Rwanda
- Liberia
- Vietnam
- Timor-Leste
- Nicaragua
Contact Information
For further information on this project, please contact: Ms. Sonia Pagliaro, Project Manager Email: Sonia.Pagliaro@wcoomd.org