The Customs Scientific Journal CUSTOMS is a peer-reviewed academic journal that is published electronically, twice a year by the Academy of Customs Service of Ukraine on behalf of the Regional Office for Capacity Building & Regional Training Centers for the European Region of the World Customs Organization. It was launched by the initiative of Regional Office for Capacity Building/Regional Training Centers for the European Region of the World Customs Organization on October 1, 2010.

Founders of this Journal regard it as a mirror of the implementation of Capacity Building Strategy for the Region Europe, as the communication and the coordination mechanism within region to support the establishment of customs-to-customs partnerships as well as to enhance the identification and exchange of modern technologies and best practices within the region.

The journal covers all aspects of the roles and responsibilities of customs with the focus on: Customs & Business Partnership, Professional education in Customs domain, Implementation of the WCO Standards, Best practices, Development of scientific activity. The most prospective are also the following broad sections: Young researchers’ page, Guests (papers by representatives of Customs Administrations/Customs Universities from non-EuR Region of WCO), as well as Reference Material.

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