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TwitterCICTE's Supply Chain (Authorized Economic Operator-AEO) program focuses its efforts on a public-private partnership program, accepted worldwide as a best practice in terms of risk management and supply chain security, in addition to facilitating commerce.
The program is an initiative that benefits both private companies and national governments.
To be certified in the program, companies must comply with minimum safety standards and follow basic safety protocols. The national government benefits when more companies adhere to these safety standards, mitigating the risk associated with certain imports and exports and allowing them to focus limited safety resources on riskier shipments.
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In each beneficiary country, we start with an evaluation visit of 3 to 4 days, in which the CICTE project team meets independently with all stakeholders from the public and private sectors to obtain an accurate picture of the history, the current state and the obstacles to growth facing the country. When possible, the project team also accompanies the Authorized Economic Operator program officers conducting a validation visit to a company, a critical phase of the successful administration of the program. On the basis of these meetings, the CICTE team elaborates a document with technical recommendations and establishes a process of monitoring and comparative evaluation for its implementation.
The two follow-up visits, of 4 to 5 days each, cover two complementary training modes. The CICTE team conducts a series of workshops for government officials involved in the administration of the Authorized Economic Operator program, which includes both in-depth technical training for customs personnel working at the program headquarters and a more superficial description for the frontline border control officers working at the ports of entry and exit.
As a complement to this training, the project team collaborates with host government officials to organize a series of training courses for the private sector that will help companies of all sizes meet the requirements of the Authorized Economic Operator program.
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- CICTE XXIII (May, 2023)
Mexico City, Mexico/Virtual - CICTE XXII (July, 2022)
Virtual - CICTE XXI (October, 2021)
Virtual - CICTE XX (September, 2020)
Virtual - CICTE XIX (May, 2019)
Washington, D.C. - CICTE XVIII (May, 2018)
Washington, D.C. - CICTE XVII (April, 2017)
Washington, D.C. - CICTE XVI (March, 2016)
Washington, D.C. - CICTE XV (March, 2015)
Washington, D.C. - CICTE XIV (February, 2014)
Washington, D.C. - CICTE XIII (March, 2013)
Washington, D.C. - CICTE XII (March, 2012)
Washington, D.C. - CICTE XI (March, 2011)
Washington, D.C. - CICTE X (March, 2010)
Washington, D.C.
Workshops
Supply Chain Security Program Goals
The main objective is:
- To strengthen the capacities of member states to secure their supply chain through the creation of national Authorized Economic Operator programs that also help facilitate international trade in the region.
As an incentive for these companies to implement stricter safety measures, national customs agencies offer several benefits to certified companies, including: reduced number of inspections, direct contact with a customs official, priority processing in case of inspections and possible mitigation of sanctions, among others.
In a fully developed Authorized Economic Operator program, any member of the supply chain can apply for certification, including: manufacturers, importers, exporters, customs agents, carriers, intermediaries, ports, terminal operators, distributors and warehouses. For a company to be certified, they must have their practices and protocols validated by the Authorized Economic Operator team. This validation process takes into consideration the security and protection measures present in the company's supply chain and, as a result, encourages all actors in a supply chain to be certified.
Supply Chain Security Program Activities
Reconociendo que el ciberespacio no tiene fronteras, el Programa de Ciberseguridad presta especial atención a la cooperación internacional y la participación en iniciativas internacionales. El Programa de Ciberseguridad de la OEA ha representado a OEA-CICTE en múltiples foros internacionales. Algunos ejemplos incluyen:
- Conferencia global sobre el ciberespacio
- Foro global sobre expertos cibernéticos (miembro fundador)
- The Meridian Process
- Grupo de trabajo del Comité de la Convención sobre el delito informático del Consejo de Europa (TC-Y)
- Comité Consultivo Gubernamental (GAC) de la Corporación de Internet para Nombres y Números Asignados (ICANN)
Seguridad, estabilidad y flexibilidad de la ICANN del equipo de DNS (SSR2)
El programa de Ciberseguridad ha desarrollado, además, las siguientes actividades:
- Organización de la Primera reunión del Grupo de Trabajo sobre medidas de fomento de la confianza (febrero-marzo de 2018).
- Elaboración de las Recomendaciones del Grupo de Trabajo del CICTE sobre medidas de fomento de la confianza adoptadas en la resolución AG / RES. 2925 (XLVIII-O / 18) (junio de 2018).
- Apoyo en la creación y capacitación de Equipos de Respuesta a Incidentes de Seguridad Informática (CSIRT) en 21 Estados Miembros desde 2004.
- Lanzamiento de la plataforma virtual CSIRTAmericas.org para CSIRT (octubre de 2016).
- Organización de la primera reunión regional de CSIRT nacionales en las Américas (mayo de 2018).
- Elaboración del protocolo de intercambio de información de respuesta a incidentes para miembros de la Alianza del Pacífico (Chile, Colombia, Mexico y Peru) (abril de 2018).
- Organización de 12 ejercicios de ciberseguridad (8 de ellos nacionales y 6 regionales) desde 2012, incluyendo el International CyberEX en España en 2015, 2016, 2017 y 2018.
- Desde 2004, capacitación de más de 15.000 funcionarios de los gobiernos de los estados miembros del OEA, el mundo académico, la sociedad civil y el sector privado sobre temas de seguridad cibernética, incluyendo la investigación forense digital, la libertad de expresión en la Web y la gestión de crisis.
- Elaboración de 6 Reportes Regionales, 4 white papers, 2 Toolkits y 1 Reporte Nacional.
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