The Global Meeting of the Regional Entities established by the WCO Members and the Council Vice-chairs’ Offices held its 18th Session on 20-21 February 2023 in a hybrid format.

Two more VR sets of equipment were successfully delivered and installed at the WCO Regional Entities in Baku, Azerbaijan, during the second half of January 2023.

On December 2, ROCB Europe in close cooperation with the Medical Service Department of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan held a seminar on "Raising the awareness of Customs Officers in the field of fight against the smuggling of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors, as well as counterfeit Pharmaceuticals."

On December 12, the training on "Application of Risk Analysis and Criminal Intelligence in Strategic Trade and Export Control" started at the Regional Office for Capacity Building for the World Customs Organization Europe Region.

On December 2, in the Regional Office for Capacity Building for the World Customs Organization Europe Region (ROCB) there was held a seminar organized jointly by the ROCB and Medical Service Department of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan for the staff of some structural subdivisions of the State Customs Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic on "Awareness as a measure to enh

The World Customs Organization (WCO) organized a national workshop on Customs valuation for the benefit of the Customs Administration of North Macedonia on 7 - 11 November 2022.

From 7 to 11 November 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO), under the sponsorship of the Customs Cooperation Fund of Germany (CCF-Germany), successfully conducted a national workshop on Rules of Origin in Chisinău, Moldova.

On 7 November 2022 the WCO conducted its third regional consultation on WCO modernization, this time with the Europe (EUR) region. Thirty-one Member administrations participated in this fully virtual consultation.

A meeting was held with the Azerbaijan and Japanese delegations for the purpose of researching and studying the possibilities of the "Trans-Caspian" transport corridor

On October 14, Director of ROCB Europe, Ms. Narynkul Tagainazar met with the First Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee, Acting Chairman, Lieutenant-General of the Customs Service Mr. Shahin Baghirov.

On 18 October 2022, more than 1,200 participants from 136 countries attended the 2022 WCO Technology Conference and Exhibition in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

On 19 September 2022, the Customs Administration of the Republic of Moldova, the Swiss Cooperation Office in Moldova and the World Customs Organization (WCO), within the framework of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), held the official kick-off of the Light-Touch Intervention (LTI) in the country.