World Customs Organization
Samantha Gompel is an experienced professional currently serving as the Programme and Relations Coordinator at the World Customs Organization in Brussels since January 2013, focusing on promoting and advancing global customs enforcement activities. Prior to this role, Samantha was the Publication Manager at Les Dossiers Européens - The European Files from 2008 to 2012, where the magazine aimed to assist European institutions in the decision-making process. Earlier in Samantha’s career, experience as a Press Officer at Reed Midem from 2001 to 2007 involved managing communications for a leader in international professional markets. Samantha holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from The American University of Paris, completed in 1999.
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World Customs Organization
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is the only intergovernmental organisation exclusively focused on Customs matters. With its worldwide membership, the WCO is now recognised as the voice of the global Customs community. It is particularly noted for its work in areas covering the development of global standards, the simplification and harmonisation of Customs procedures, trade supply chain security, the facilitation of international trade, the enhancement of Customs enforcement and compliance activities, anti-counterfeiting and piracy initiatives, public-private partnerships, integrity promotion, and sustainable global Customs capacity building programmes. The WCO also maintains the international Harmonized System goods nomenclature, and administers the technical aspects of the WTO Agreements on Customs Valuation and Rules of Origin.