CUS102 Regulating and Facilitating Trade (8)

Abstract

This subject introduces students to the way in which regulatory compliance is managed in the customs sector. The international trends that impact on compliance management techniques of customs are examined, including emerging technologies, and changes in commercial imperatives and international pressures, to achieve an appropriate balance between trade and business facilitation and regulatory control.

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Session 1
Online	Canberra Campus
Session 2
Online	Canberra Campus

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Subject information

Duration	Grading System	School:
One session	HD/FL	Centre for Customs and Excise Studies

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

be able to analyse organisational strengths and weaknesses of border management agencies, and to analyse potential opportunities and threats to the achievement of agencies' objectives
be able to critically evaluate the effectiveness of compliance management strategies in particular operational settings
be able to identify and assess potential sources of risk encountered in border management
be able to evaluate, analyse and prioritise potential risks to the achievement of objectives in the border management environment, and to identify a range of appropriate risk treatments that are designed to mitigate such risks
be able to articulate and evaluate risk-based strategies to manage compliance with customs and other border regulatory requirements
be able to evaluate the manner in which international trends may impact on customs compliance management techniques, including emerging technologies, commercial imperatives and international pressures

Syllabus

The subject will cover the following topics:

Compliance with Customs regulations: The regulatory impact on trade
Balancing Facilitation and Control: WCO/WTO imperatives
Managing risk: Introduction to the risk management framework, assessing and treating risk
Compliance management framework: Legislative base and client service compliance assessment
Regulatory responses: Organisational flexibility and change management, appropriate communication and consultation processes
Stakeholder expectations: The border management spectrum Strategic, Legislative, Intelligence, Investigation
Undertaking a SWOT analysis in a regulatory context

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