Project ISCS

Miloš KostićHead of ICT dept.

Federal Customs Service of Yugoslavia

FCS – brief history

• Role of FCS• 83 border crossing points

(road, railway, air, river, sea)

• Role of Information technology• Support and impact

Customs procedures• Supporting compliant

trade• Permanent monitor of

ever changing environment (technology, trade, etc.)

Key issues

• Island phenomenon• Between Offices, Agencies, and Countries

• Slow and bureaucratic procedure• Poor communication and understanding

• slow reaction time

• Corruption• high voltage• low voltage

Implementation strategy

• Realignment of Customs• Start internal and external reforms to become

proactive entity in trading environment• Continuously analyze, improve existing, and

define new functions, and role of Customs in society

• Train Customs officers and Trade

• Develop new IT system• Create functional specifications• Choose technology provider (know-how)

• In-house system development • With possible partial out-sourcing

ISCS – Connecting the Islands

• Customs to Traders• Electronic delivery of Customs declaration and all

other respective documents

• Customs to Agencies• Single Electronic Window

• Customs to Citizens• Open, public and available service

• Customs to Customs• Cross-border communication

Single Electronic Window

TAXVAT Inspectorates

Labs

Customs

WCO EU

BanksClearinghouse

Ministry ofFinance

Ministry ofTransport

Importers

F Forwardes

STANDARDS

• CMR• CIM• AIRWAY BILL• Certificates

• origin• value• quality

• SWIFT• UCR• Common Customs Data

Element Model• UNLK, UNTDED, and

UNEDIFACT

CMRCIM

Certificateof origin

Invoice

ISCS – key Technologies

• XML• standard for document exchange

• Access through Internet• any time, any place

• Web services (WSDL, UDDI and DISCO)• open access to Customs services

• Digital Signature• integrity, identity and non-denial of origin

• Multi-lingual• Trade and Customs Standards

Summary

• Customs Reform and Integration of Trade• ICT as Driving Tool• Transparency, Efficiency, and Cooperation

• Miloš Kostić – kosticm@fcs.yu