PWC Logistics' MicroClear to be showcased at World Customs Organisation (WCO)

Chairman and Managing Director, Tarek Sultan, has been invited to deliver the principal speech at the event, and the company will also host several governmental workshops at the event.

"It is a commendable honour for PWC to have been invited by the WCO to feature MicroClear at their prestigious annual symposium, for the second year in succession," stated Mohammed Ghassan Farra, Chief Information Officer, PWC Group.

"When the PWC Group developed MicroClear in partnership with Microsoft Consulting Services, it was in answer to the inherent need for an end-to-end, robust and globally applicable trade modernisation plan," Farra explained. "Since then, MicroClear has assisted various countries in modernising, re-engineering, and energising their respective legacy customs clearances and associated trade processes, and our efforts are now accredited and supported by the highest governing body in the world."

He also elaborated on why MicroClear will be the chief attraction at the WCO symposium: "Customs revenue collection represents a substantial component of any government's entire revenue base and is often, the major contributor to national budgets and economic development. It is deemed necessary therefore, to modernise customs operations to the maximum in order to benefit from the latest technology solutions available. MicroClear is the first and only IT solution of its kind, and offers a web-based 'out of the box' customs solution with intelligent risk management for advanced decision making, tracking non-compliance and enhancing revenue collection.

"The flexible architecture of the system allows ease of customisation, integration, and process integrity, and MicroClear can also be tailored to accommodate different organisational patterns and differing national customs administrations requirements, while maintaining uniformity and compliance to common international standards. This facilitates communication and data interchange among various customs organisations around the world," Farra added.

As a mark of honour, PWC Chairman and Managing Director, Tarek Sultan has been invited to address the symposium on implementing and applying IT based solutions at governmental level, with primary focus on African countries. He will speak immediately after Michel Danet, Director General of the WCO, and his address will be followed by workshops for various government delegations and trace bodies representing the African States, and the rest of the world.