Algiers. The Italian Customs Agency (ADM) has been awarded the junior partner in the EU Twinning programme for the improvement and simplification of the Algerian customs control procedures. The assignment, obtained in a consortium with the French management authority (leader partner), was communicated by the International Programmes Management Unit in Algeria (UGP). Twinning has the objective of creating a central structure in the Algerian Customs Control, for risk analysis that strengthens the fight against fraud an supports legitimate trade. The project, which will last 24 months and with a cost of €1,200,000, will be implemented through technical assistance activities, seminars, workshops on site, as well as study visits to Italy and France. Obtaining the twinning is a further recognition of the work of the ADM in the management of international cooperation projects, confirming Italy’s strategic role in the Mediterranean area. (9Colonne)
