Obviously, the CEO is an important one. But I think more generally one of the ways to be a successful CIO is to ensure that with whoever you are speaking, that person needs to think that all that the CIO is interested in is them and their issues. The CIO’s job is to engage with those people sitting around the top table. They have responsibilities that are important to that organization, and therefore CIOs need to see themselves as helping those people achieve success.
What key lessons have you identified in the transition from CIO to CEO?
As a CIO, I’ve got to understand business, I’ve got to do complicated things, I’ve got to manage people, I’ve got to deal with lots of stakeholders. Is that fundamentally different from running a business? My take is that it is different because, basically, technology manages to the downside. If you’re a CIO and I come to you and say, “I’ve got an idea for you, it will transform what your technology does, transform your cost base and the success of your technology organization, but there’s a 5% chance that it’s going to destroy the company,” every self-respecting CIO will turn you down. But if you come to a CEO and say, “I’ve got an idea that’s going to transform your company and make it more successful, it’s going to delight customers, it’s going to make your shareholders happy, but there’s a 5% chance that it’s going to bankrupt the company,” as a CEO you’ll say, “Great, where do I sign and how do I manage the risk?” In the end, many CIOs don’t want to make that switch.
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Read the text and explain why ICT and modernization are so important for modern customs.
ICT for Customs
In its choice of computer solutions, customs has the option of either developing a national system that is adapted to national needs, or acquiring an off-the shelf-system. National solutions have the attraction of perfectly matching the specific requirements of a given country, of developing national computer skills, and of facilitating the system’s maintenance and developing. Yet, such national solutions tend to be expensive, and it has at times proven difficult for customs officials to convey to the ICT technicians the complex transactions that need to be programmed. Off-the shelf solutions benefit from the fact that the various modules have been tested and avoid the need to “reinvent the wheel.” Where these solutions do not fully satisfy national needs, or where national customs desires a variant of the solution offered, there is the possibility of customizing the solution or of adding on separate modules that interface with the of-the-shelf solution.
Desirable ICT solutions are the ones that are most appropriate for the countries’ operating environment, resource base, and telecommunications infrastructure. In any event, the ICT solution chosen must assist customs in all its core business functions and must provide a platform that enables achievement of its long-term vision.
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Render the text English.
Таможенный выпуск товаров
После проведения таможенного оформления и таможенного контроля уполномоченное должностное лицо таможенного органа вносит в электронную декларацию сведения, свидетельствующие о результатах таможенного контроля и нанесенных средствах таможенной идентификации. Указанные отметки удостоверяются путем проставления ЭЦП (электронная цифровая подпись) таможенного органа.
Декларанту направляются авторизованное сообщение и электронная декларация с отметками о выпуске.
После выпуска товаров, декларируемых в электронной форме, уполномоченное должностное лицо таможенного органа направляет владельцу склада временного хранения (СВХ), на котором находятся товары, разрешение на выдачу товаров с СВХ по установленной форме.
Информационной системой таможенного органа отслеживается соблюдение срока, по истечении которого декларант обязан подать электронную декларацию, после подачи которой в информационной системе делается отметка о выполнении условий обязательства.
Хранение таможенной декларации в электронной форме, других документов, подаваемых в таможенный орган в электронном виде, осуществляется в информационной системе таможенного органа способом, исключающим возможность внесения в них изменений.
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Read the text and describe the “one-stop-shop” service.
One-stop-shop
Customs authorities have to make efforts to introduce the “one-stop-shop”, which may reduce significantly the time of the customs clearance of the goods and the costs of the economic operator participants. The essence of this concept is the following: the authorities competent as regards the customs clearance of the goods (customs, animal health, plant health, etc.) will implement the inspection of the goods at one place and at the same time.
One-stop-shop service is closely connected to the single window administration, the essence of which is the following: the economic operator participants on the occasion of importing, exporting or transmitting the goods do submit simultaneously through a single electronic portal all the standardized data requested by the different control authorities, which are forwarded by the customs authority implementing the co-ordinating task to the appropriate partner authorities.
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