RT null T1 Green Customs Initiative A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 custom K1 capacity building YR 2023 FD 2023-03 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/43269 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/43269 NO The Green Customs Initiative (GCI) enhances the capacity of customs and border control officers to enforce and foster compliance to trade-related conventions, MEAs, and corresponding national legislation. GCI focuses on commodities such as ozone-depleting substances, toxic chemicals, hazardous wastes, endangered species, and living-modified organisms. The initiative is a forum for coordinated and cost-effective development of tools, delivery of training, and awareness-raising of customs officers and border control officers, through leveraging its partners’ resources and expertise. It complements and enhances existing customs training efforts under the respective agreements. For some of the MEAs involved, GCI is the structured means of interaction with the customs community. NO https://www.unep.org/events/workshop/workshop-implementation-biodiversity-chemicals-and-waste-meas-and-montevideo DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 24, 2026