Regional Blueprints Exercise on Customs and Taxation
The main aim of the project is to perform a synchronised assessment of the administrative capacity of the Customs and Taxation administrations in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia as well as Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99 and Turkey using the framework offered by the Customs and Fiscal Blueprints published by the European Commission's Directorate General for Taxation and Customs Union.
The specific objectives of this project are:
- To perform a synchronised assessment based on the Blueprints;
- To train officers of the Beneficiaries to repeat independently the Blueprint exercise;
- To make top management aware of the usefulness and conclusions of the Blueprint exercise;
- To propose priorities for further EU assistance towards the overall improvement and capacity building of the Customs and Tax Authorities in areas such as:
- Organisational changes where necessary within the administration;
- Legislative changes if necessary in the area of Customs and Tax;
- Better trained Customs and Tax staff;
- Equipment;
- A more efficient and transparent service.
Position: Key expert 1 - Team Leader
Duration of the project: 6 months
Requirements:
Qualifications and skills:
- Full university degree or equivalent professional experience
- Managing and developing multi-disciplinary project teams
- Must be fluent in English, knowledge of one or more language used by the Beneficiaries would be an advantage
- Capacities of management, perception and judgment
General professional experience:
- Working experience in public administrations or similar agencies
- Project management
Specific professional experience:
- At least 15 years of professional experience
- Sound knowledge of regulations and policies of the European Union in the fields of taxation and customs
- At least one year of experience as project leader in a similar project for Customs and/or Taxation
- Previous working experience in the Balkans and/or
Position: Key expert 2 - Customs administration
Duration of the project: 6 months
Requirements:
Qualifications and skills:
- University degree or equivalent professional experience
- Sound communication skills and previous experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-national team
- Fluency in English, knowledge of one or more language used by the Beneficiaries would be an advantage
General professional experience:
- Working in public administrations or similar agencies
- Working in multi-disciplinary project teams
- Project management knowledge
Specific professional experience:
- At least 10 years of professional experience
- Sound knowledge of regulations and policies of the European Union in the fields of customs
- Sound knowledge of customs administration and customs procedures
- Previous working experience in the Balkans and/or
Position: Key expert 3 - Customs enforcement/audit
Duration of the project: 6 months
Requirements:
Qualifications and skills:
- University degree or equivalent professional experience
- Sound communication skills and previous experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-national team
- Fluency in English, knowledge of one or more language used by the Beneficiaries would be an advantage
General professional experience:
- Working in public administrations or similar agencies
- Working in multi-disciplinary project teams
- Project management knowledge
Specific professional experience:
- At least 10 years of professional experience
- Sound knowledge of regulations and policies of the European Union in the fields of customs
- Sound knowledge of customs enforcement and internal audits
- Previous working experience in the Balkans and/or
Position: Key expert 4 - IT Customs and Taxation
Duration of the project: 6 months
Requirements:
Qualifications and skills:
- University degree or equivalent professional experience
- General knowledge of IT, with particular regard to customs and taxation IT systems and EU inter-connectivity issues
- Sound communication skills and previous experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-national team
- Fluency in English, knowledge of one or more language used by the Beneficiaries would be an advantage
General professional experience:
- Working in multi-disciplinary project teams
- Project management knowledge
- Experience in designing and/or developing and/or implementing and/or managing at least one major software development project related to tax and customs EU inter-connectivity
- Working in public administrations or similar agencies would be an advantage
Specific professional experience:
- At least 10 years of professional experience
- Sound knowledge of regulations and policies of the European Union in the fields of customs
- Solid knowledge in the EU tax and customs inter-connectivity and inter-operability issues and related activities, especially in the design, development, implementation and management activities
- Sound knowledge of customs/tax administration and customs and tax procedures
- Previous working experience in the Balkans and/or
Position: Key expert 5 - Taxation administration
Duration of the project: 6 months
Requirements:
Qualifications and skills:
- University degree or equivalent professional experience
- Sound communication skills and previous experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-national team
- Fluency in English, knowledge of one or more language used by the Beneficiaries would be an advantage
General professional experience:
- Working in public administrations or similar agencies
- Working in multi-disciplinary project teams
- Project management knowledge
Specific professional experience:
- At least 10 years of professional experience
- Sound knowledge of regulations and policies of the European Union in the field of taxation
- Sound knowledge of tax administration and tax procedures
- Previous working experience in the Balkans and/or
Position: Key expert 6 – Taxation enforcement/audit
Duration of the project: 6 months
Requirements:
Qualifications and skills:
- University degree or equivalent professional experience;
- Sound communication skills and previous experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-national team;
- Fluency in English, knowledge of one or more language used by the beneficiaries would be an advantage
General professional experience:
- Working in public administrations or similar agencies;
- Working in multi-disciplinary project teams;
- Project management knowledge
Specific professional experience:
- At least 10 years of professional experience;
- Sound knowledge of regulations and policies of the European Union in the fields of taxation.
- Sound knowledge of tax enforcement and internal audits
- Previous working experience in the Balkans and/or