World Customs Organisation (WCO), 2014-2018, phase II - World Customs Organiztion (WCO) 2014-2018 World Customs Organisation (WCO), 2014-2018, fas II Support to World Customs Organzation (WCP) Phase II, 2014-2018 with   the aim at promoting regional economic development and gender         equality in Sub-Saharan Africa, supporting the regions' specific      goals towards the realization of regional customs unions, and the     establishment of effective customs administrations, thereby reducing  trade barriers. Stöd till World Customs Organization(WCO) fas II, 2014-2018, med      syfte att främja regional ekonomisk utveckling och jämställdhet i     Sub-Sahara Afrika mot förverkligandet av regionala tullunioner, samt  upprättandet av effektiva tullmyndigheter och därmed minskade         handelshinder. The WCO and Sida have been working in partnership since 2008 to enhance the capacity of customs administrations to meet several developmental goals. The most recent Programme of cooperation between the WCO and Sida was the WCO-Sweden Sub-Saharan Africa Customs Modernization Programme (2014-2018) which had a regional approach, focusing on EAC (East African Community), ECOWAS (Economic Community Of Western African States) and SACU (Southern African Customs Union), and delivered a wide range of positive outcomes for 21 beneficiary countries within the regions. 
The overall objectives of the programme was to contribute to poverty reduction efforts in beneficiary regions by fostering regional economic development through sustainable and improved trade while addressing the illegal flow of goods and related integrity issues; and promoting sustainable development and gender equity. Each regional project had its own specific objectives and results based on the overall objective, previous work and the demand and needs from the region. 
In EAC the expected results were to assist in the roll-out of the full scale regional Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) scheme through capacity building in risk management, verification, post clearance audits and implementation of appropriate governance structures; contribute to information and communication technology with assistance in development of tools for post clearance audit, risk management, risk profiling and regional information exchange; risk management and enforcement through diagnostic studies in enhancement of capacities relating to risk management and front-line enforcement operations; mutual recognitionwith assistance in development of compliance and security programs for all parts of the supply chain and the export procedures to allow the EAC to enter agreements with other trading partners on facilitated management between the agreeing parties.
The ECOWAS project focused on strategic management where both the ECOWAS customs directorate and supported customs administrations have improved specific strategic management capacities; Human Resource Management to support customs administrations to improve their capacities in specific HRM fields; strengthened stakeholder relations to improve customs management of their relations with specific key stakeholders
The SACU project focused on IT connectivity in the region to enable regional integration and facilitate trade; create trade partnerships to improve the relationship between customs and the private sector and to initiate a Preferred Trader Programme that will meet the requirements and expectations of both the national authorities and the trade community. The SACU Preferred Trader Programme is an initial step for the region towards fully fledged Authorized Economic Operators (AEO). Morover, enhancing the risk management and enforcement capacities in the region and the need for a SACU regional framework for risk management and enforcement has been on the agenda for a while; focus on legislative reform of the WCO SACU Connect project is considered to be critical to the success of the project as a whole; focus on Post Clearance Audit (PCA) improved PCA systems and operations. 
Part of the Sweden-WCO Agreement was also the WCO-INAMA-project that was a broader multi-donor program focuses on strengthening the enforcement capacity of targeted customs in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. INAMA focused on the illegal trade in wildlife (fauna and flora) and in particular CITES listed species. The overall objective was that customs administrations should have enhanced enforcement capabilities as well as capacity at all necessary organisational levels, including good governance and integrity.
The expected outcomes were the following: enforcement capabilities of customs officers at border crossing points have increased; cooperation between customs officers and field officers from other authorities has been strengthened; cooperation between customs officers in supply countries and destination countries has been strengthened; good governance and integrity principles are further embedded in the “corporate culture and operations” in supply and destination countries.