The company is in a strong and growing position and as part of our strategic plan we intend to continue to extend our coverage globally through provision of services throughout Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, Africa and other regions where there is a pressing need to improve international trade competitiveness and public sector reform. Our aim is to become a preferred adviser to international development agencies, governments, the international customs and associated trade community, and major corporate bodies. We will achieve this by providing management advice on improving international trade efficiency through simplification and modernisation of business practices and procedures, effective revenue risk management, and the wider expansion of electronic commerce based initiatives in associated industries.

The company offers practical advice and guidance in the following areas:

• Assist revenue authorities to develop and produce business strategies, corporate goals, objectives, performance indicators and appropriate corporate targets.

• Assist revenue authorities to produce and maintain corporate information technology strategies, goals, objectives, performance indicators, and corporate targets.

• Assist customs to take a major role in the introduction of electronic commerce based initiatives for the processing of international trade transactions in collaboration with major commercial organisations.

• Project manage agreed strategies for implementation of an electronic commerce based environment for customs and the wider international trading community.

• Provide consultancy services, advice, guidance and general support to customs and revenue authorities for implementation of agreed strategies for customs and indirect taxation modernisation and capacity building.

• Take a lead position in partnership with revenue authorities in marketing and community development of a national electronic commerce based trade community environment for the international trading community.

• Assist revenue authorities to simplify, rationalise, modernise, and automate customs and indirect taxation operations to better leverage the maximum benefits from electronic commerce based environments, and to establish customs as a major catalyst for international trade simplification within national economies.

• Negotiate on behalf of revenue authorities with vendors in relation to implementation of agreed strategies for electronic commerce based initiatives.

• Implement a "client support / help desk" concept within customs and indirect taxation environments as part of overall business strategies, and help develop a "client conscious and quality of service" approach to associated business issues.

• Introduce additional resources as required into projects to ensure overall project implementation is achieved within agreed budgets and time scales, and ensure necessary skills transfer takes place where ever possible.

• Develop and implement associated training programmes, facilities (if necessary) and related materials to ensure ongoing success of revitalised customs environments, and secure staff commitment and enthusiastic participation in modernisation programs.

• Assist revenue authorities to implement community wide awareness programs to complement any proposed modernisation and electronic commerce based initiatives.

• Assist revenue authorities to establish an appropriate legislative framework within which to develop electronic commerce based initiatives in customs, indirect taxation and the wider international trading community.

• Assist revenue authorities to review current business practices with a view towards standardisation, rationalisation and simplification of procedures prior to introducing wider business process re-engineering and institutional reform that is aligned to international best practices.

• Assist revenue Authorities to develop appropriate audit, compliance, intelligence and investigative procedures, and associated expertise necessary to operate an effective risk management based environment for the processing of international trade transactions.

• Assist revenue authorities to develop appropriate management reporting mechanisms to adequately monitor corporate performance, including establishment of goals, objectives, performance indicators, targets and feedback mechanisms.

• Assist revenue authorities to introduce effective and appropriate personal appraisal and staff reward schemes (if necessary), which take into account local cultures and wider civil service constraints.

• Assist revenue authorities to introduce internationally aligned, transparent, public sector policies and procedures for procurement of goods, services, and smaller civil construction works.

• Assist with the introduction of sustainable, effective and efficient contract / project management expertise.