· Approval by national Customs adiminstrations Agreement and acceptance by other SADC members to access on the website for data verification prior of importation · Legal amendments to be brought in the national Customs Regulations and SADC Regulations · Awareness campaign to be done to stakeholders and new equipment required like scanner and upgraded internet capacity · Training to be dispensed to Customs Officers of the new way of processing e-certificates Conclusion The e-Certificate of Origin is a very good initiative towards trade facilitation and promoting paperless environment in the Customs Administration. It is without doubt that the e-SADC certificate submission will impact positively on the overall processing time of issuance of certificates. B.3 CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT NETWORK (nCEN) Objective Intelligence is a critical element of enforcement for Customs administrations which have to perform enforcement controls while facilitating legitimate trade at the same time. The national Customs Enforcement Network (nCEN) project puts those administrations on the cutting technological edge. It provides a secure, cost effective pathway to assist administrations to unlock key elements contained within the WCO Customs in the 21st Century Strategic Document, such as, Coordinated Border Management and a Globally Networked Customs. Customs administrations around the world play a vitally important role in the fight against transnational crimes. Therefore, the exchange of information is extremely important and the need to exchange nominal (personal) data between various countries, agencies and organizations has increased substantially. The project will provide members with a variety of tools to meet the challenges of effective and efficient information exchange, including a national database application, uniform information sharing standards, and a mechanism to allow members to implement those standards for enforcement purposes, the Information Communication Interface tool (Icomm). 20 Draft SADC Customs ICT Strategy 2012 Page 20