In total, more than 54 listeners took part in the module, including civil servants (8 - Office of the President of Ukraine, 4 - Ministry of Finance of Ukraine), business representatives (manufacturers, logistics and customs brokerage companies), future customs officials, customs brokers, representatives of public organizations, scientists and academicians, students of various educational levels, specialties and programs of SUTE and other higher education institutions from different regions of Ukraine.

40 hours of scientific seminars were devoted to the basic issues of the functioning of Authorized Economic Operators (AEOs):

• AEO program: EU and worldwide experience;
• types of AEO authorization: criteria, simplifications and advantages;
• preparation of the enterprise for AEO authorization, filling out a self-assessment questionnaire;
• verification of enterprises' compliance with AEO criteria by customs authorities;
• problems and prospects of the AEO program implementation in Ukraine.

The speakers of the EUAEOUA project are:

• Taras KARAVAYEV – professor of the Department of Commodity Science and Customs Affairs (EUAEOUA project coordinator);
• Ganna DUGINETS – Head of the Department of World Economy, Professor;
• Oksana ZOLOTAROVA – Associate Professor of the Department of Commodity Science and Customs Affairs.

In the 4th module, the speakers improved the Program to better master the issues related to the self-assessment of the entities to obtain the AEO status in Ukraine, the assessment of compliance with the AEO criteria by the customs authorities, and practical materials were added. The content of the module was updated taking into account changes in national legislation, data on statistics of enterprises with AEO status in Ukraine, and problematic issues in this area.

It was an important step for the implementation of the AEO Program in Ukraine, taking into account the experience of the EU and countries around the world. Thank you all for participating in the 4^th EUAEOUA module, for fruitful and constructive discussion, and for positive feedback!

We invite new listeners to participate in the 5^th module, which will take place on May 2024. Follow our announcements on the EUAEOUA project page on the DTEU website at the link.

Taras KARAVAYEV,
professor of the commodity science and customs affairs department,
coordinator of the EUAEOUA project