Pros
The quality of life and pace of work are the best parts of working for the WCO. With 30 days of vacation and numerous bank holidays, including two weeks during the Christmas holidays when the offices are closed, one can benefit from life in Europe. Add the rich diversity, the professionalism of the other professionals and the WCO is the ideal location to work. The work of the WCO includes Trade facilitation, Capacity Building, and Compliance and Enforcement issues, all of which affect cross border trade. The World Customs Organization (WCO) is the only intergovernmental organisation exclusively focused on Customs matters. With its worldwide membership, the WCO is now recognised as the voice of the global Customs community. It is particularly noted for its work in areas covering the development of global standards, the simplification and harmonisation of Customs procedures, trade supply chain security, the facilitation of international trade, the enhancement of Customs enforcement and compliance activities, anti-counterfeiting and piracy initiatives, public-private partnerships, integrity promotion, and sustainable global Customs capacity building programmes. The WCO also maintains the international Harmonized System goods nomenclature, and administers the technical aspects of the WTO Agreements on Customs Valuation and Rules of Origin.
Cons
There are no permanent contracts. Everyone has either a three year or five year contract. The WCO can act arbitrarily not to renew the contract at the end of the period.
