Mette Werdelin AZZAM WCO

METTE AZZAM holds a position as Lead Origin Expert in the EU-WCO Rules of Origin for Africa Programme, which is an initiative funded by the European Union and implemented by the World Customs Organization to support the African continent to improve its capacity to deal with Rules of Origin and ultimately to support the harmonised and coordinated implementation and application of the Rules of Origin under Annex 2 of the AfCFTA in compliance with other international commitments and best practices. She has worked as Head of the Origin Sub-Directorate at the WCO for 10 years, as responsible for technical assistance to WCO Members in the area of Origin as well as for the technical part of the WTO negotiations in the Harmonization of Non-Preferential Rules of Origin within the Technical Committee on Rules of Origin (TCRO) under the auspices of the WCO. She was the WCO liaison officer in the meetings of the WTO Committee on Rules of Origin (CRO) in Geneva. Mette graduated from the Danish Customs and Tax College in 2000 and has been working in the Danish Customs Administration until February 2008 where she was posted in Brussels as Danish Customs Attaché. From December 2005 to January 2008 she was responsible for origin matters at the Customs Headquarter in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Mardi 4 Février 2025

Time Session
14:00
15:30
Table ronde 5 : Voie à suivre - Collaboration internationale concernant l’interconnectivité en matière d’origine
Gael GROOBY Moderator WCOActing Director
Kelly MORGERO Speaker Special Secretariat of the Federal Revenue of Brazil (RFB)Customs Officer
Nelson BRENS Speaker ASAPRAPresident
Pedro GOMES ESTEVAO Speaker AfCFTA SecretariatPrincipal Program Officer, Trade Facilitation| Directorate of Customs Administr
Stefano INAMA Speaker UNCTADCHIEF
Mette Werdelin AZZAM Speaker WCOLead Origin Expert

Tuesday, 4 February 2025

Time Session
14:00
15:30
Panel Discussion 5: Way Forward: Global Collaboration on Origin Interconnectivity
Gael GROOBY Moderator WCOActing Director
Kelly MORGERO Speaker Special Secretariat of the Federal Revenue of Brazil (RFB)Customs Officer
Nelson BRENS Speaker ASAPRAPresident
Pedro GOMES ESTEVAO Speaker AfCFTA SecretariatPrincipal Program Officer, Trade Facilitation| Directorate of Customs Administr
Stefano INAMA Speaker UNCTADCHIEF
Mette Werdelin AZZAM Speaker WCOLead Origin Expert