On the 31st of October 2024, the Training Department of the Customs Administration of RN Macedonia in cooperation with RTC-WCO and the Jean Monet Chair organized a presentation of the virtual reality training equipment on the detection of fraud documents and illicit goods for a group of students from the Department of International Trade at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty of Economics – Skopje. The VR equipment for training of customs officers was provided as a donation for the RTC-WCO in Skopje by the Customs of the South Corea through the World Customs organization three years ago.
The students and their professors were greeted by DG Mr. Boban Nikolovski; the Vice DG Director Mr. Garip Caba and the Head of the Training Department Mrs. Zaklina Andreska. Mrs. Andreska and her assistant presented the possibilities and the way of usage of VR equipment, afterwards each of the visitors had the opportunity to try how virtual training works. The students were highly excited to be given this opportunity. In the end, they thanked the representatives of Customs for their kind hospitality and expressed a strong interest to have the opportunity to accomplish their apprentice work within the Customs Administration.