In this course, you will learn about the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the Role of Customs in its implementation. 

The course will explore:

• The role of National Authorities in CWC implementation and their cooperation with other stakeholders, the role of customs, OPCW capacity-building support for customs and cooperation with the World Customs Organisation.
• The concept of dual use chemicals.
• The transfer provisions under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), and responsibilities and the role of National Authorities and customs authorities in implementing these provisions.  
• The identification of scheduled chemicals, common chemical identifiers, and tools to assist with identification.
• The verification process carried out by the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW, the concept of transfer discrepancies under the CWC and principal causes for such discrepancies.
• The integrated approach of strategic trade control, the role of Customs in controlling strategic chemicals and procedures to follow when encountering toxic chemicals. The module also explores common types of equipment and methods available for analysing scheduled chemicals, a basic risk assessment for chemicals, and some commonly used illicit transfer methods.

This course has been developed jointly by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Customs Organization (WCO).