From 25-27 October, 2017,  the 20 or so participants in the 8th meeting of the focal points for capacity building and those responsible for reforming customs administrations in the West and Central African region of the World Customs Organization (WCO) will share their experience in customs reform and draw up new perspectives for the next Regional Strategic Plan 2018-2022.

Following the closing  of the General meeting of the International Association of Treasury Services (IATS), which took place on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 in Brazzaville, participants from the 29 member countries decided that Mohamed Lemine Ould Dhehby, a national of Mauritania,  executive director of Treasury and Public accounting in his country, takes over Henri Loundou,  a national of  Congo, as the chairman of the Association.

After two days of exchange of experience on the main theme : "Pay and pension management: integrated management information system or not, and internal oversight",  the participants in the 11th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Treasury Services (IATS) held from 16 -17 October, 2017 in Brazzaville (Congo) agreed on the use of the IT tool to secure pen-sion and payroll transactions.

The 11th International Conference and general meeting of the International Associa-tion For Treasury Services (IATS) will take place for  three days in Brazzaville, the capital city of the Congo, under the following theme :«The management of payroll and pensions- what is the best course? an integrated computerized management or not  and carrying out of internal control ». The conference was opened on Monday, October 16^th, 2017 by honourable  Thierry Lezin Moungalla, Minister of Communication and media and Spokesman of the government, representing his colleague,  honourable Calixte Nganongo, Minister of finance and budget.

The African Lotteries Association (ALA) held a meeting of General Managers of member companies on Tuesday, October10, 2017 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. The opening ceremony was under the aegis of Emmanuel Akouala-Mpan, Principal Private Secretary, representing the Minister of finance and budget of the host country, honourable Calixte Nganongo.

The Prime Minister, head of the Congolese government, held a press conference on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 in Brazzaville. On this occasion,  honourable Clément Mouamba focused on the  mission of  the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which took place from Monday, September 25, to Wednesday,  October 4, 2017 on talks with the Congo on debt and governance. The speaker said he was confident about the economic recovery of the country, which has various sources to replenish its coffers, despite its debt to the IMF estimated at 5,329 billion CFA francs or 110% of the gross domestic product (GDP). He answered questions about Congo's debt, tax loopholes, the future generations Account and Congo's loans to its African neighbours.

The 7th Regional Workshop for Training and Human Resources Managers (HR) of customs administrations of the member countries of the West and Central African Region of the World Customs Organization (WCO) ended on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at the Regional Training Center (RTC) in Brazzaville, Republic of  the Congo.

Talks for the signing of an agreement between the Congolese government and the Internatio-nal Monetary Fund (IMF) began on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 in Brazzaville. The Congo-lese side is led by both the Minister of finance and budget, Calixte Nganongo and the Chairman of the Negotiations  Technical Committee, Lucien Ebata, Special Advisor to the Head of State for external financing. The IMF delegation is led by Abdul Wane Aziz.

From Monday 25th to Wednesday 27th  September, 2017, the Republic of the Congo will host the 7th workshop of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Working Group  on Human Resources Management and Training for the West and Central African region.

The Chinese company Zheng Wei is specialized in civil work and was led by its general manager at the meeting with the Minister of Finance and Budget, Calixte Nganongo, on Saturday, September 23, 2017.