IMO’s Alper Keceli participated in the meeting of the WCO Data Model Project Team (DMPT) held at WCO Headquarters in Brussels (9-10 March). During this technical-level meeting, Mr. Keceli made a presentation to explain the background to the Facilitation Committee (FAL 39)’s decision on the maintenance of the IMO Compendium on Facilitation and Electronic Business (IMO Compendium), the distribution of responsibilities between the two Organizations in relation to the IMO Compendium, and the outcomes expected. On the basis of the discussions, IMO and WCO will progress the work on the maintenance of the IMO Compendium and have agreed to create a special focus group team for maintaining IMO Compendium.