{"id":2262,"date":"2021-10-19T09:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T09:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ataftax.org.www34.jnb2.host-h.net\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2262"},"modified":"2023-05-11T10:13:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T10:13:16","slug":"atafs-logan-wort-meets-with-east-african-council-members-as-part-of-the-organisations-new-decade-project-tour","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ataftax.org\/fr\/news\/atafs-logan-wort-meets-with-east-african-council-members-as-part-of-the-organisations-new-decade-project-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"ATAF&#8217;s Logan Wort meets with East African Council Members as part of the organisation\u2019s New Decade project tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"fw-image-block_6317150c02a1e\" class=\"fw-image\">\n  <div class=\"site-container\">\n  <div class=\"fw-image__wrapper\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ataftax.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WhatsAppImage2021-10-21at19.12.30-1920w.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"fw-image__image border\">\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"single-col-content-block_6317150d02a1f\" class=\"single-col-content\">\n\n\n      <div class=\"site-container\">\n        <div class=\"single-col-content__wrapper\">\n        \n                        \n            <div class=\"single-col-content__text dark-green outside line-height-19\">\n                <p class=\"text-align-justify\">The Executive Secretary of ATAF, Mr Logan Wort, made official visits to the organisation\u2019s Council members in the aim of determining the areas in which they require ATAF\u2019s support due to the effects of \u00a0the COVID 19 pandemic, as well as strengthening collaboration with members. One of the areas under discussion was ATAF\u2019s New Decade Project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">The New Decade project is an ambitious programme which builds on the outcomes of the impact analysis of ATAF\u2019s first decade,and aims to support members to address the devastation caused by the global pandemic, through effective mobilisation of resources necessary for recovery. It seeks to revisit the organisation\u2019s strategic orientation and its modus operandi in order to adapt to the new challenges affecting revenue administrations in Africa. Part of the strategic refocusing proposed by the plan includes:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"defaultList\">\n<li class=\"text-align-justify\">Broadening of scope of ATAF&#8217;s work to Tax policy and tax-related issues arising from customs and trade<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-align-justify\">Bringing the organisation&#8217;s programmes closer to its constituencies through regionalisation<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-align-justify\">Enhancing the existing capabilities in tax administration, standard setting, data and statistics etc. and<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-align-justify\">Implementing a sound financial sustainability model for the organisation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">Wort\u2019s official visits included Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. The Commissioners General of the respective Revenue authorities welcomed the initiative and support of ATAF in the New Decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">\u201cATAF\u2019s scope of work has expanded well beyond the realm of tax administration in the past five years and is likely to do so even more in the coming decade. The New Decade Project therefore seeks to bring structure and a level of control to this otherwise organic evolution\u201d Wort explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">\u00a0\u201cAfrican revenue administrations are faced with new challenges arising from continental and global changes such as the implementation of the African Continental \u00a0Free Trade area, the increasingly critical global environmental agenda, the COVID-19 pandemic and the digitalisation of the global economy to name but a few. It is therefore imperative that we, as ATAF, relook at our strategy if we are to support our members effectively in their responses to these challenges\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">The New Decade Project will be presented to the rest of ATAF\u2019s Council on the 28<sup>th<\/sup><span class=\"\">\u00a0and 29<\/span><sup>th<\/sup><span class=\"\">\u00a0of October 2021 as the body holds its second ordinary hybrid meeting of the year, in Cape Town, South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n\n                            <\/div>\n\n            \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Executive Secretary of ATAF, Mr Logan Wort, made official visits to the organisation\u2019s Council members in the aim of determining the areas in which they require ATAF\u2019s support due to the effects of \u00a0the COVID 19 pandemic, as well as strengthening collaboration with members. 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