LUCIANO CALACIURA
Customs Expert – Border Management Team
EUBAM LIBYA
EUROPEAN UNION
Dr. Calaciura, seconded by the Italian Customs, is responsible for customs at EUBAM (European Union Border Assistance Mission) to Libya. He has a sound experience in border management related issues matured in the Western Balkans and in the Middle East (Jordan and Lebanon). He was also part of the first EUBAM Mission to Libya spending more than 1 year in that country. His experience includes capacity building, cooperation and coordination at intra-agency level (customs) and between customs and other border management authorities. During his career, he also dealt with methods of cooperation between customs authorities at international level, including the re-drafting of relevant agreements.
Under the current EUBAM mandate, he is part of the Border Management Team which is specifically cooperating with the Libyan National Team for Security Border Management for the preparation of a White Paper on border management.