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Project Title
Project Number
Twining Light No.
Funding Programme
Beneficiary Institution
Maximum Budget
1.
Use of data mining for creation of analytical models in
customs
2006/018-183-04-01-07
2006 Transition Facility, Unallocated Envelope
Customs Department under the Ministry of Finance
159 200 EUR
Background and justification
Under the strategy of Lithuanian Customs approved on April 2005 which is prepared
following Council Resolution of 30 May 2001 on a strategy for the Customs Union, new priority
tasks are foreseen for Customs bearing in mind its important role in protection of the society,
therefore one of the long-term strategic goals of the Lithuanian Customs in the field of market,
society protection and tax administration is to protect market and society from the damage
caused by illegal international trafficking, to fight effectively against tax evasion, to improve tax
accounting and collection, to preclude violation of customs legislation and other criminal
activities.
In order to achieve the goals stated above, the software designated for data mining has
been obtained by Customs Criminal Service, under the Transition facility Project No. 2006/018183-01-01 “Customs intelligence and statistic analysis”. .
It is a powerful new technology tool with great potential to help customs focus on the
most important information that is available in its data warehouses. With this data mining tool it
possible to predict future trends and behaviors, allowing customs authorities to make proactive,
knowledge-driven decisions. It scours databases for hidden patterns, finding predictive
information that experts may miss because it lies outside their expectations.
Most customs authorities already collect and refine massive quantities of data. Data
mining techniques can be implemented rapidly on existing software and hardware platforms to
enhance the value of existing information resources, and can be integrated with new products
and systems as they are brought on-line. When implemented on high performance client/server
or parallel processing computers, data mining tools can analyze massive databases to deliver
answers to questions such as, "what are relations between raise of excise taxes and amount of
seized cigarettes or price of cigarettes in black market and why?"
At the moment Lithuanian Customs is implementing 2006 Transition Facility project No.
2006/018-183-01-01 “Customs intelligence and statistic analysis” and the project shall be
completed at the beginning of 2009. Some activities of this project foresee trainings of the
officers who use data mining software; however these trainings are oriented more on the use of
the software and its possibilities instead of creating (programming) specific models according
the customs needs. Data mining issues are only small part of the named project and in this case
there is a need for very specific task – creation of the concrete model (or models) with help of
available data mining software.
Lithuanian Customs training centre also provides it’s own seminars on different aspects
of investigation and analysis of customs fraud, however, these seminars mostly are organized by
the local experts and are based more on general issues and are oriented for all customs officers,
therefore there is a need for specific knowledge assistance only for officers who will work
exclusively with data analysis i.e. data mining.
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Lithuanian Customs administration still needs to improve its analytical capacities and this
project would ensure more effective performance and use of obtained data mining software in
the field of prevention of infringements of tax related legislation. Specifically, there is a need to
create (to program) a specific model/-s for this software in order to solve a specific problems
subject to customs law enforcement activities (e.g. to predict the trends of cigarette smuggling
rate in relation to new legislation on excise tax).
After procurement of the mentioned data mining tool it is clear that in order to achieve
best results in using this software, assistance of more experienced EU experts is essential.
Twinning partner’s input is necessary in order to receive an assistance of experienced
officials dealing with data mining in their everyday duties, who could transfer their knowledge
and expertise and help the Lithuanian Customs in the preparation of the specific models for using
the mentioned software. In the future this system would empower the Lithuanian Customs to
predict and analyze the trends of goods movements with possible gaps for infringements of
customs laws, thus allowing prospective, proactive information delivery. It would also help to
avoid losses in customs duties and ensure the proper flow of income to the EU budget.
2.
Description of the Assignment
2.1. The beneficiaries
The Beneficiary of this Twinning Light project is the Customs Department under the Ministry of
Finance of the Republic of Lithuania. . The project will be implemented within the Customs
Department, A. Jakšto str.1/25, 01105 Vilnius, Lithuania together with the Customs Criminal
Service, Zalgirio str.127, LT-08217 Vilnius, Lithuania.
The organisational structure of the Customs Department is as follows: Director General, four
Deputy Directors General, the main divisions: Legal; Customs Legislation Harmonisation;
Analysis of Statistics; Strategic Planning; Customs Procedures; Tariff; Tax Administration;
Customs Work Management; Economic Entities Control; Internal Audit Service; Personnel and
Training. The overall Lithuanian Customs organisation includes the Customs Department as
headquarters, 5 regional customs administrations, and 41 Customs posts, Customs Criminal
Service; Customs Information Systems Centre, Customs Training Centre and Customs
Laboratory.
Project Leader of the Beneficiary shall be Mr. Mantas Kausilas, Head of the Information analysis
division of Customs Criminal Service: [email protected], tel.: (+370 5) 274 8033, fax:
(+370 5) 274 80 24.
The International Relations Division of Customs Department (Ms. Ana Burkovskiene, Chief
Inspector of International Relations Division, [email protected], tel.: (+370 5)
261 72 58, fax: (+370 5) 212 66 31) will be in charge of ensuring that the project would be
implemented in accordance to Transition Facility rules.
2.2.
Global and Specific Objectives
The global objective of the project is to strengthen analytical capacities of the Lithuanian
Customs in using the modern IT tools for law enforcement.
The specific objective of the project is enhancement of the use of data mining for creation
of specific models for the analytical solutions in the area of customs law enforcement.
2.3.
Requested services
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It is anticipated that the Twinning partner will assist the Lithuanian Customs counterparts
in the following activities:
 Analysis of the current situation regarding Data mining software used in the Lithuanian
Customs, mainly based on interviews of the Lithuanian Customs officials and practical
experience of the experts. Preparation of an analysis report including proposals on themes of
analytical models for data mining tools used in the Lithuanian customs and their possible impact.
 Preparation of at least two specific models for customs analysts using data mining
software in the field of customs law enforcement while working together with Lithuanian
customs officers.
The Project Leader of the Twinning partner shall be responsible for the organisation of
service delivery, reporting and other management issues.
Indicative work plan:
Activities
Project management
Analysing of current situation regarding
Data mining software used in the
Lithuanian Customs and preparation of an
analysis report
Preparation of a specific models for
customs analysts using data mining
software in the field of customs law
enforcement
TOTAL
2.4.
Expert
A
Input, man days
Expert
B
Total
10
10
30
10
40
10
70
80
30
100
130
Expected results:
 An Analysis report, including proposed themes of specific models for data mining
tools used in the Lithuanian customs.
 At least two detailed functional models for data mining tools used in Lithuanian
customs for analysts prepared.
 Lithuanian customs officers working with data mining are trained and able to create
their own models with available data mining tool.
The Twinning partner will have to analyse the current situation regarding currently
available data mining software used in the Lithuanian Customs and prepare an Analysis report
including proposed themes for specific tasks, which should be created using available data with
current data mining software. Lithuanian counterparts will provide all necessary technical tools
and information in the form of documents available and interviews with Lithuanian customs
officials.
Preparation of specific models (working together with Lithuanian customs officers)
with data mining software for the customs analysts will be a task for the Twinning partner, and
Lithuanian counterparts will provide all necessary support. The Lithuanian customs officials will
provide software and IT tools for the creation of models.
After the project it is foreseen that Lithuanian customs officers working with data
mining tools will be able to create their own models according customs needs.
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The final versions of documents/ project results (agreed upon by both Lithuanian
Customs and Twinning partner Project Leaders) shall be presented to the Steering
Committee members for approval.
3. Expert profile
General requirements for all experts:
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
Fluency in English.
Experience in conducting interviews in order to collect user requirements.
Expert A – Project Leader:
Qualifications and skills
 Graduation of national customs academy and / or university or equivalent
education in data mining (IT) and / or exact science and / or economics area.
 Experience in project management.
 Experience in working with projects funded by the European Union.
General and specific professional experience
 Experience in working in joint groups with other MS customs authorities in the
customs field.
 Experience in team work consisting of not less than 3 persons.
 Experience in preparation of project implementation reports.
 Not less than 5 years working experience in IT and analytical field.
 Experience in the preparation of various technical documents of IT systems such
as: functional and technical specifications, design documents etc.
Experts B – Data mining expert:
Qualifications and skills
 Graduation of national customs academy and / or education in IT and / or exact
science and / or economics area.
 Knowledge of the EU Customs legislation and other documents governing the
data mining processes in law enforcement.
General and specific professional experience
 Not less than 3 years working experience in a MS customs or other law
enforcement administration.
 Experience in the use of data mining tools in customs or other law enforcement
(Tax administrations).
 experience in the preparation of data mining models and work in law enforcement
institution.
 specific knowledge about data mining: time series analysis, retrospective data
analysis, prospective data analysis, exploratory data analysis, artificial neural networks,
clustering, genetic algorithms, linear regression, logistic regression, etc..
 Not less than 5 years working experience in design and/or development and/or
implementation of the information systems.
4. Location and duration
The project will commence on 01/2009 and will end on 06/2009. The project duration will be of
6 months after the signature of the agreement.
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No
1.
2.
3.
Activities
Input,
man
days
Project management
10
Analysis of current situation regarding Data 40
mining software used in the in the Lithuanian
Customs and preparation of an analysis report
Preparation of a specific models for customs 80
analysts using data mining software in the field of
customs law enforcement
TOTAL
130
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2
3
4
5
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The project shall be carried out in Vilnius, Lithuania.
5. Reporting and monitoring
5.1. Reporting requirements
5.1.1 This Twinning Light project is subject to the same monitoring procedures as standard
Twinning. The Interim Quarterly Reports and a Final Report shall be prepared and submitted as
defined in the Twinning Manual.
Within 30 days from the commencement date of the contract the Twinning partner shall prepare
an Inception Report including detailed work plan to achieve project objectives and expected
results.
Twinning partner shall submit the final report at the end of the assignment. The final report shall
summarize and evaluate the results achieved, experiences and problems encountered and prepare
recommendations for the further development. This report will describe the results of the project,
compare these with the original objectives and assess the success of the project. It shall highlight
any lessons learnt.
The above-mentioned reports should be written in standard EU-Phare-format in English. The
Twinning Project Leader shall submit signed copies of the aforementioned reports in three copies
to the Customs Department. One copy of the approved reports shall be presented to the Central
Project Management Agency.
Working language of the project is English.
5.1.2. For coordination and monitoring of the project a steering committee will be established
with the following members: representatives of the Customs Department, Customs Information
Systems Centre, Customs Criminal Service etc Representatives from Ministry of Finance and
Central Project Management Agency will participate in the meetings as observers.
The role of the steering committee will be to review the project regularly, ensure that it is on
schedule in all respects, and to take any major strategic decisions.
The Steering Committee will meet on a quarterly basis (or more frequently if needed).
6. Total budget of the project
The maximum total budget for the project available is 159 200 Euro.
5000 EUR for translation and interpretation,
3000 EUR for audit,
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3000 EUR for contingency costs.
ANNEX TO PROJECT FICHE
1. Logical framework matrix in standard format.
2. Description of IT application used.
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LOGFRAME PLANNING MATRIX
LOGFRAME PLANNING MATRIX FOR
TWL project: Use of data mining for creation of analytical models in customs
Overall objective
 To strengthen analytical capacities of the
Lithuanian Customs in using the modern IT tools for
law enforcement
Objectively verifiable indicators
 Number of seizures based on predicted
information is increased by 15 % till 2010.
 Amount of collected taxes by customs is
increased up to 10 % till 2010.
Project purpose
Objectively verifiable indicators
 Enhancement of the use of data mining for creation  At least two specific models created and used
of specific models for the analytical solutions in the
with data mining tools currently available in
area of customs law enforcement
Lithuanian customs
Results
 An Analysis report, including proposed themes of
specific models for data mining tools used in the
Lithuanian customs.
 Prepared detailed functional models for data
mining tools used in Lithuanian customs for analysts.
 Lithuanian customs officers working with data
mining software are trained and able to create their own
models with available data mining tool.
Programme name and number
Transition Facility 2006,
Unallocated Envelope
Contracting period expires
15/12/2008
Contract execution period expires
15/12/2009
Total budget: 159 200 EUR
TF budget: 159 200 EUR
Sources of Verification
Operational reports of the
Lithuanian Customs
Sources of Verification
 Project final report
Assumptions
 Experts qualification is
sufficient.
Objectively verifiable indicators
Sources of Verification
Assumptions
 Analysis report is prepared and approved by  Project documents
 Full commitment by
the Steering Committee.
beneficiary ;
 Project quarterly progress reports
 At least two functional models are prepared
 Operational reports of Customs
and approved by the Steering Committee.
Criminal Service
 Lithuanian customs officers use created
models in their daily work for submitting
reports, forecasts, performing other analytical
activities
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Activities
Means
Twinning Light contract
 Analysis of the current situation regarding Data
mining software used in the Lithuanian Customs,
mainly based on interviews of the Lithuanian Customs
officials and practical experience of the experts.
Preparation of an analysis report including proposals on
themes of specific models for data mining tools used in
the Lithuanian customs and their possible impact.
 Preparation of specific models for customs analysts
using data mining software in the field of customs law
enforcement.
Assumptions
 Work groups established by
both parties
 Experts qualification is
sufficient
Preconditions
 Funding provided
 Twinning partner selected in
due time
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Annex 2 to the Project Fiche
IBM DB2 Data Warehouse Enterprise Edition v.9.1.2:
- DWE Integrated Installer;
- DB2 Enterprise Server Edition v9.1 UNIX;
- DB2 Partition Feature v9.1;
- IBM DB2 Performance Optimization Feature v9.1;
- IBM DB2 Storage Optimization Feature v9.1;
- DWE Administration Console;
- DWE Cube Views;
- DWE Design Studio;
- DWE Intelligent Miner (Modeling, Scoring, Visualization);
- DWE SQL Warehousing Tool;
- WebSphere Application Server v6.0;
- DB2 Alphablox v8.4;
IBM DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data
Intelligent Miner™ for Data Version 8.1 is an independent product that provides the following
mining functions to build and apply mining models based on database or flat file data:

Associations mining function

Classification mining function including the following algorithms:



o
Neural Classification
o
Tree Classification
Clustering mining function including the following algorithms:
o
Distribution-based Clustering
o
Center-based Clustering
Regression mining functions including the following algorithms:
o
Neural Regression
o
Linear Regression
o
RBF Prediction
Processing functions
The Processing functions can be used only on database tables.

Sequential Patterns mining function
In DB2® Data Warehouse Edition, the Sequential Patterns mining function is called
Sequence Rules mining function.

Similar Sequences mining function

Statistics functions
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Intelligent Miner for Data Version 8.1 is a stand-alone data mining application (workbench) for end
users and primarily statisticians with advanced data mining skills. It includes the Intelligent Miner
Visualizers and the PMML conversion component of IM Scoring, which allows you to export
mining models in PMML format.
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