Coordination of technical assistance

Coordination of technical assistance

The Single technical assistance (TA) coordination information system of the Eurasian Group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism (EAG STACS) is developed to provide uniform standards for collection, keeping, structuring, administration and analysis of TA data in the EAG. The decision on its creation was made at the 35th EAG Plenary in November 2021. In November 2022, with the financial support of the EDB the project was started, and in May 2023 the EAG STACS was launched in test mode.

The EAG STACS implements the provisions of the document "Rules on coordination of the technical assistance provided to the EAG Member States", which objectives are to offer transparent and convenient rules for all participants, describing the main stages of work and outlining the role of each of them.

The EAG STACS objectives is to improve TA coordination in the Eurasian region to enhance the effectiveness of EAG Member States' national AML/CFT systems and their compliance with the FATF Standards. The EAG STACS is also aimed at consolidating resources those of the EAG Member States, development partners, and to mitigate the risks of inconsistency and duplication of efforts, and to improve productivity in the implementation of TA projects.

The EAG STACS is to make it much easier for beneficiaries to communicate with donors and providers of TA. In the EAG STACS, each participant in the TA coordination process, these are Member States, donors and providers have their own personal account, where they can explore information on applications, the work process and some analytical tools. In addition, personal accounts allow participants of the process to see the dynamics of TA provision and interact with each other.

The EAG STACS will be constantly improving, and we would therefore appreciate any comments that might help to enhance its effectiveness. We would be happy to receive your feedback by mail to info@eurasiangroup.org.

Past technical assistance activities

• 14-03-2024 Donors and providers meeting in Kazakhstan

  The EAG in cooperation with the Financial Monitoring Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan held the Donors and Providers Meeting in order to coordinate the technical assistance provided to the country to address the shortcomings identified in the Mutual Evaluation Report and included in the Technical Assistance Plan for the country

• 12-03-2024 Joint training of the Financial Monitoring Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the EAG Secretariat training for national competent authorities on identification, investigation and prosecution of ML cases

  From 5 to 7 March 2024 in Astana city of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a joint training for judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officers of the Republic of Kazakhstan on "Identification, investigation and prosecution of cases on money laundering" organized by the Financial Monitoring Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the EAG Secretariat was held.

• 18-09-2023 Training for the EAG Member States and development partners on the use of the Single technical assistance coordination information system (STACS)

  On September 15, 2023, the EAG Secretariat held an online training on the use of the Single technical assistance coordination information system (STACS)

• 12-09-2023 The second Donors' Meeting was held in the Kyrgyz Republic

  On September 6, 2023 the second Meeting with donors and technical assistance providers operating in the EAG region was held in the Kyrgyz Republic

• 14-03-2023 Outcomes of the meeting with donors and providers of technical assistance

  On March 9-10, 2023 in Tashkent, the Republic of Uzbekistan the meeting with donors and providers of technical assistance (TA) was held under the project launched in November 2022 to assist the country to address deficiencies identified in the 2nd round of the EAG mutual evaluations

• 07-09-2022 Training for the EAG Member States on completing the forms for providing information on technical assistance

  On September 6, 2022, the EAG Secretariat held an online training for the EAG Member States on completing the forms for providing information on technical assistance

• 23-06-2022 Protecting non-profit organisations from terrorist financing abuse and implementation of FATF Recommendation 8

  The EAG Secretariat participated in an awareness raising seminar on "Protection of non-profit organizations from terrorist financing abuse and implementation of FATF Recommendation 8" held on 13-15 June in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

• 21-03-2022 Donors meeting was held in Bishkek

  A meeting of international donor organizations operating in the EAG region was held in Bishkek (Kyrgyz Republic) on March 17-18, 2022
   

• 02-03-2020 Donor meeting in Dushanbe

  A meeting of international donor organizations operating in the EAG region was held in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) on February 27, 2020. The purpose of the meeting was to coordinate the provision of technical assistance to Tajikistan by its international partners, which, in turn, should contribute to the country's progress in improving its AML/CFT regime