On the joint training of assessors with the Secretariats of the FATF and the APG

The EAG, FATF and APG Secretariats conducted a Joint Assessors Training for experts from FATF Global Network member countries in New Delhi, India, from 7 to 11 April. The event was supported by the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Republic of India.

A total of 45 AML/CFT/CPF experts from 26 countries attended the JAT, including experts from the competent authorities of Belarus, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

During the training, the participants studied the peculiarities of the mutual evaluation procedures in the new round and the updated requirements of the Methodology for assessing technical compliance with the FATF Recommendations and the effectiveness of AML/CFT/CPF systems, and carried out exercises on conducting interviews with an assessed country and drafting a mutual evaluation report.

The knowledge and skills acquired enable the participants to be nominated as assessors or reviewers in the new round of mutual evaluations.

The EAG Secretariat will continue its work on training AML/CFT/CPF experts from the state authorities of the EAG member states as well as assessors for the new round of mutual evaluations.

EAG Secretariat