On the results of the assessors training in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan

The EAG Secretariat conducted another scheduled training of assessors for the upcoming third round of mutual evaluations of national AML/CFT/CPF systems of the EAG Member States in Almaty (Republic of Kazakhstan), from 4 to 8 November. The event was organised with the support of the Financial Monitoring Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan and International Training and Methodology Centre for Financial Monitoring of the Russian Federation.

Experts representing government agencies from Belarus, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan attended the training. Representatives of financial intelligence units from Azerbaijan and Serbia were also trained alongside experts from the EAG Member States.

During the training, the participants studied the procedures for conducting the third round of mutual evaluations in accordance with the updated procedure approved by the 40th EAG Plenary Meeting in June 2008. In addition, the Secretariat familiarised the trained experts in detail with the requirements of the Methodology for assessing technical compliance with the FATF Recommendations and the effectiveness of AML/CFT/CPF systems.

The training was supplemented by practical exercises, during which the participants had the opportunity to independently evaluate the examples provided and to report on the main findings and key recommendations for improving the AML/CFT/CFTP system of the fictitious country being assessed.

The training programme is based on FATF materials and is fully compliant with FATF requirements, enabling trained experts to take part not only in EAG mutual evaluations, but also in FATF and other FATF-style regional bodies.

The EAG Secretariat plans to deliver similar training events in the 2025, taking into account the need for well-qualified assessors.

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