The EAG Plenary and Working groups meetings will take place in Moscow on 14 - 17 June 2011

The EAG Plenary and Working groups meetings will take place in Moscow on 14 - 17 June 2011
 
  • 02 June, 2011

    The meeting will be attended by representatives of the EAG member-states: Belarus, India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as by experts from countries and international organizations having the status of EAG observers.

    In the framework of the EAG Plenary week the Consultations with the private sector on the theme "Revision of the FATF standards: On the way to transparency of the global financial system and the security of national economies" will be held. Consultations are aimed at clarifying forthcoming changes of the 40+9 Recommendations.

    The signing of the EAG Agreement by the EAG member-states is planned during the 14th Plenary meeting. The Agreement sets the status of the EAG as an intergovernmental organization, which operates on the principles of equal participation of member-states.
    In addition, in the course of the meeting the results of the mutual evaluation of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan will be summed.

    On the agenda of the meeting there is the presentation of the results of projects of the International training and methodology centre for financial monitoring. These projects are aimed at rendering of information and methodological assistance to the EAG member-states to improve the legislation in the field of AML/CFT, as well as to hold financial investigations and trainings for staff for national systems.

    Participants of the Plenary meeting will also discuss the working plans of the Eurasian group for the period up to 2015, which will help to outline the strategic priorities in the activities of the EAG.