In the preparation of new cycle of assessments, which will place an even greater focus on effectiveness and on countries’ risk and context, MONEYVAL organised a three day online Update training course for experienced assessors.
From 21 to 23 January, 36 experts from 15 MONEYVAL and FATF countries, 8 Secretariat members and 3 experts from the Economic Crime Cooperation Division of the Council of Europe attended the training, which focussed on both evaluation procedure and effectiveness aspects.
The training was open to experts who had undergone the previous round of evaluators’ training and conducted minimum one evaluation.
The participants were provided with theoretical tools and practical exercises enabling them to identify gaps in the anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing and proliferation financing national frameworks and to provide the assessed countries with objective and constructive recommendations for improvement. The exercise was in particular focused at developing Key Recommended Actions, which is a new feature of the 6th round of evaluations.
The successful completion of an assessors’ training is needed for all experts who will act as evaluators in the context of MONEVYAL and FATF assessments.
MONEVYAL will continue to provide assessors’ training courses throughout 2025 and beyond.