OSCE supports strategic analysis course in Kazakhstan

An OSCE-supported four-day Egmont Group course on strategic analysis concluded on 23 July 2021 in Nur-Sultan.

Some 20 representatives from the Financial Monitoring Agency (FMA) attended the event conducted by two international experts from Slovenia and Moldova in a blended format. During the six-module course, the FMA employees learned about key concepts of strategic analysis, structural analytical approaches and the stages of its development. Experts shared practical examples on applying methodological approaches towards analysis, and processing information provided by competent public authorities and reporting entities.

The Egmont Group is a united body of 166 Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) that provides a platform for exchange of expertise and financial intelligence to combat money laundering/terrorism financing in line with the resolutions and statements of the United Nations Security Council, the G20 Finance Ministers, and the Financial Action Task Force. International standards provide the framework for FIUs around the world.

The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan organized the event in co-operation with the FMA as part of the Office’s multi-year efforts to promote good governance and advance the host country’s Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism system in compliance with Financial Action Task Force standards.