OSCE supports new training centre for Kyrgyzstan’s State Financial Intelligence Service
BISHKEK, 29 March 2013 – The newly established Training Centre of the State Financial Intelligence Service (SFIS) was opened today in Bishkek with support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek.
The Training Centre will offer courses to strengthen the technical expertise and knowledge of public officials and Members of Parliament in the area of money laundering and terrorist financing. The Centre will also serve as a platform for workshops and conferences for officials from financial institutions, law enforcement agencies and the judiciary. The Centre will bring experts from various international educational and financial institutions and organizations specialized in the area of money laundering and terrorist financing to deliver training.
Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, said: “We are assisting the Government in combating corruption in the private and public sectors, improving the regulatory framework, and creating a competitive business environment and a favourable investment climate. An effective anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regime is an integral part of the economic stability of a country and the integrity of its financial system and should be one of the priorities for improving the climate for foreign investment.”
Melis Mambetjanov, the Chairman of the SFIS, said: “The Training Centre of the SFIS is aimed at considerably enhancing the role and capacity of the Service and raising the professional level of the employees, whose activity is directly related to handling the laundering of criminal income and terrorist financing. The opening of the Centre is a timely and important step; this is the first and only such training centre in Central Asia”.
The OSCE Centre provided equipment and furniture for the Training Centre as a part of its activities aimed at promoting good governance and building the capacity of the SFIS in addressing money laundering and terrorist financing issues.