Following, in the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding between the General Directorate of Taxation, Partners Albania for Change and Development and GIZ “On inter-institutional cooperation in order to implement the NPOs sector terrorist financing risk assessment methodology”, the work has begun on drafting a Terrorist Financing (TF) risk assessment methodology in the NPOs sector, in accordance with the requirements of Recommendation 8 and IO.10 (Immediate Outcome 10) of FATF, based on international models.

The purpose of this methodology is to help countries understand the risks of TF to the NPOs sector, to assess how effectively they are mitigating these risks, and for them to be able to clearly demonstrate how they have achieved this understanding. This will be a comprehensive process, during which information and data from various sources will be collected and analyzed, which will then serve to draft the report of the NPOs TF risk assessment methodology.

To this end, during the months of July-August 2021, Partners Albania conducted a survey with 153 NPOs to gather their perceptions and experiences about various issues related to TF, policies against TF, and how they affect the NPOs sector. Hereinafter, work is continuing with a survey of financial institutions (bank and non-bank) to obtain their perceptions of TF risk in the NPOs sector, as well as data collection and surveys conducted with public institutions.

As an important part of the process, the Oversight Group of the methodology was formed with representatives from public institutions and the NPOs sector, such as: The General Directorate of Taxation, The General Directorate for the Prevention of Money Laundering, Tirana District Court, Office of the Prosecutor General, The State Committee on Cults, General Directorate of State’s Police, The Coordination Center for Countering Violent Extremism, The Interreligious Council of Albania, The Muslim Community of Albania, Women’s Center Light Steps, SCiDEV Center, the Initiative for Social Change Arsis and Dorcas Albania Foundation. The role of this group is to discuss and agree on the outputs produced by the group of experts engaged in the process, ensure cooperation with the required agencies to carry out the risk assessment process, including the provision of data by relevant institutions/organizations, provide comments and recommendations on the draft evaluation and recommendations, as well as approve the evaluation report drafted by the experts.

The first meeting of the Oversight Group was organized on December 3rd, where members were introduced to the background and context of TF risk assessment in the NPOs sector, the methodology, and the process.

Awareness Videos

The fight against terrorist financing and prevention of money laundering, international standards and monitoring structures

Consequences in the activity of NPOs from the excessive government measures in the name of money laundering and the fight against terrorism

Informative leaflets

These activities are funded by the GIZ Global Project ‘Combating Illicit Financial Flows ‘.