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Understanding the socioeconomic impacts and policy implications of Illicit Financial Flows in Africa
Illicit Financial Flows
Monday, October 5, 2020 to Friday, December 4, 2020
Formation en ligne sur le web

The overarching objective of the course is to contribute to understand the socio-economic impacts and the complex web of policies related to illicit financial flow, and in particular to highlight the issue of legislation, coherence; capacity and measurement that arise and how they can be addressed. Specific objectives of the course include :

  • Enhancing the knowledge and technical skill of governments officials, legislators, media professionals, development activists and researchers on the IFF through an online and insitu trainings;
  • Equipping the target audiences in countries with appropriate tools to counter illicit financial flows in a coherent way;
  • Strengthening the capacity of African countries, and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in planning, designing and implementing appropriate policy and measures to counter illicit financial
  •  Promoting functional institutional governance to build a coordinated and coherent approach to implementing risk mitigating policies to prevent and deter illicit financial flows encompassing all the relevant government departments and agencies.