The Council of Europe through its joint European Union and Council of Europe Project against Economic Crime in Kosovo* (PECK III) is supporting Kosovo authorities to strengthen their cooperation across sectors in combatting money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing.

For this purpose, PECK III organised a two-day workshop on 20 and 21 October 2022 in Pristina with the aim to raise awareness on public-private and public-public partnerships and discuss modalities of cooperation.

The activity brought together 47 participants from the Financial Intelligence Unit, Central Bank, Customs, Tax administration, Kosovo Police, State Prosecution, High Prosecutorial Council, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, Association of Banks, Microfinance institutions, Society of Certified Accountants and Auditors of Kosovo.

Participants discussed the importance of public-private and public-public partnerships for AML/CFT purposes, barriers to information sharing, policy and operational solutions to overcome the identified challenges.

Additionally, participants got acquainted with international and European good practices which may help regulators, law enforcement agencies, Financial Intelligence Unit and the regulated sector to improve information and intelligence-sharing and establish mechanisms for effective public-private partnership aimed at jointly tackling the domestically identified ML/FT and proliferation financing risks.

The Council of Europe will provide further support to the involved institutions with recommendations on establishing mechanisms for the public-private partnership in the prevention of and fight against economic crime.

The activity was organised within the framework of the “Project against Economic Crime in Kosovo” (PECK III), jointly funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.