MOLI-UA-2 Project : Study visit
[7
November 2008, Strasbourg]
From 17 to 21 November 2008, a study
visit to Sweden will be organised
under MOLI-UA-2 project for 13
Ukrainian experts representing the
State Committee for Financial
Monitoring of Ukraine and the
financial sector. Its aim is to
visit training institutions in
Sweden, mainly in Stockholm and
Gothenburg, to exchange best
practices and study training
solutions available to the law
enforcement agencies and judiciary
in the field of combating money
laundering and terrorist financing.
Confiscation of proceeds of crime in
South-eastern Europe
[3
November 2008, Strasbourg]
Countries of South-eastern Europe
have made important progress, since
2001, with regard to financial
investigations and the confiscation
of proceeds from crime but further
efforts are required. These are the
conclusions of the regional PROSECO
seminar on the confiscation of
proceeds from crime held in Cavtat,
Croatia, 25-26 September 2008.
Link
to the
Conclusions
Link
to the
Financial Investigations Special
File
Link to the
PROSECO web page
Cybercrime training for Prosecutors
and Judges from South-Eastern Europe
[20
October 2008, Strasbourg]
The Regional Cybercrime event,
composed of a Cybercrime training
and a Workshop on international
co-operation against cybercrime, is
organised within the Projects on
Cybercrime and on Support to
Prosecutors' Network in South
Eastern Europe. The objectives of
the meeting are:
- to train prosecutors and judges
from countries of South Eastern
Europe in the investigation,
prosecution and adjudication of
cybercrime
- to identify needs and
opportunities for further training
of judges and prosecutors
- to enhance the effectiveness of
international co-operation against
cybercrime (urgent, provisional
measures and international
co-operation).
The training will take place on 18
and 19 November in Ohrid, "the
former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia".
Agenda
in
English
TYEC:
Ethics Training Programme
[14 October 2008, Strasbourg]
The first ethics training activity of TYEC will take
place in a Turkish public sector training company,
TUSSIDE (Turkish Institute for International Management)
during 19-24 October 2008. 25 trainers candidates from
central government ministries and various public bodies
have been selected to participate in the programme. The
programme involves the completion and publication of the
training package, the training of the selected trainers
on how to train and the use of the training package. The
training programme will be supervised by a Turkish and
International Short Term Expert and will involve a pilot
exercise. The training is intended to:
1. Support the Council of Ethics Training Programme for
senior national, regional and local public officials
between November 2008 and October 2009;
2. Encourage the trainers to work with the ethics
commissions in their respective ministries to set up a
training strategy:
3. Assist the Council of Ethics to deliver a national
training programme.
Combating the Financing of
Terrorism
[26 September 2008, Strasbourg] The seminar on countering
terrorist financing organised by
Basel Institute of Governance will
take place in Davos, Switzerland
from
1 to 3 October 2008. The main topics on
the agenda are the intelligence
gathering, the cooperation between
law enforcement bodies and private
sector, and the use of modern
technology. MOLI-UA2, MOLI-RU2 and
MOLICO Projects
provide for participation of the
representatives of the State Committee for Financial Monitoring of
Ukraine, Rosfinmonitoring, the
Center for Combating Corruption and Economic Crime (CCCEC)
and General Prosecutor’s
office.
Link to the
Agenda
(english) and
(russian)
TRES-UA: Start-up of the Project on strengthening and
protecting women's and children's rights in Ukraine
[18 September 2008, Strasbourg]
The new Joint Project between the Council of
Europe and European Commission was announced at the
press conference held in Kyiv on 4 September 2008. This
Project, on strengthening and protecting women's and
children's rights in Ukraine, is part of the new joint
action to support Ukrainian authorities and civil
society efforts in promoting and protecting gender
equality and children's rights in line with
international standards. This action will be implemented
by the Council of Europe, UNDP and International Labour
Organisation (ILO) through separate projects which are
financed substantially by the European Commission. An
important media and communication project will ensure
the visibility of the action.
Link to
the project summaries
TYEC: Call for Expression of Interest: Research Studies
(2)
[3 September 2008, Strasbourg]
Within the framework of its project in Turkey
“Ethics for the Prevention of Corruption in Turkey”, the
Council of Europe is interested to commission six
further research studies to outside researchers/think
tank or other organisations. The aim of the research
studies is to develop a greater understanding of various
issues related to the development of public ethics in
Turkey. The research studies topics/subject matters are
as following: 1) Public Bidding and Ethics
(re-advertisement) 2) Ethical Conduct in the Health
Services (re-advertisement) 3)The Shadow Economy 4)
Professional Associations and Ethics 5) Ethics and
Custom Services 6) Ethics, Culture and Society.
See the links for
full research announcement (in
English) and the application procedure:
account information,
copyright declaration,
identity declaration,
financial
compliance declaration,
model of estimated budget.
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