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Regional Course on Combating Money Laundering and Other Financial Crimes
The West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management is organizing an Online Course on Combating Money Laundering and Other Financial Crimes, from May 16 – 20, 2022.
The course intends to develop critical skills in tracking money laundering and other financial crimes perpetrated through the financial system in the sub-region.
The specific objectives include the following: To enable participants understand the concepts and techniques of money laundering.
To enhance the knowledge of participants in AML/CFT supervision and regulation.Course on Risk Based Audit in The Banking Sector Using CAATs
Recognizing the need to increase national revenues in a context of growing sophistication and complexity of multinational companies’ legal forms and management arrangements, the ECOWAS Commission has embarked on a continuous training program for Tax Auditors of Member States.
The aim is to strengthen their skills and equip them to conduct risk-based audits using computerized accounting systems and data effectively and efficiently.
To this end, ECOWAS Commission and its development partner, the German Development Cooperation (GIZ), through the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM), are organizing the online component of the regional training workshop for Tax Auditors on Risk-Based Auditing using Computer-Assisted Audit Techniques (CAATs) in the banking sector.
World Bank/IMF/WAIFEM Regional Workshop on Annual Borrowing Plan (ABP) Development
The World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in collaboration with the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) is organizing a Regional Workshop on Annual Borrowing Plan (ABP) Development.
The main objective of this course is to train officials on the development of an Annual Borrowing Plan and a domestic debt issuance calendar, having the MTDS (and the MTDS Excel-based tool) as the starting point. The training will also provide a platform for participants to learn from experiences and good practices of peer countries.
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