OSCE-wide Public-Private Expert Workshop on Preventing the Abuse of Non-profit Organizations for Terrorist Financing
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The workshop is organized in collaboration with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It will bring together 150 participants from 39 OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation, as well as experts from 13 international structures and representatives of 22 civil society and business organizations. Participants will discuss the international framework relevant to preventing terrorist abuse of non-profit organizations; government oversight of the non-profit sector and enforcement actions; self-regulation of the non-profit sector to achieve greater transparency; as well as governance capacity-building for the non-profit sector. The discussions will focus on the fact that there remain significant compliance issues with respect to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Special Recommendation VIII on non-profit organizations, notably in terms of risk assessment, inadequate oversight of the non-profit sector, and lack of outreach and awareness raising efforts by state authorities.