Between the months of May and June, the three-regional cross-border training activities on AML/CTF took place. The events had been planned with an in-person format but, due to the pandemic, they were converted into webinars. The positive aspect of holding the events online was that it was possible to increase the number of participants. From ….  Read More

On 13 April 2021, the European Lawyers Foundation (ELF) and the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) held the first training activity (a train-the-trainers event) in the framework of this project. The activity was attended by more than 50 participants from more than 15 EU Member States, exceeding the initial of objective ….  Read More

The project has reached a new milestone following the drafting of the documents that make up the project’s Task 2: the EU Training programme (which is expected to be used for future training on AML/CTF), and the trainers’ and users’ manuals. Whereas the trainers’ manuals focuses on the learning outcomes and the methodology to be ….  Read More

The second semester of 2020 has been a busy one for this project. Despite the difficulties created by the Covid-19 pandemic, much work was carried out to complete the first year of the project (in November 2020) and to finalise the project’s task 1 activities (the development of a strategy to train lawyers on anti- ….  Read More

On 26th June 2020, the national delegations of the Council of Bars and Law Societies had the opportunity to discuss the Training Needs Assessment (TNA), one of the key deliverables of the project, which will be used as the basis for developing a strategy to offer training for lawyers on their legal obligations under the ….  Read More

The project activities are being implemented in a timely fashion. The project team have analysed the answers provided by national Bars and Law Societies to the questionnaire (see AML News February 2020) which will form the basis of the project’s Training Needs Assessment (TNA).  Indeed, the CCBE Standing Committee, the executive body in charge of ….  Read More

Work progresses well on the “Development and organisation of training for lawyers on anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing (AML/CTF) rules at EU level” – February 2020 The first phase of this project on the “Development and organisation of training for lawyers on anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing rules at EU level” is progressing ….  Read More

Work starts on the contract awarded to ELF and CCBE by the European Commission on the topic of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and counter Terrorism financing  – December 2019 A consortium composed of ELF and CCBE has been awarded a public contract by DG Justice on the “Development and organisation of training for lawyers on anti-money ….  Read More