BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8563b87be90 DTSTART:20210216T120000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210216T150000Z LOCATION:Online\, SUMMARY:Workshop: Statistical methodologies to measure illicit financial fl ows CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Illicit financial flows (IFFs) threaten countries’ ability to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Policy action to cur b IFFs requires better data and better understanding of IFFs. As an illici t phenomenon\, IFFs are not easy to track or measure. National statistical authorities have an important role in measuring IFFs in line with the Fun damental Principles of Official Statistics. The event is organised by UNEC A\, jointly with UNCTAD and UNODC\, custodians of SDG indicator 16.4.1 on IFFs.\n\nThe online workshop will introduce the newly released UNCTAD-UNOD C Conceptual Framework (2020) and UNCTAD Methodological Guidelines to Meas ure Tax and Commercial IFFs (upcoming in 2021). African countries will be invited to express their interest in joining the pilot testing of the meth ods.\n\nSuccessful measurement of IFFs requires collaboration across disci plines as illicit phenomena cut across society and data remain highly scat tered. Therefore\, the relevant government agencies and Ministries\, and e specially the National Statistical Office\, Customs and Revenue Office\, T ax authority\, Central Banks and Financial Intelligence Centers are invite d to participate in the online workshop. The project seeks to empower the United Nations Member States to estimate IFFs in line with national priori ties by supporting the statistical system to acquire the technical knowled ge to launch the statistical measurement of IFFs.\n\nMore information on t he project can be found here. French documents will be added as they becom e available.\n\n \n\n\n/project/defining-estimating-and-disseminating-sta tistics-illicit-financial-flows-africa"\; target="\;_blank\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/workshop-statistical-me thodologies-measure-illicit-financial-flows DTSTAMP:20260819T080512Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR