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LOCATION:Online\, 
SUMMARY:Kick-off meeting of pilot activities for measuring illicit financia
 l flows in Egypt
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The United Nations integrated SDGs Financing project for Egypt 
 (INFF) aims to develop capacities and put in place simple systems to conti
 nuously measure\, map and compare financing flows. An important element of
  this project is identifying financing opportunities\, through the better 
 availability and quality of data\, in particular data on Illicit Financial
  Flows (IFFs). IFFs threaten countries’ ability to achieve the 2030 Agen
 da and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by diverting resources fro
 m development.\n\nCustodian agencies of SDG indicator 16.4.1\, United Nati
 ons Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and United Nations Office
  for Drugs and Crime (UNODC)\, released Conceptual Framework for the Stati
 stical Measurement of Illicit Financial Flows in October 2020. In May 2021
 \, UNCTAD finalised a draft of Methodological Guidelines to Measure Tax an
 d Commercial IFFs for pilot testing\, aimed at statistical and other natio
 nal authorities with a mandate to collect and access relevant information.
  UNODC are finalising the Guidelines to measure IFFs from extractive activ
 ities and illegal drugs markets.\n\nA national kick-off workshop with nati
 onal experts and stakeholders from institutions and agencies in Egypt is b
 eing organised to introduce the participants to the concepts and definitio
 n of illicit financial flows\; introduce the methodologies and guidelines 
 and present practical examples and good practices from previous pilot acti
 vities\; introduce national stakeholders and solicit their presentation of
  work and views on IFFs in Egypt\; and to present and discuss the workplan
  of implementation of activities and tools.\n&lt\;p&gt\;The United Nations
  integrated SDGs Financing project for Egypt (INFF) aims to develop capaci
 ties and put in place simple systems to continuously measure\, map and com
 pare financing flows. An important element of this project is identifying 
 financing opportunities\, through the better availability and quality of d
 ata\, in particular data on Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs). IFFs threaten 
 countries’ ability to achieve the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Develo
 pment Goals (SDGs) by diverting resources from development.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\
 n&lt\;p&gt\;Custodian agencies of SDG indicator 16.4.1\, United Nations Co
 nference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and United Nations Office for D
 rugs and Crime (UNODC)\, released Conceptual Framework for the Statistical
  Measurement of Illicit Financial Flows in October 2020. In May 2021\, UNC
 TAD finalised a draft of Methodological Guidelines to Measure Tax and Comm
 ercial IFFs for pilot testing\, aimed at statistical and other national au
 thorities with a mandate to collect and access relevant information. UNODC
  are finalising the Guidelines to measure IFFs from extractive activities 
 and illegal drugs markets.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;A national kick-off w
 orkshop with national experts and stakeholders from institutions and agenc
 ies in Egypt is being organised to introduce the participants to the conce
 pts and definition of illicit financial flows\; introduce the methodologie
 s and guidelines and present practical examples and good practices from pr
 evious pilot activities\; introduce national stakeholders and solicit thei
 r presentation of work and views on IFFs in Egypt\; and to present and dis
 cuss the workplan of implementation of activities and tools.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n
 \n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/kick-meeting-pi
 lot-activities-measuring-illicit-financial-flows-egypt
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