Government of Timor-Leste

Date: 10 de Março
Venue: Salão Nobre of MFAC
Schedule: 9am – 5 pm

The National Commission for the implementation of measures of Antimoney Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (CNCBC) is organizing an International Seminar for the implementation of measures of Antimoney Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism which aims to discuss and analyze the measures to be implemented by Timor-Leste as a member of the Asia Pacific Group (APG).
Participants will include international experts as well as representatives of the APG Secretariat and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

March, 10
Opening Session

08.00 – 09.00: Participants arrival and registration

09.00 – 09.15: Opening remarks by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, José Luís Guterres


Presentations

09.15 – 10.00: Overview on the FATF Recommendation 6 – by Sué Takasu, Senior Legal Advisor, UNCTED
10.00 – 10.15: Questions & answers
10.15 – 10.30: Coffee break
10.30 – 11.15: Overview on the Timor-Leste current situation – by the Vice-Minister of Justice, Ivo Valente, and the General Prosecutor, José da Costa Vicente
11.15 – 12.15: Legal framework and implementing procedures on the Terrorist Assets Freezing – by the Senior Legal Advisor UNCTED, Sué Takasu, and the Senior Advisor FIU Macau, José Carapinha
12.15 – 12.30: Questions & answers
12.30 – 13.30: Lunch
13.30 – 14.30: International Best Practices to Combat the use of NPO for Terrorist Financing and Legal Framework for Regulation and Supervision – by the APG Assistant Secretary, Eliot Kennedy
14.30 – 15.30: Legal Framework on the Stolen Asset Forfeiture and Recovery; Asset Management; and International Cooperation – by the Senior Advisor FIU Macau, José Carapinha, and the APG Assistant Secretary, Eliot Kennedy
15.30 – 15.45: Questions & answers
15.45 – 16.00: Coffee break
16.00 – 16.45: Wrap up
16.45 – 17.00: Closing Remarks, by the Minister of Justice, Dionísio Babo Soares

Working Sessions
Date: March 11 to March 14
Venue: Meeting room of MFAC
Schedule: 9am – 5 pm

March, 11
09.15 – 12.30: Discuss working paper on the NPO legal framework (regulation and supervision); Summary of key points to be considered in the draft legislation – Led by Eliot Kennedy, APG Assistant Secretary
12.30 – 13.30: Lunch
13.30 – 16.45: Specific Session for Prosecutors to discuss issues concerning stolen asset forfeiture and recovery, asset management, non conviction based forfeiture, and international cooperation; Summary of key points to be considered in the draft legislation – Led by Eliot Kennedy, APG Assistant Secretary, and José Carapinha, Senior Advisor FIU Macau

March, 12
09.15 – 12.30: Discuss working paper on the Terrorist Assets Freezing legal framework
12.30 – 13.30: Lunch
13.30 – 16.45: (Continued session)Discuss working paper on the Terrorist Assets Freezing legal framework; Summary of key points to be considered in the draft legislation – Led by the Senior Legal Advisor UNCTED, Sué Takasu, and the Senior Advisor FIU Macau, José Carapinha


March, 13
09.15 – 12.30: Transforming SIP into Timor-Leste’s official document – Led by Eliot Kennedy, APG Assistant Secretary
12.30 – 13.30: Lunch
13.30 – 16.45: (Continued session)

March, 14
09.15 – 12.15: Completing SIP planning document – Led by Eliot Kennedy, APG Assistant Secretary
12.15 – 12.30: Closing remarks – by the Governor of BCTL, Abraão de Vasconcelos
12.30 – 14.00: Lunch