On June 26, expert discussions on developing the proposals for the draft Concept concluded at the Financial University in Solnechnogorsk.
Among the experts were representatives and heads of leading universities participating in the International Network AML/CFT Institute (INI), as well as members of the academic and expert communities.
On the final day, Yury Chikhanchin, Director of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service and Deputy Chair of the Presidium of the International Movement on Financial Security, welcomed the expert group participants.
In his welcome address, the Director of Rosfinmonitoring emphasised the importance of the intensive work to develop the draft Concept as a strategically significant document.
“Today, financial security is directly linked to state sovereignty, economic resilience, and the protection of individuals, organisations, public finances, financial infrastructure, payments, data and trust in national institutions,” Yury Chikhanchin noted.
Ivan Uvarov, Director General of ITMCFM, reported the results of the project groups’ performance on the sections of the Financial Security Concept.
During the discussion of the final draft Concept, the heads of the expert groups presented materials containing proposals on the following key areas:
- national interests and threats to financial security;
- strategic objectives and key areas for ensuring financial security;
- mechanisms for implementing the Concept and expected outcomes.
The review of the work on the draft Concept also included a meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Movement on Financial Security. Participants discussed the implementation of the following initiatives:
- scaling up the experience of holding national Olympiads on financial security in African countries;
- developing the Sodruzhestvo digital platform, which provides a communication environment for its participants;
- launching centres as a sustainable foundation for methodological, expert and analytical, and project activities, including support for the development of a financial security culture.
