Signing of Cooperation Agreement by Ms. Deborah Ng, the Director of GIF, and Mr. António Pontes, the President of IFS
The Cooperation Agreement on the professional training of the prevention and repression of Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (AML/CFT) was signed between the Financial Intelligence Office (GIF) and the Macau Institute of Financial Services (IFS) on 24 March 2017. The Agreement aims to enhance the professional skills of the Finance and Insurance practitioners through training activities in the areas of AML/CFT, and to carry out educational and promotional programs to the public, in particular the secondary and tertiary students, in order to promote financial knowledge in educational arena. In light of this, the upcoming events for 2017 include seminars and professional trainings on AML/CFT. GIF will also support the “Financial Education Day” and “Global Money Week” organized by IFS, which aims to promote the knowledge of AML/CFT to the public and students.