Date: 15.06.2022
Place: ONLINE by Zoom.app
Duration: 10:00h – 14:30h
Deadline for registration: 10.06.2022
Price: – 40 EUR
– for the second registered participant from the same institution 50% discount, the third from the same institution comes for free
– members of the Macedonian Banking Association (MBA) receive a 50% discount
– alumni from HEIDELBERG Institute and ABIT receive a 50% discount
Contact: +389 2 3 125 500, +389 70 355 656
Objectives___________________________________________
The main purpose of the conference is to introduce participants to the impact of NEW RESTRICTIVE MEASURES – THE EFFECTS & EXPERIENCES FROM the REGION on AML and CFT efforts by governments and the private sector, the trends of global financial regulation development, the connection between compliance, ALM and CTF. Participants will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the best international practices in line with the requirements at the local level, identifying high-risk customers and proper monitoring and detection of suspicious transactions.
Target group _____________________________________
The seminar is intended for all institutions: banks, insurance companies, private and public companies and organizations that directly or indirectly work with harmonized operations and all interested parties who have or wish to establish this function. Especially for middle to senior AML, CTF and Compliance officers in banks and financial institutions, supervisors, internal auditors, branch managers, high-level specialists.
Certification and language ______________________________
At the end of the training, each participant receives a certificate.
The conference is conducted in Macedonian / English language.
Panel 1:
NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING
- New technologies and the fight against money laundering
- Crypto regulation and the fight against money laundering & counter financing of terrorism conference
- Recommendation 15: New technologies FATF
– regulation
– law
– news
– protection
Panel 2:
UN AND EU SANCTIONS LISTS
- Challenges of the implementation of restrictive measures with the main focus on the Russo-Ukrainian conflict
Panel 3
FATF RECOMMENDATION 24 & 25
- FATF Recommendation 24 & 25: Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal entities and legal arrangements and new law on origin of property
A G E N D A
09:30 – 10:00
Reception and registration
10:00 – 10:45
Welcoming speech & Opening the conference
MSc Slavica Grkovska
Deputy President of the Government in charge of good governance policies, North Macedonia
She graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje and later she obtained the title Master of Science in Mathematics.
In the period 1995-2002 she worked as junior assistant in mathematics at the Institute of Mathematics within the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
Afterwards, 2002-2011 she was Member of the Parliament of the Republic of North Macedonia.
During her term as an MP, she was president of the Commission on Education, Science and Sports, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and deputy member of the Committee on European Affairs. Furthermore, she was deputy president of the Joint Parliamentary Committee in the EU-Republic of North Macedonia.
In the period 2013-2014 she worked as chief administrative director additionally responsible for human resources and legal affairs in the company for information technologies “EIN-SOF LLC”.
As of March 2015, Grkovska worked as human resources management in the IT company “VOX Teneo Macedonia DOO”. In the period 2008-2021 she was appointed head of the human resources department for Belgium, Indonesia, and North Macedonia within the same company.
In the period between May 2021 until her appointment as Deputy Prime Minister in charge of good governance policies in the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia, she was the chief systemic analyst in the Sector for Information Technology, department of informatics and telecommunications in the Ministry of the Interior.
MSc Kreshnik Bekteshi
Minister of Economy, North Macedonia
Kreshnik Bekteshi graduated from the College of Management with Applied Science and Technology (Management and Business Administration) at the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2008, and in 2009 he obtained a Master’s Degree (MSc) in Management and Strategy (Logistics and Supply Chain Management) at the Sheffield University.
As a student, he took part in the University project teams, which were further used as consulting projects for many institutions and organizations.
In the period 2011 to 2016 Bekteshi was Head of the International Office of the Agency for Foreign Direct Investment and Export Promotion of the Republic of North Macedonia in Brussels (Belgium) for promoting the business climate of North Macedonia and attracting foreign direct investments from Belgium.
As part of his working position, he facilitated Belgium and North Macedonian companies in pursuing joint business cooperation, along with searching the market of Belgium, and organizing B2B and B2G meetings, business forums, seminars.
In the period July 1 to December 31, 2016, as Head of the International Office of the Agency for Foreign Direct Investment and Export Promotion of the Republic of North Macedonia, Bekteshi worked as a business promoter of the Republic of North Macedonia in Bern, Switzerland, in charge of cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce of Switzerland.
Kreshnik Bekteshi serves as a Minister of Economy since 2017.
Invited are:
- Ambassador Kate Marie Byrnes, U.S. Embassy in Skopje
- Ambassador Clemens Koja, OSCE – Mission to Skopje
11:00 – 12:00
Panel 1:
NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING
- New technologies and the fight against money laundering
- Crypto regulation and the fight against money laundering & counter financing of terrorism conference
- Recommendation 15: New technologies FATF
– regulation
– law
– news
– protection
Moderator: MSc Ljubica Pendarovska, Expert for Cyber Security
Ljubica Pendaroska is an award winner as CyberSecurity Top50 Women of Influence Europe for 2021 & 2019, Privacy & Data Protection Expert and international Trainer and Speaker. She is Founder & President of Women4Cyber North Macedonia, which operates under the trademark of EU Women4Cyber Foundation Brussels.
More than 12 years of international experience as an expert consultant in the field of privacy and personal data protection, she builds as part of UNICEF, World Bank, and a wide range of EU and NATO Programs. She began her academic career as a Teaching assistant at the Faculty of Law in the field of human rights, and after gaining the highest international credentials in privacy, she continued as an International Trainer in the UAE.
Speakers:
Aleksandar Vuich,
Financial Intelligence Unit (R.N. Macedonia)
He graduated law on Ss. Cyril and Methodius University – Justinian’s Primus Faculty of Law in Skopje, specialized in criminal law matters and currently engaged in the activities of the Department of supervision, regulation and international cooperation within the Financial Intelligence Unit.
He is member of Macedonian delegation at the MONEYVAL Plenaries (the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism) and actively engaged in regulatory policy activities in relation to the harmonization of national legislation with the FATF standards as well as EU-AMLD’s focusing on new technologies. He was named as Deputy Coordinator of the Working Group formed by the Minister of Finance for conducting analysis and exploring the possibilities for regulation of Virtual Assets (VA) and virtual assets service providers (VASP’s) in RSM as well as assessing the ML/TF risk arising from them. Additionally, he was member of the working group established by the Government of RSM for introduction of electronic identification schemes (e-ID).
Dijana Rikalovska, MSc., CAMS
AML and Compliance Department
Sparkasse Bank Skopje
She has 20 years of banking experience in various areas of banking, especially prominent in the AML and Compliance fields.
She is actively involved in designing, leading and executing various projects, with hands-on experience in establishing and implementing regulations, operational processes, new workflows and conceptualizing solutions for the banking industry.
She has been a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists since 2011 with CAMS certification which is the worldwide recognized anti-money laundering certification among compliance professionals.
Also, her engagement was recognized by the Macedonian Banking Association as a special contribution to the work of the association.
She is a professional enthusiast that continuously improves her skills by following the newest trends, and constantly conveys her knowledge by lecturing various interest groups.
Dushko Goshevski,
Consultant and lawyer Commissioner at Security Exchange Commission
Independent lawyer performing in the scope of corporate law with a particular focus on tax, business and commercial law.
The many years of experience in the tax administration on the highest management positions among which an assistant Director of PRO, President of the Commission for misdemeanor matters, Head of the Regional Centre.
Winner of the award “Sv. Matej” for professionality and efficiency in the work.
Member of the subcommittee PTICO for reporting with EU in the area of taxes in 2018
Elected as an external commission agent in the Securities & Exchange Commission by the Assembly of R.N. Macedonia.
Co-author of the publication “70 years tax system in R.N. Macedonia and 20 years of the tax workers day”. Participant in many seminars in the country and abroad.
Actively dedicated in the area of environment protection.
12:15 – 13:00
Panel 2:
UN AND EU SANCTIONS LISTS
- Challenges of the implementation of restrictive measures with the main focus on the Russo-Ukrainian conflict
Moderator: Dr. Iskra Ivanovska Stojanovska, National Bank of the R.N. Macedonia
She has a long working experience in the On-site Supervision Department in the National Bank and broad knowledge of Corporate Governance, Compliance and AML/CFT banking regulations. Iskra is a member of Macedonian delegation at the Council of Europe – Moneyval, as well as actively involved in the process of preparation and implementation of the National AML/CFT strategy. In addition, she is involved in the process of harmonization of Macedonian legislation with the European Union acquis communautaire.
Speakers:
Dr. Goce Trajkovski,
National Bank of the R.N. Macedonia
He has a long term experience in the AML/CFT area. He is member of Macedonian delegation at the Council of Europe – Moneyval (the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism). He is also actively involved in the process of preparation of the National AML/CFT strategy and implementation of the action plan. Also, he is involved in the process of harmonization of Macedonian legislation with the European Union acquis communautaire. Goce Trajkovski performs supervision on banks, savings houses, fast money transfer providers and exchange offices in the AML/CFT area. He is also involved in development of internal on-site supervisory procedures for monitoring of the ML/TF risk.
Dr. Ivica Simonovski,
Financial Intelligence Unit (R.N. Macedonia)
He received his PhD in International Politics at the Faculty of Law, Ss. Cyril and Methodius of Skopje. He is a financial analyst within the Financial Intelligence Office of the Republic of North Macedonia, with 15 years experience in financial investigation and financial analysis. Since 2018, he is a certified AML/CFT evaluator by Moneyval Committee – Council of Europe. He is а Lecturer at the Academy of Banking and Information Technology in Skopje and Defense Institute for International Legal Studies in New Port, USA. His research areas are money laundering, corruption, serious and organized crime, financing of terrorism and cyber crime. He is the author and co-author of many scientific papers published in international journals, journals and conference books. His first book, “Countering the Financing of Terrorism in the International Community” was published in 2018. The second book “How To Become A Financial Investigator” was published in April 2022. Also, he is the Co-Founder of the Cyber Security, Corporate Security and Crisis Management Initiative (C3I). This non-governmental organization focuses on raising public awareness of phenomena which are related to cyber and human security and privacy, among others money laundering as well as corruption. Since 2021, he is part of the Roster of Experts in Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative in Sarajevo and Council of Europe. He is a member of the regional network of Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime.
Prof. Dr. Svetlana Nikoloska
Professor at the Faculty of Security in Skopje
She has professional and scientific career of over 30 years as an employee of the Ministry of Interior in the period from 1992 to 2008 in several positions, especially in the field of criminal police. for organized crime. Since 2008 he has been a full-time employee of the Faculty of Security in Skopje at the Department of Criminal Sciences, selected in the field of criminal tactics and methodology with special specialization in the methodologies of classic crime research, economic – financial, computer crime and money laundering. In the period 2015 – 2019 he is Vice Rector for Finance at the University of Ss. Kliment Ohridski in Bitola. Participant in several international scientific and professional conferences, author of several textbooks, manuals and scientific and professional papers published in national and international journals, and some of them are influential. He also participates in the work in preparation of several laws and bylaws, but also participates in the work of several working groups and commissions, as a participant in several projects, especially in the area of research of financial investigations, money laundering and the like.
Dafinka Kijevska
Head of the Financial Investigation Unit, Department of Investigations, Sector for control and investigations, Customs Administration
With nearly 30 years of working experience in Ministy of interior and in Customs administration.
13:15 – 14:15
Panel 3
FATF RECOMMENDATION 24 & 25
- FATF Recommendation 24 & 25: Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal entities and legal arrangements and new law on origin of property
Moderator: Dr. Iskra Ivanovska Stojanovska, National Bank of the R.N. Macedonia
She has a long working experience in the On-site Supervision Department in the National Bank and broad knowledge of Corporate Governance, Compliance and AML/CFT banking regulations. Iskra is a member of Macedonian delegation at the Council of Europe – Moneyval, as well as actively involved in the process of preparation and implementation of the National AML/CFT strategy. In addition, she is involved in the process of harmonization of Macedonian legislation with the European Union acquis communautaire.
Speakers:
Gligor Pandilovski, MBA
Compliance officer at Stopanska banka AD – Skopje, CAMS
He is Compliance officer at Stopanska Banka AD-Skopje and president of the Commission for Prevention of Money Laundering and Compliance with Regulations within the Macedonian Banking Association. He is Certified Compliance Specialist and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). He has long experience in the financial industry and knowledge in developing and implementing an effective legal Compliance and AML Programme and creating sound internal controls and monitor system. He did his master, Executive MBA in Business Administration and Management at the University of Sheffield, Executive MBA, Business Administration and Management, General University of Sheffield
Marijana Naumovska,
Deputy Head of Department at Central Register of R.N. Macedonia
Deputy head of department for leading registers and responsible for the software solution of the beneficial owners register
Project manager of establishing the register of beneficial owners with long term experience in public administration processes and initiatives (e-government, interoperability, etc.), establishing of new registers, development and upgrade of the existing ones.
Dragana Bikovska,
Advisor at the Deputy President of the Government in charge of good governance policies
She is a Master of Science (MSc) in Security Sciences, in the process of preparing a master’s thesis on “Illegally obtained property gain from organized crime through the prism of financial investigation.”
She has worked as an auditor in two international audit companies for 10 years, and for more than two years she was part of the financial investigation department of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office.
In the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia she performs the functions:
– Cabinet Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia in charge of Good Governance Policies;
– President of the National Commission in charge of implementation of the Strategy for strengthening the institutional capacities for conducting financial investigation and confiscation of property
– Member of the working group for preparation of the Law on Origin of Property.
Ilina Garevska Ilievska
Senior Project Officer, Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (CAMS) at Council of Europe
With nearly 20 years of working experience, Ms Garevska Ilievska has held positions as an anti-money laundering and combating financing of terrorism senior analyst in the private banking sector, Responsible Reporting FATCA Officer and also as a senior project officer responsible for the implementation of donor projects for the Council of Europe in the field of economic crime. In 2013 Ms Garevska Ilievska obtained the Anti-money laundering specialist certificate (CAMS).
14:15 – 14:30
Q / A
