ABA ROLI Consultancy to build capacity on countering ML/TOC/FT At American Bar Association

Consultancy N°2 ABA ROLI Consultant Team or Individual to build capacity on “Countering Money laundering, Transnational Organized Crime, and the Financing of Terrorism (ML/TOC/FT) for Civil Society Organizations (CSO), in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay”

Objective of this Request for Proposals

Many of the CSOs in the three countries are at risk of being used for money laundering, terrorist financing and organized crime activities due to weaknesses in their internal policies and controls to prevent these crimes. To better inform CSOs who might be at risk of being used to launder money, finance terrorist activities and organized crime, the consultant will conduct six roundtables for CSOs from Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay to guide them on the development of an effective AML policy, including:

• Processes for “know your customer, partner and employee”,
• Sanctions policy,
• Transaction monitoring,
• Corporate governance code of conduct on anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism and transnational organized crime (AML/TOC/CFT)
• Money laundering reporting officer functions,
• Internal mechanisms and periodic audits.

At the conclusion of the roundtables, the consultant will develop and distribute a pocketbook entitled “Risks Associated with AML/TOC/CFT”, including recommendations from the action plan or other analysis developed by the Program (to be provided) and highlighting risks of non-compliance and consequences.

Considering this the following deliverables has been stablished:

• Draft a pocketbook with recommendations and highlight risks of non-compliance and consequences. These will be distributed at the end of the roundtable sessions.

Time of Delivery: 120 days after signing the contract.

• Design roundtables and content for the three countries. The Program will validate before their execution.

Final version of the content and methodological guidelines.

Time of Delivery: 45 days after signing the contract.

• Propose a roundtable schedule and logistical needs for the activities. This will be validated with the beneficiaries through the Program direction.

Time of Delivery: 60 days after signing the contract.

• After the roundtables provide a final report, including the roundtable report, participants, level of participation, instruments to measure the improvement of knowledge of each cohort and copy of all materials and bibliography applied in the courses.

Time of Delivery: 120 days after signing the contract.

Objetivo de esta Solicitud de Propuestas

Muchas de las OSC en los tres países corren el riesgo de ser utilizadas para actividades de lavado de dinero, financiamiento del terrorismo y crimen organizado, debido a las debilidades en sus políticas y controles internos para prevenir estos delitos. Para informar mejor a las OSC que podrían estar en riesgo de ser utilizadas para lavar dinero o financiar actividades terroristas y al crimen organizado, el consultor realizará seis mesas redondas para OSC de Argentina, Brasil y Paraguay para guiarlos en el desarrollo de una política ALA/COT/CFT eficaz. incluido:

• Procesos de “conoce a tu cliente, socio y empleado”,
• Política de sanciones,
• Seguimiento de transacciones,
• Código de conducta de gobierno corporativo para prevenir el lavado de dinero, financiamiento al terrorismo y al crimen organizado (ALA/COT/CFT)
• Funciones del oficial de reporte de lavado de dinero,
• Mecanismos internos y auditorías periódicas.

Al finalizar las mesas redondas, el consultor desarrollará y distribuirá un libro de bolsillo titulado “Riesgos asociados con ALA/ COT/CFT”, que incluye recomendaciones del plan de acción u otro análisis desarrollado por el Programa (a ser proporcionado) y destaca los riesgos de incumplimiento. y consecuencias

Considerando esto se han establecido los siguientes entregables:

• Elaborar un libro de bolsillo con recomendaciones y resaltar los riesgos de incumplimiento y las consecuencias. Estos se distribuirán al final de las sesiones de mesa redonda.

Tiempo de Entrega: 120 días después de la firma del contrato.

• Diseño de mesas y contenidos para los tres países. El Programa se validará antes de su ejecución.

Versión final del contenido y lineamientos metodológicos.

Tiempo de Entrega: 45 días después de la firma del contrato.

• Proponer el cronograma de la mesa y las necesidades logísticas de las actividades. Esto será validado con los beneficiarios a través de la dirección del Programa.

Tiempo de Entrega: 60 días después de la firma del contrato.

• Después de las mesas redondas entregar un informe final, incluyendo el informe de la mesa redonda, participantes, nivel de participación, instrumentos para medir la mejora del conocimiento de cada cohorte y copia de todos los materiales y bibliografía aplicados en los cursos.

Tiempo de Entrega: 120 días después de la firma del contrato.

For more information:

See this document: https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/aba/rfp/22-07-11-aba-roli-rfp-consultorias-paraguay.docx

This request for proposal (RFP) covers 5 (five) consultation services ABA ROLI Paraguay seeks to hire according to the Workplan of the Program “Countering Money Laundering, Transnational Organized Crime and the Financing of Terrorism (ML/TOC/FT) in South America”

The four other consultancies under this RFP are: ABA ROLI Consultancy to build capacity of justice sector actors, ABA ROLI Consultancy on social media campaign for ML/TOC/FT, ABA ROLI Consultancy on use of cryptocurrencies for ML/TOC/FT, and ABA ROLI Consultancy to promote collaboration of police in ML/TOC/FT

The American Bar Association – Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) is looking for 5 Short-Term paid consultants or a Consultant Team to conduct trainings, carry out roundtables, and develop guides and pocketbooks for Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. These activities are intended to provide necessary tools to design and effectively develop anti-money laundering, countering transnational organized crime and terrorism financing (AML/TOC/FT) policies and monitoring strategies, as well as information sharing and jointly establishing the due process of adjudication and prosecution of cases related to ML/TOC/FT.