POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS central ASIA to December. The campaign involved the production of a Public Awareness Raising video, broadcast on national TV, and 100,000 posters highlighting corruption in education. From 29 May to 2 June, the PCUz supported the participation of one representative of the GPO to attend training on anticorruption strategies development and implementation, held in Singapore. The training was organized by the “Singapore Cooperation Programme”, and the participation of the Uzbek representative was co-funded by the government of Singapore. Participants learnt about Singapore’s implementation of anti-corruption strategies, effective laws, an independent judiciary, effective enforcement, and a responsive public service. On 18 December, the PCUz, in co-operation with GPO and IAC, organized public discussions on corruption broadcasted live on television. The PCUz provided international expertise in the development of national policies and mechanisms on combating corruption, resulting in legislative documents that were integrated into anti-corruption policies. In addition, the PCUz organized a study visit to the United Kingdom in order to learn best practices of implementation of open data principles that increase transparency of government institutions and foster business activities. On 18 December, the PCUz, jointly with the GPO and IAC, organized an open-doors day dedicated to the International Anti-corruption Day. The event gathered some 150 highlevel officials from the GPO, the Senate (higher chamber) of the Oliy Majlis (parliament) and government agencies along with civil society and media representatives. The event included a discussion on the achievements and priorities of Uzbekistan in curbing and preventing corruption, a media forum organized by the International Press Club, and a national contest for students, supported by the Central Asian Regional Office of UNODC. Activities Related to Threats Posed by Criminal Activity Financial Investigations, Anti-Money Laundering and Seizures of Criminal Proceeds In 2017, the PCUz continued to support national stakeholders in their implementation of National Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Risk Assessment (NRA) and provided further support to the government and private sector on NRA. Host government authorities responsible for AML/ CFT received additional information and training on money laundering and terrorism financing threats assessment. Representatives of financial regulators and financial sector associations focused on data collection and analysis, using in-house NRA methodology, developed with the support of the PCUz in 2016. In December, the PCUz jointly with Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing (EAG) organized a regional seminar for expert evaluators within the EAG region on latest AML/CFT standards. The PCUz supported the participation of Uzbek FIU representatives in the Plenary Meetings of the Egmont Group of FIUs in the framework of the project on “Support to Uzbekistan in combating money laundering and countering financing of terrorism”: • From 29 January to 3 February, the participation of the newly appointed head and one additional official of the FIU of Uzbekistan to the Plenary Meeting of the Egmont Group of world FIUs in Doha, Qatar. • From 2 to 7 July, the participation of two representatives of the FIU in the Plenary Meeting of the Egmont Group of FIUs held in Macao, Special Administrative Region of China. These regular events gather the FIUs of all member countries to discuss the latest money laundering and terrorism financing trends and threats, as well as operational issues like mutual and multi-government co-operation. From 19 to 24 February, the PCUz supported the participation of the head and one additional official of the FIU of Uzbekistan to the Plenary Meeting of the FATF in Paris. From 28 to 30 March, the PCUz organized two consecutive training sessions in Tashkent on NRA. The training sessions were delivered by international experts and focused on assessing money laundering vulnerabilities by law enforcement agencies (first training) and identifying and analyzing national vulnerabilities in banking and nonbanking financial sectors, as well as in the sector of designated non-financial businesses and professions (second training). Each training session was attended by over 40 participants representing both the government and the private sector. The training is part of a series of five workshops aimed at increasing capacities of stakeholders in Uzbekistan on data collection and analysis to support the NRA process. These activities are implemented in the framework of the PCUz ExB project “Support to Uzbekistan in building the capacity of national authorities to collect data and identify and analyse 131