A webinar on ‘Introducing the Financial Action Task Force’ took place on Friday, 16 June 2017 for civil society partners in Uganda. The agenda was as follows:

• Welcome and moderation: Yona Wanjala, Defenders Protection Initiative

• Introduction: James Savage, Fund for Global Human Rights

• Setting the scene: Yona Wanjala, Defenders Protection Initiative

• What is the FATF and why is it important?: Lia van Broekhoven, Human Security Collective

• Why does civil society have to know about FATF?: Lia van Broekhoven, Human Security Collective

• FATF and Uganda: Sangeeta Goswami, Human Security Collective

• Scope for engagement: Sangeeta Goswami, Human Security Collective

• Questions, comments

There was lively engagement and debate, and a clear appetite to follow-up on the issues discussed. For a recording of the webinar, see here. For the desk study on 'Financial regulation drivers for current restrictions of civil society in Uganda', on which this webinar was based, see here. ----------------------------------