Background
The APG Implementation Issues Working Group (IIWG), in partnership with the World Bank and Bank Negara Malaysia, successfully piloted a Strategic Implementation Planning (SIP) Framework at a workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 1 to 4 April 2008. Both the World Bank and the Government of Canada providing funding in support of this workshop.
The SIP Framework was presented and adopted by the APG Plenary in July 2008 as an APG policy document and for it to be used on a voluntary basis by members.
SIP workshops were undertaken in Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Palau, Vanuatu and Sydney in 2008/09; and Bangladesh, the Philippines, Cooks Islands and Vietnam in 2009/10. In addition, a Regional SIP Train-the-Trainers Workshop was held in Kualu Lumpur, Malaysia in October 2009, which was followed by a Regional SIP Enhancement Workshop, also held in Kuala Lumpur in March 2010.
On the basis of these SIP workshops, the IIWG and the World Bank amended the SIP Framework. The APG Plenary adopted amendments to the SIP Framework in the 2009 and 2010 APG Annual Meetings. The latest adopted version of the SIP Framework (version 3) involved significant enhancements to SIP Template 1 on National Risk Assessment.
SIP Framework
The SIP Framework aims to provide post-mutual evaluation implementation assistance by prioritising and sequencing the implementation of mutual evaluation report recommendations, on the basis of identified risks/vulnerabilities and ‘building block’ FATF Recommendations, and factoring in resourcing and capacity issues. It is intended tool for APG members to use on a voluntary basis and will ideally be used immediately after the adoption of an MER.
The SIP Framework is applicable to all assessed APG members, but in particular by members which lack resources, knowledge and skills with respect to AML/CFT.
The SIP Framework documents are provided below:
SIP Overview (Version 3 July 2010) (90.74 KB)
SIP Template 1 Instruction Note (272.61 KB)
SIP Template 1 National Risk Assessment (July 2010) (126.50 KB) SIP Template 2 Prioritisation (July 2010) (203.50 KB) SIP Template 2 Detailed Implementation Action Plans (July 2010) (69.00 KB)