Project profile — Regional capacity building for North Korea sanctions implementation

• Côte d'Ivoire (1.39%)
• Malaysia (2.54%)
• Philippines (2.54%)
• Guinea-Bissau (1.39%)
• Togolese Republic (1.39%)
• Nigeria (1.39%)
• Senegal (1.39%)
• Sierra Leone (1.39%)
• Kyrgyz Republic (4.75%)
• Vietnam (2.61%)
• Mali (1.39%)
• El Salvador (11.56%)
• Comoros (1.39%)
• Laos (2.54%)
• Uzbekistan (4.75%)
• Panama (11.56%)
• Liberia (1.39%)
• Sao Tome And Principe (1.39%)
• Benin (1.39%)
• Niger (1.39%)
• Burkina Faso (1.39%)
• Mongolia (4.75%)
• Gambia (1.39%)
• Kazakhstan (4.75%)
• Brazil (14.19%)
• Cabo Verde (1.39%)
• Nepal (2.54%)
• Tajikistan (4.75%)
• Cambodia (2.54%)
• Guinea (1.39%)
• Ghana (1.39%)

• Conflict Prevention And Resolution, Peace And Security: Security system management and reform (15210) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (not targeted)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This project strengthens the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) sanctions on North Korea in at-risk regions on counter-proliferation finance, compliance, and maritime anti-smuggling. Project activities include: convening training workshops on North Korean sanctions implementation for government and private sector experts from states in, Central America, Central Asia, Francophone Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased awareness and implementation of UNSCR sanctions on North Korea by beneficiaries through the provision of training to experts on the strategies and tactics used by North Korea to circumvent UN sanctions. This includes in the maritime and proliferation finance contexts; and (2) improved access by beneficiaries to tools, resources, and international best practices. This includes UN handbooks on sanctions implementation and case studies on how North Korea evades maritime and financial sanctions.

Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2023) include: (1) delivered a two-day workshop on UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) sanctions implementation on North Korea in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in July 2022; (2) delivered a remote webinar on North Korean counter-proliferation finance targeting participants from Central Asia in October 2022 for financial officials from five Central Asian states; (3) developed a comprehensive UNSCR enforcement handbook with regional case studies in Mongolian and Russian; (4) delivered a three-day workshop on North Korean maritime sanctions evasion in Panama City, Panama, in October 2022 that was attended by port, customs, and coast guard officials from Panama and El Salvador; (5) developed a comprehensive UNSCR enforcement handbook with regional case studies relevant for Latin America; (6) delivered a two-day workshop on North Korean proliferation finance risks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in May 2022 that engaged central bank officials working in compliance roles at central banks in Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, and the Philippines; (7) developed a comprehensive UNSCR-informed enforcement handbook with regional case studies relevant to the Southeast Asian region; (8) delivered a two-day workshop on DPRK proliferation finance risks in São Paulo, Brazil in May 2022 for compliance professionals from the Central Bank of Brazil, private financial institutions, and other relevant financial advisory firms based in Brazil; and (9) delivered a two-day workshop on North Korean financial risks in Dakar, Senegal in September 2022 that engaged public and private sector compliance professionals from 17 states in Francophone Africa.

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