The report, Closing Spaces for Civic Engagement and Civil Society in Nigeria, generates a database of closing spaces across Nigeria, presenting the evidence of restrictions on citizens and civil society operations, perpetrated under the guise of ‘national interest’, ‘national security’ and ‘other money laundering and terrorism financing considerations.   [download id=”4302″]  

Beginning from November 2016 to April 2017, SPACES FOR CHANGE launched a systematic inquiry into Nigeria’s legal regimes for combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism in order to understand if any connection exists between the country’s compliance with FATF’s Recommendation 8 and the shrinking spaces for civic engagement and civil society operations in Nigeria. The […]

Do you work for a non-profit or non-governmental organization (NGO), more broadly referred to as civil society groups? SPACES FOR CHANGE’s FATF Factsheet Series provides concise pieces of information designed to increase sectoral understanding of the Financial Action Task Force and the implications for civil society operations in Nigeria.   [download id=”4298″]

Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF’s) Recommendation 8 (R8) applies to non-profits, and this includes the civil society sector. This Factsheet explains what non-profits have to know about R8 and the implications for their charitable operations.   [download id=”4294″]

[download id=”7552″]The implementation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations can influence policy choices and governmental measures designed to curtail criminal activity in the domestic arena. This Factsheet examines how FATF influences Nigeria’s regulatory framework for anti-money laundering (AML) and for countering financing of terrorism (CFT).      

Understanding National Risk Assessments and FATF Evaluations is a presentation by the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) at SPACES FOR CHANGE’s public dialogue on closing spaces for civil society in Nigeria held on May 29, 2017. The presentation sheds light on National Risks Assessments (NRA) | Why the NRA is important | How […]