ANNUAL REPORT & STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 45 There were also thirty-five (35) external programmes which were attended by one hundred and five (105) staff members of the Authority. Several of those programmes were hosted by the Public Service Ministry and included Principles of Human Resource Development, Personnel
Practice and Development, Principles of Supervisory Management, Principles of Professional Secretarial Practice and Government Accounting Procedures which were attended by staff attached to
the Human Resource Management, Finance and Internal Audit Divisions. Further, the Bank of Guyana facilitated training on the Detection of Counterfeit Currency (both local and United States currencies) while the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) facilitated programmes on the Implementation of the National Bio-safety Framework Project, Handling and Transport of Radioactive Materials and the Prevention of Illegal Wildlife Trade. Senior staff members attached to the Customs and Trade Administration
participated in meetings of CARICOM Standing Committees of Chiefs of Immigration and Comptrollers of Customs (via video conference) and the meeting on the Rapid Alert System for Exchange of Information on Dangerous Consumer Goods, facilitated by the CARICOM Implementation
Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS). CARICOM also facilitated the 15
th
Meeting of Senior Officials of the Legal Affairs Committee and the 35
th
Meeting of the Customs Committee of the Council for Trade and Economic Development. Additional programmes on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Finance of Terrorism (AMLCFT)
- Cash Awareness and Asset Recovery, International Financial Reporting Standards and International
Standards on Auditing, Analysing Financial Statements and Financial Intelligence were all attended by staff attached to various Divisions.
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