Bolivia's Ministry of Economy and Public Finance held the first 2026 meeting of the Interinstitutional Governance Committee for the European Union-supported project to implement Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards, approving the committee’s rules and establishing it as the project’s top decision-making body. The committee is tasked with setting strategic direction, assessing progress and ensuring effective delivery of agreed actions. The session brought together the Vice Minister of Pensions and Financial Services, the European Union Ambassador, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) representative in Bolivia, and senior officials including the Attorney General, the head of DIRCABI, and representatives of the Financial System Supervisory Authority and the Financial Intelligence Unit. It also approved the 2025 management report, a first-quarter 2026 progress report and the 2026 work plan, which focuses on institutional capacity building, strengthening supervisory mechanisms and updating the National Risk Assessment; reported activities include specialised workshops on countering terrorist financing and financial investigations, and the development of technical tools with the Financial Intelligence Unit and other bodies. The project provides EUR 1 million in technical and financial cooperation for 2025–2027 under a letter of intent between the ministry and the European Union.

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